Monaco Suspends Thierry Henry Until Further Notice Just 15 Weeks Into His Job

Monaco Suspends Thierry Henry Until Further Notice Just 15 Weeks Into His Job

Thierry Henry Arsenal legend,  has just been suspended as the first team coach of AS Monaco until a final decision is made on his future just 15 weeks after he signed a 3 year deal that was supposed to last until 2021. He has won just 4 of his 20 matches.

On Thursday  the French Ligue 1 club said in a short statement that “AS Monaco announces that it has decided to suspend Henry from his duties as coach of the first team from this day and waiting for a final decision. Franck Passi is to train the professional group this Friday”..

AS Monaco, who appointed Thiery Henry in October 2018, have picked up only two points in their last five Ligue 1 games and sit second from bottom in the table.  They were also knocked out of the French Cup in the last 32 by Ligue 2 side Metz on Tuesday. 

This followed a 5-1 overthrow  at home by Racing Strasbourg in their last league outing with the club showing no signs of improvement since signing midfielder Cesc Fabregas from Chelsea early January 2019.

Thierry Henry, who started out playing for Monaco and went on to enjoy a stellar club career with Arsenal and Barcelona, worked as assistant coach for Belgium for two years until 2018 but had never been in charge of a team in his own right. Henry, 41, played for Monaco for five seasons, winning a league title with them in the year 1997.