Thierry Henry suspended Thierry Henry: Ligue 1 wrestlers must make a final decision on the future of the legend of Arsenal

The future of Thierry Henry in Monaco is uncertain, as the club announced that he had suspended the Arsenal legend from his coaching position, while waiting for him. a final decision as to his status.

The club's brief statement said: "AS Monaco announces that it has decided to suspend its duties as the first team coach Thierry Henry as of this day and in the expectation of A final decision.

"Franck Pbadi will form the professional group this Friday."

Henry is under increasing pressure in Ligue 1 and the results have not improved since he took over from Leonardo Jardim in October in his first role as manager.

The club is in the middle of a four-game winning streak and has not won five times in the league, leaving them 19th on the blackboard and three points of safety.

This week, Henry and Monaco had a pair of disastrous results. The club was routed at home, 5-1, against Strasbourg on 19 January.

In addition to the heavy defeat, Henry was targeted by comments to left-back Strasbourg, Kenny Lala, as the manager insulted the defender's grandmother.

While Henry apologizes, a 3-1 defeat at home against Metz in the second division in the Coupe de France on Tuesday caused further humiliation on his part.

Henry then threatened Thursday to drop many players from the first team during the Monaco-Dijon showdown, saying he would only be looking for players for the relegation bout.

"We have to see, there was not a lot of people training yesterday, we'll see you today," Henry said at his press conference on Thursday.

"It is important to see the reaction in Dijon We are in a critical situation – unfortunately, it has not changed.

"We've tightened the band, at some point you need guys who want to save the club, do not think about themselves, we solve the problem, we're going to war."

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When asked what players would be left out, Henry replied, "You will see the team, there are too many names."

Henry had previously stated that he was more worried about Monaco's future and facing relegation than his own.

In total, the former Belgian badistant has managed only five wins over his 20 games at the head of Monaco and may no longer have any chance to improve this number.