August 20, Henry resigned as head coach of the French Olympic team after leading his team to a silver medal in men's soccer at the Paris Olympics. The French newspaper L'Equipe reported the reason for his departure.
On Monday morning, Henry informed his staff and then spoke again with Philippe Diallo, president of the French Football Federation. In the end, Diallo accepted Henry's resignation a year early. When Henri was contacted by the team newspaper, the other party did not want to reveal any more information about the resignation. It seems that they didn't leave because of a new job offer, but because they were bored and realized that the job would be difficult to do better.
Over the past two weeks, Henri, like everyone else, has not recovered from the loss of the Olympic final. Like Reynal, who left the French women's soccer team, Henry could have been accused of gold-plating his resume through the Olympics, but the French soccer federation didn't use him as a signboard. Upon hearing the news of Henri's resignation, players on the French Olympic team also sent Henri messages warmly thanking him.
Henry loves his job, his players and his staff, but in the context of the Olympics, he can't love him so much. He felt tired and convinced himself not to continue. Alone, he couldn't convince the club to allow the players he wanted to play in the Olympics, an experience that was too painful for the legend who had already achieved everything in his playing career.
