Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler has warned new Aston Villa manager and former Reds boss Gerard Houllier about the pitfalls of returning to club management:
“I wish him well, I really do. It is hard for any manager who has been out of the game for a while to come straight back in and pick up immediately, but I’m hoping he’ll have a great time at Villa. I know he has been working with the French Federation and in a technical capacity with UEFA, so he’s not been out of the game completely, but club football is obviously very different, and I’m sure he will not have taken the decision lightly. It’s hard to come back because the game moves on, but maybe he feels he still enjoys working at the top level with top players. He has a highly successful record in England, and even though it went wrong at the end of his time at Liverpool, if he can repeat even a little bit of that, then he will do well at Villa.”
The former Reds striker, who was sold by Houllier, is currently playing for Perth Glory in Australia.
Shows the quality of Robbie considering what Houllier did to him.
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Tahir the actual problem was between Fowler and Phil Thompson, although Houllier sold him it was an offer he couldn’t really refuse, and as proven we had already got the best years out of him even at 26! absolute legend though.
I loved it when I heard the story of Robbie kicking the ball in Phil Thompson’s face and Robbie then started laughing which led to him missing the Charity Shield game at Cardiff !!
houlier claimed it was his team that won in istanbul – my arse – but was it roy evans team that won the treble ?