He is preparing to return to the edge of the lawn at the Stade Louis-II, in Monaco, along with his consultant's cap, seven years after the end of his sports career and his debut on the Sky Sports channel, in the United Kingdom. United.
This Saturday, Thierry Henry will be one of the attractions of the 5 p.m. meeting between AS Monaco and Racing Club de Lens, counting for the third day of Ligue 1.
"Headliner", "pillar" of the broadcast of the championship on Amazon Prime Video, to use the words of the channel, the former striker of the Blues will evolve this season in the team of the American giant, alongside, among others , by Mathieu Bodmer, Vitorino Hilton, Ludovic Giuly, Corine Petit, Benoît Cheyrou, Édouard Cissé or even Benjamin Nivet.
He will be present before kick-off, at half-time and at the end of the match alongside Thibault Le Rol.
The latter is visibly delighted with his first working meeting with a new “motivated and captivating” colleague, as he writes on Twitter.
Henry will not be at the comments for his premiere, provided by Smaïl Bouabdellah and Jérôme Alonzo.
This working meeting 😍
Motivated and captivating, Thierry Henry!
🔥 Ready for its premiere @ PVSportFR💻📺📱This Saturday 4:40
p.m. ⚽️ @AS_Monaco vs @RCLens pic.twitter.com/Pwa5V2BGQs
- Thibault Le Rol (@ThibaultLeRol) August 20, 2021
“Sharing a show with the one who was one of the best strikers in the world is obviously interesting, recognizes Alonzo, former PSG goalkeeper.
He expresses himself perfectly.
He eats football, he sleeps football, he knows the players, the teams, he watches everything, he reads everything.
It is a privilege to have him with us for this meeting.
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"Not here to polish the pumps"
For his first time behind a French microphone, the former Arsenal player will attack a team he knows well, since he coached it for a little over a year, from October 2018 to January 2019. “I know he will be impartial, because his Monegasque adventure was as beautiful as it was painful,” continues Jérôme Alonzo. He won't be there to shine the pumps, because it is a club that is dear to him, but with which he has a complicated recent history. "
The collaboration between the American company and the native of Ulis (Essonne) was born in the United Kingdom, via Amazon UK.
Both parties were keen to extend the experience.
The commitment of the former Arsenal star, however, remains suspended from possible movements related to his coaching career.
Thierry Henry will intervene on a regular basis from the edges of the Ligue 1 pitches or on the shelves of magazines.
For this first weekend, subscribers will find him on Sunday, in “Dimanche Soir Football”, the magazine hosted by Marina Lorenzo and Félix Rouah ahead of the Nice-Marseille meeting.
At his side this time, another Monegasque and former teammate: Ludovic Giuly.