Thierry Henry is heading back to Arsenal as a coach (Picture: Getty)

Thierry Henry has secured a return to Arsenal after being handed a role coaching kids in the Gunners’ academy.

Henry, who retired from football before Christmas, signed a £4million-a-year punditry deal with Sky Sports shortly after.

But he has always made it clear he wants to be a manager, and now reports say Arsenal have given him a role coaching their stars of the future.

Henry is working at the club’s famed Hale End academy, where he will work with talents right up to the age of 16.


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He has been working on his badges recently, and spent time with the Wales Under-16 squad.



This move is an ideal starting point for the 37-year-old who has been tipped to manage Arsenal’s first-team one day.

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