Henry quits Sky Sports to pursue career

Thierry Henry is quitting his job as a pundit for Sky Sports in order to focus on a

career in management.

The Arsenal great has been one of Sky ’ s most high - profile pundits for several years

but has also worked as an assistant coach for Belgium since 2016 and helped the

team reach the semifinals of the World Cup.

He said on Twitter that his experiences in coaching “ have only made me more

determined to fulfil my long term ambition to become a football manager .”

“ It is with sadness , therefore,

that I have decided that I must

leave @SkySports to enable me

to spend more time on the pitch

and concentrate on my journey

to achieving that goal, ” Henry

wrote .

Henry did not say whether he

currently has any job offers as a

coach. He expressed his interest

in the Arsenal job when Arsene

Wenger stepped down , but was

not one of the final candidates .

The former striker also worked as a coach in Arsenal ’ s academy before leaving in

2016 after Wenger told him he couldn’ t combine that role with his punditry job.