{"id":24859,"date":"2011-12-31T15:09:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T15:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/"},"modified":"2011-12-31T15:09:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-31T15:09:00","slug":"former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier: I will never return to football management"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former France and Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier admitted that he has no desire to return to football, and that he would not consider another job at his advanced age.<\/p>\n

The 64-year-old, whose last job with Aston Villa ended in June 2011 by mutual consent, was interviewed by Canal +<\/em>\u00a0<\/em> during Manchester United’s 3-2 defeat to Blackburn at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n


Asked if he had any wish to emulate former rival Sir Alex Ferguson and continue managing into his 70s, Houllier flatly denied the possibility.<\/p>\n

“Personally it will not be for me, that is a certainty. My time [as a manager] is over,” he explained from Manchester.<\/p>\n

“This job is physically demanding when one reaches 50 years and over.”<\/p>\n

Houllier enjoyed silverware-laden spells with Liverpool, Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain over a 38-year coaching career. He also spent two years at the helm of the France national team, resigning in 1993 after the team failed to make the 1994 World Cup finals.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former France and Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier admitted that he has no desire to return to football, and that he would not consider another job at his advanced age. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\nFormer Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier: I will never return to football management - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Former Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier: I will never return to football management - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Former France and Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier admitted that he has no desire to return to football, and that he would not consider another job at his advanced age.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Former Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier: I will never return to football management\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-31T15:09:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/\"},\"wordCount\":168,\"commentCount\":0,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/\",\"name\":\"Former Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier: I will never return to football management - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-12-31T15:09:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier: I will never return to football management - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Former Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier: I will never return to football management - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Former France and Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier admitted that he has no desire to return to football, and that he would not consider another job at his advanced age.","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Former Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier: I will never return to football management","datePublished":"2011-12-31T15:09:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/"},"wordCount":168,"commentCount":0,"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/","name":"Former Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier: I will never return to football management - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-12-31T15:09:00+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/31\/former-aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-i-will-never-return-to-football-management\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}