LONDON – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes former striker Thierry Henry will return to the club in some role one day, but is not sure if the Frenchman will want to be a manager.
The 37-year-old Henry, Arsenal’s record goalscorer, announced on Monday that he will not be renewing his contract with New York Red Bulls.
Bookmakers in England immediately cut the odds on Henry becoming the next Arsenal manager.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Wenger said Henry had earned “the right to reflect and think of what he wants to do now’’.
“He is an Arsenal man,’’ Wenger said. “It was the best moment certainly of his life and of his career has been experienced here.
“Certainly one day he will come back here. In what role I don’t know, that’s what he has to think about: what direction he wants to give to his next life.
“He has all the qualities (to be a manager) because he is intelligent, committed, he loves the game. He just has to think ‘do I want to sacrifice all the rest of my life to be involved in that job?’’ . (dpa/NAN)