{"id":434536,"date":"2011-06-02T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T08:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/02\/aston-villa%e2%80%99s-darren-bent-%e2%80%98sad%e2%80%99-at-gerard-houllier%e2%80%99s-departure\/"},"modified":"2011-06-02T08:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T08:12:00","slug":"aston-villas-darren-bent-sad-at-gerard-houlliers-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/02\/aston-villas-darren-bent-sad-at-gerard-houlliers-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa\u2019s Darren Bent \u2018sad\u2019 at Gerard Houllier\u2019s departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Aaron McLoughlin<\/h3>\n<h4>2 Jun 2011 09:12:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"63.7710788758\">\n<div readability=\"13.1270718232\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bent, Aston Villa(Getty images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/121800\/121851_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bent, Aston Villa(Getty images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"13.0226415094\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/9730\/darren-bent\">Darren Bent<\/a> has revealed his disappointment after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/10115\/g%C3%A9rard-houllier\">Gerard Houllier<\/a> left <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman missed the club&#8217;s last five games of the season due to increased fears over his health, and stood down as Villa boss on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Bent, who Houllier signed for \u00a318 million from Sunderland in January, says it is disappointing that the former Liverpool boss has left, but accepts that his health has to come first.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/9730\/darren-bent\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The England international said: &#8220;It is sad for me to see Gerard go. He signed me, invested a lot of money in me.<span id=\"intelliTXT\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;He showed a lot of faith in me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;But your health comes first and, if he&#8217;s not well enough to come back, then he needs to take a break.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fulham boss Mark Hughes, whose contract at Craven Cottage runs out this summer, is the early favourite to replace Houllier.<br \/><\/span><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/02\/2514249\/aston-villas-darren-bent-sad-at-gerard-houlliers-departure\" title=\"Aston Villa\u2019s Darren Bent \u2018sad\u2019 at Gerard Houllier\u2019s departure\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aston Villa\u2019s Darren Bent \u2018sad\u2019 at Gerard Houllier\u2019s departure<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Aaron McLoughlin 2 Jun 2011 09:12:00 Bent, Aston Villa(Getty images) Related Links Teams Players Darren Bent has revealed his disappointment after Gerard Houllier left Aston Villa . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":434537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-434536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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