Thierry Henry Eyes Aston Villa Job

Arsenal legend, Thierry Henry has thrown his hat into the running to be named as the next manager of Aston Villa Football Club.

Championship side, Aston Villa sacked manager Steve Bruce after a run of bad results.

Currently the assistant coach of the Belgium national team, Henry is looking to use the Aston Villa job his first major foray into the world of club management.

Villa are also rumored to be interested in a shock move for Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez.

Henry was strongly linked with Villa in July, when Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens, the club’s majority owners, took control of the club. Sawiris and Edens ended up giving their backing to Bruce but a dismal run, during which Villa won one of 10 games, led to the 57-year-old being sacked on Wednesday.

Christian Purslow, Villa’s chief executive, has been overseeing the process of finding a successor and it is understood a shortlist of five names was compiled, including Rui Faria, José Mourinho’s former assistant, and Dean Smith, the Brentford manager.

Sawiris and Edens, who are hugely ambitious, want a high-profile appointment to rejuvenate the club, who are 15th in the Championship, and Henry ticks that box.