Arsene Wenger has backed Thierry Henry to forge a career as a manager despite lasting only three months at Monaco.
The former Arsenal boss believes Henry suffered from taking the job midway through a campaign and was not given sufficient time to implement his ideas.
Wenger insists Henry has the qualities to make it in the dugout, just as Patrick Vieira, another one of his former players, is demonstrating at Nice.
'Both have the qualities to be outstanding managers,' said Wenger. 'If you arrive in October, and the team is in a very bad position, you have three months. Because in January everybody starts to become nervous that things could go very badly.
'You have less time when you arrive in the middle of the season. That is what happened to Thierry. How he bounces back will be very important.
'I think he has the quality and desire to make a career, and a career is judged on the longer period.'
Speaking at the Laureus Sport for Good presentation, Wenger added: 'I started my job at 33 years of age, I had very promising people around me, and many of them disappeared while some survived.
'Why? You need luck, and work hard and it's always very difficult to predict a career of a manager.
'It depends on the quality of the players and the confidence we get. But both have the qualities and I wish they make it a great career.
'It's very good for me to see that players I had continue to share our game with people and develop young players.'