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Wenger can see Arsenal legend Henry going into management

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger can see club legend Thierry Henry going into management.

Henry has said he would like to manage Arsenal, where he played for eight years, won two League titles and became club leading scorer before joining Barcelona in 2007.

He returned briefly on loan from New York Red Bulls in January 2012 and has a total of 228 goals for the north London club.

Wenger said: "Has he the quality to be a manager? Yes... but he has to decide to sacrifice his life. When you're a player, you think it's so simple to be a manager. When you are a manager, you think it's so complicated suddenly and if you're not prepared for that you cannot survive.

"One quality that you need is resistance to criticism when you feel it's not justified. I don't know how he'll handle that.

"He has to learn the job first. I have seen so many who have the qualities and they have not survived their first job because they are not ready."

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