Henry becomes a coach in England, which team he runs

Thierry Henry has appeared as the main contender to replace Steve Bruce as the manager of Aston Villa.

Bruce was dismissed from his role as the coach of Aston Villa on Wednesday after his team reached only a 3-3 draw with the last team on the Preston North End board.

Former captain John Terry and Paulo Fonseca of Shakhtar Donnetsk are also the two possible leads to Aston Villa, but Henry has advanced talks with the heads of the English team, the Periscope broadcast.

Henry, who was close to running Bordeaux in late August, is free to take on a managerial role after leaving Sky Sports in summer.

Sky's ex-analyst now acts only as assistant to Belgium coach Roberto Martinez, but is eager to become a manager.

Henry was earlier associated with Aston Villa before the start of the season, but Bruce managed to stay in his position until this week. /Periscopi/