Former French club Monaco striker Thierry Henry has been named coach of Monaco on Saturday.
Monaco was the team that launched Henry into his stardom in the 1990s, becoming one of the most prominent players in France and the world.
Henry, who is currently assistant to the Belgian coach, will travel to the emirate on Saturday, the French sports daily L'Equipe reported on Monday.
On Thursday, Monaco decided to dismiss Jardim as the result of their 18th place after nine stages of the start of the league.
Jardim was named coach of the club in the summer of 2014, leading him to the league title and semi-finals in 2017.
The 44-year-old was tied to a contract with Monaco until 2020, but paid for the bad start of the season after his star-studded midfielder Thomas Limar left for Atletico Madrid, Fabiano to Liverpool and Joao Moutinho to Wolverhampton.
Monaco have won only one game this season in the first phase of the league against Nantes, losing their last four games in all competitions, and has not won in 10 games since August 11.
The 41-year-old will follow in the footsteps of French national world champion Didier Deschamps, who began his career with Monaco between 2001 and 2005 before moving on to Juventus (2006-2007) and Marseille (2009-2012) to the national team. (Since 2012).
Henry started his professional career with Monaco in 1994 and stayed until 1999 when he won the league title (1997). He then played a very shy experience with Juventus (1999) before coming to London to defend the colors of Arsenal (1999-2007) His historical goal.
The 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Cup champions also had a successful experience with Barcelona, who won the Champions League in 2009, before ending their career in the United States with the New York Red Bulls (2010-2014) and during that time they loaned to Arsenal in 2012
