Now that Steve Bruce has been sacked from his job at Aston Villa, the door is wide open for someone else to come in, and the names have started rolling in.
Shakhtar’s Paulo Fonseca has made an appearance, but one of the strongest rumours appears to be the return of Thierry Henry, who was already linked over the summer before coming close to taking over from Gus Poyet at Bordeaux.
DH in Belgium, however, don’t hold back and claim the former Arsenal and Barcelona striker is the ‘number one choice’ for Aston Villa.
Currently assistant manager to Roberto Martinez in Belgium’s national team, Henry left his well-paid role as a Sky Sports pundit to focus on his managerial career in July.
Yet to manage a team fully, it would be a big leap of faith for Aston Villa to give the club reins to the ex-France international, but, as the saying goes, fortune favours the bold.
