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‘What a man’: Legendary striker praises Rangers boss Gerrard and hails Ibrox success
Thierry Henry has hailed Steven Gerrard and paid tribute to Rangers following their title success.
The Arsenal legend came up against Gerrard on numerous occasions when the latter was playing for Liverpool, and has been impressed with the job he’s done in his first managerial role.
Having finished second in his first two seasons at Ibrox, the Englishman became Premiership champion earlier this month.
His side are 20 points ahead of Celtic with five league games remaining, and also took his side to the last 16 of the Europa League for the second year running.
In an appearance on , Henry was asked about a potential move to Glasgow as the next Celtic manager.
He replied: “With all humility, whatever is going to come my way, I’m not saying that should come my way, but whatever comes my way I’m going to evaluate.
“I’m sure they’re going to work on what they’re going to work on. I don’t know what’s happening there, this is a club I respect a lot I’m sure like a lot of people in the world, but that I don’t know about.
“All I know is I want to coach and be back out there. You look at what Stevie G has done, and it’s just ridiculous. What a man. I knew he was going to deliver.
“What I like with Rangers is they gave him time to build a team, to grab the players he wanted and make sure they were going to play.
“I love that they gave him the time to be able to catch Celtic, because if not, how are you going to do it? You need more than one season and two seasons.
“To go back to what you asked, I have massive respect for both clubs, but I’m just trying to wait and see.
“I am available, and I don’t know what’s going to come my way but I want to coach for sure.”
43-year-old Henry, who scored 228 goals in 377 appearances for Arsenal, was most recently in the dugout as head coach of MLS side Montreal Impact.
He stepped down from the role in February.