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Former French star Thierry Henry has agreed to coach Aston Villa in the English Premier League (Champions League), the Daily Star newspaper reported Tuesday.
Egyptian billionaire Nassif Sawiris and US businessman Wes Eddens, one of the owners of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, who bought a major stake in the club, are not convinced that Current coach Steve Bruce can return to the Premier League.
The club, crowned 7 times English Premier League, intends to sign Henry after the World Cup, where he was assistant to the Belgian coach, Roberto Martinez, expressed his desire to leave analytical work in the network.
Henry, 40, helped Belgium reach the quarter-finals of the last World Cup in Russia before losing to France.
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Sawiris and Widens bought 27.5% stake in Villa, after paying £ 30 million to the man Chinese businessman Tony Chia who bought the club two years ago. The newspaper added.
The duo revealed in a statement: "We believe we can bring commercial and sports experiences to help Aston Villa, to ensure that it regains its normal place in the upper levels of the Premiership . "
Aston Villa fell in 2016 in the second division after 29 years in the elite league, which caused significant material damage. Aston Villa recorded a loss of 80.7 million pounds sterling during the fiscal year ended May 2016 and a loss of 14.5 million pounds the following year.
Henry was mentioned after the end of the World Cup "In the last four years I have had a rewarding coaching experience in football. Foot ".
Henry received his training leave while he was working with junior teams at his former club, Arsenal, where he got a superstar.
Henry scored 174 goals in 254 league games between 1999 and 2007 before settling in Barcelona. Henry, descendant of the Antilles, is one of the best forwards of France, he was part of the team that won the World Cup in 1998 and was champion of Europe in 2002 and has won the Confederations Cup in 2003.
He won the English Premier League twice with Arsenal and the Spanish twice with Barcelona as crowned in the 2009 Champions League with the Catalan club. And second in the Golden Ball ranking in 2003 and third in 2006.
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