Arsene Wenger has told Thierry Henry he will have to undergo a "psychological and mental transformation" if he wishes to succeed as a manager.
Henry is currently working with Arsenal's under-18 team while undertaking his coaching badges as well as working as a TV pundit.
The former France forward became Arsenal's record goalscorer after Wenger signed him from Juventus in 1999, and the manager has told him how different coaching a team is in comparison to being a footballer.
"[Henry] will discover what the job is about and you have to go through that process if you want to one day manage a football team," Wenger told Arsenal's official website.
"The job of a player is centred on you and the job of a coach is centred on others. You find you just focus on others and how you can help them.
"It demands a psychological and mental transformation that is not always easy. It also demands how to get what you know is available in other people in the most simplistic way."