{"id":383726,"date":"2011-04-21T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/21\/aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-hospitalised-and-will-miss-stoke-game\/"},"modified":"2011-04-21T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T09:02:00","slug":"aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-hospitalised-and-will-miss-stoke-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-hospitalised-and-will-miss-stoke-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier hospitalised and will miss Stoke game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>21 Apr 2011 10:02:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"69.6674311927\">\n<div readability=\"16.32\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL : Gerard Houllier (Aston Villa vs Chelsea) - (Gettyimages)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/5ddb37b3113133_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL : Gerard Houllier (Aston Villa vs Chelsea) &#8211; (Gettyimages)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"6.64522417154\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/10115\/g%C3%A9rard-houllier\">Gerard Houllier<\/a> has been hospitalised due to an illness and will remain in medical care for several days.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant boss Gary McAllister will take over first team duties for the clash with Stoke at Villa Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The club confirmed in a statement on its official website: &#8220;The club can confirm that Gerard Houllier was admitted to hospital last night. He is in a comfortable condition and he wishes to convey his appreciation to Aston Villa supporters for their concern and good wishes.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The manager spoke to chief executive Paul Faulkner this morning and he is currently undergoing tests. It is anticipated that he will remain in hospital for several days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Assistant manager Gary McAllister has taken training this morning and he will be in charge of the team for the game against Stoke on Saturday at Villa Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The club&#8217;s thoughts at this time are with Gerard and his family.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 63-year-old was admitted to a hospital after experiencing chest pain at half-time during a clash between Liverpool and Leeds United in 2001, and had to undergo a 11-hour surgery that kept him out of action for a significant period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span readability=\"5\">He then went on to manage Lyon until 2007, before taking a break in management to work for the French Football Federation.<\/p>\n<p>However, Villa managed to bring him back to England last summer, after Martin O&#8217;Neill left due to a disagreement with owner Randy Lerner.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_11.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/21\/2451414\/aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-hospitalised-and-will-miss\" title=\"Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier hospitalised and will miss Stoke game\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier hospitalised and will miss Stoke game<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 21 Apr 2011 10:02:00 EPL : Gerard Houllier (Aston Villa vs Chelsea) &#8211; (Gettyimages) Related Links Teams Players Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier has been hospitalised due to an illness and will remain in medical care for several days. Assistant boss Gary McAllister will take over first team duties for the clash with Stoke at Villa Park on Saturday. The club confirmed in a statement on its official website: &#8220;The club can confirm that Gerard Houllier was admitted to hospital last night. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier hospitalised and will miss Stoke game - 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\/04\/21\/aston-villa-boss-gerard-houllier-hospitalised-and-will-miss-stoke-game\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier hospitalised and will miss Stoke game - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 21 Apr 2011 10:02:00 EPL : Gerard Houllier (Aston Villa vs Chelsea) - (Gettyimages) Related Links Teams Players Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier has been hospitalised due to an illness and will remain in medical care for several days. 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