Arsene Wenger says Thierry Henry will have to go through a “psychological and mental transformation” to become a manager.

The club’s all-time record goalscorer is currently working with Arsenal’s under-18s as he works towards gaining his coaching badges.

Wenger is pleased to see his protégé on the training field in a new capacity, and says Henry must realise the crucial differences in his new role.

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“He will discover what the job is about and you have to go through that process if you want to one day manage a football team,” the manager told Arsenal Player.

“The job of a player is centred on you and the job of a coach is centred on others. You find you just focus on others and how you can help them.

“It demands a psychological and mental transformation that is not always easy. It also demands how to get what you know is available in other people in the most simplistic way.”