Former Arsenal and Barcelona forward to be named France U21 Boss

Multiple sources have revealed that former Arsenal and Barcelona forward, Thierry Henry is set to replace Sylvain Rippoll as the French U21 National Team manager.

The former Monaco and Montreal Impact boss, left his role as Belgium assistant after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and will now take over Sylvain Rippoll’s role following France’s disappointing display in the Euros this summer where they were eliminated by Ukraine at the quarterfinal stage.

According to the sources, the Arsenal legend was preferred to Sabri Lamouchi, Jocelyn Gourvennec and Julien Stephan for the job due to his status and his remarkable playing career.

The sources also disclosed that Henry took a pay cut to take the new U21 role and is keen to lead them to a gold medal at next year’s Olympics Games in Paris.

Henry won the World Cup and Euros during his playing days and was also part of the squad that reached the 2006 World Cup final where they lost to Italy on penalties.