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		</div><p>Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has been named as an assistant to new Belgium coach Roberto Martinez.</p>
<p>Henry, a member of France&#8217;s 1998 World Cup winning team, will be part of the backroom staff alongside Graeme Jones, who was Martinez&#8217;s assistant at Swansea, Wigan and Everton.</p>
<p>The announcement was made as Martinez named his first senior squad since taking the Belgium job after Euro 2016.</p>
<p>&#8220;Thierry brings something completely different,&#8221; Martinez said in a press conference.</p>
<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s someone who has been in the situation of having to develop a mentality in a team of chasing the dream of winning something special for his country, he did that in 1996 leading up to 1998.</p>
<p>&#8220;He is very much an important figure in our staff in terms of being able to pass on his experience to the players.&#8221;</p>
<p>Belgium boast one of the most talented squads in world football, but suffered disappointment at Euro 2016 as they were knocked out by Wales in the quarter-finals.</p>
<p>With 20 of the 23-man Euro 2016 squad retained by Martinez for his first squad, it is clear the &#8220;fresh start&#8221; he wants to make will come primarily from the coaching staff &#8211; with Henry set to have a key role.</p>
<p>&#8220;The attacking quality that we have in our group is very rich,&#8221; Martinez added. &#8220;Thierry Henry&#8217;s experience of being able to go through that situation that we have as a team is going to be very important. Then when you go into the basics of simple attacking drills, as player you can get a lot from it. It&#8217;s important we have that affect on the players as much as we can.</p>
<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s going to be a big role from Thierry&#8217;s point of view.&#8221;</p>
<p>Henry, capped 123 times by France, has been working as a television pundit since ending his playing career with the New York Red Bulls in 2014.</p>
<p>The former Monaco and Barcelona striker also spent time working at Arsenal&#8217;s academy while gaining his UEFA &#8216;A&#8217; licence, but last month turned down the opportunity to coach the club&#8217;s Under-18 side.</p>
<p>Henry wrote on Twitter: &#8220;Honoured to be assistant coach @BelRedDevils. Thanks to Roberto Martinez &#038; the Royal Belgian Football Association. Very excited. Can&#8217;t wait.&#8221;</p>
<p>Martinez named his first Belgium squad ahead of the friendly against Spain on September 1 and the opening World Cup qualifier against Cyprus on September 6.</p>
<p>Star names Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne are included along with Everton pair Romelu Lukaku and Kevin Mirallas, who worked with Martinez last season.</p>
<p>New Burnley signing Steven Defour returns, having not featured for the national team since last November, while Hazard&#8217;s younger brother Thorgan will have a chance to add to his sole cap.</p>
<p>It was also announced that fitness coach Richard Evans, who like Jones followed Martinez from Swansea to Everton via Wigan, would take up a similar role with the national team.</p>
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