Houllier on his way back to England?

The Phantom · 05-25-2007, 11:47 AM

Lyon coach Gerard Houllier has quit the six-time French champions.
Houllier won the title and the French Super Cup in each of his two seasons at the Stade Gerland and reached the Champions League last eight in 2006

The Frenchman previously spent six years at Liverpool between 1998 and 2004 when he won six trophies, including a cup treble in 2001.

And Houllier, 59, who has also coached France, Lens and Paris St Germain, has been linked with a return to England.

Tyler Durden · 05-25-2007, 11:53 AM

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Lyon coach Gerard Houllier has quit the six-time French champions.
Houllier won the title and the French Super Cup in each of his two seasons at the Stade Gerland and reached the Champions League last eight in 2006

The Frenchman previously spent six years at Liverpool between 1998 and 2004 when he won six trophies, including a cup treble in 2001.

And Houllier, 59, who has also coached France, Lens and Paris St Germain, has been linked with a return to England.

I didn't rate him too highly, though he did have one great season at Liverpool in his time there.

I wouldn't credit him too much with Lyon's continued success. They were dominant in France before he got there and have just remained so with him there.

Maybe I'm being hard on the guy, I just don't rate him!

Dmac · 05-25-2007, 01:12 PM

5 trophies in one season ... and all you can call it is great? Come on... that was a fucking fantastic season lol.

The Phantom · 05-25-2007, 01:16 PM

He was good, but nothing special. Most of his Liverpool signings were suspect to say the least.

Dmac · 05-25-2007, 01:30 PM

Houllier steps down as Lyon coach

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Lyon coach Gerard Houllier has quit the six-time French champions.

Houllier won the title and the French Super Cup in each of his two seasons at the Stade Gerland and reached the Champions League last eight in 2006.

The Frenchman previously spent six years at Liverpool between 1998 and 2004 when he won six trophies, including a cup treble in 2001.

And Houllier, 59, who has also coached France, Lens and Paris St Germain, has been linked with a return to England.

He has been mentioned as a potential successor to Stuart Pearce at Manchester City and a move to Dynamo Kiev has also been rumoured.

He was also reportedly in the running for the Newcastle job before Sam Allardyce took the helm.

Houllier maintained Lyon's domestic supremacy but failed to match that on the European stage.

After an unbeaten Champions League group campaign this season they fell at the first hurdle in the knock-out stages to Roma.

Last season, having again come out unbeaten and on top in a group including Real Madrid, they crushed PSV Eindhoven before falling to AC Milan in the quarter-finals.

Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas had stated that he would endeavour to keep Houllier on board but seemed to be preparing for every eventuality last week.

Aulas said last Sunday in remarks reported by L'Equipe: "A good president must have foresight.

"I don't envisage the departure of Gerard Houllier but I have planned ahead with the board and I will not be deprived."

Credit - BBC Sport

Just thought I would post the story.

Invictus · 05-25-2007, 03:09 PM

Well he made it clear a few weeks ago that he wasn't interested in the City job so where else could he go?

I also do not rate Houllier that much.

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