Where is there any suggestion that Houllier is being appointed as a Director of Football? They are looking fo a manager. I have no problem with Houllier he's been around the block and he's famous for bringing through good young players, why do you think Arsene likes him so much? Give him a whirl I say.
Houiller sounds too much like a like a stop gap appointment to me. I'd like someone a bit younger and enthusiastic personally.
My concerns are his age- although to be fair I think Redknapps the same age- hes been away from English football for seven or eight years and I think he spent a lot of money at Liverpool, signed some expensive flops and had one really good season. And werent Lyon already established as the best team in France when he went there? Im sure Jol would fancy it, lets pay Ajax the compo they want.
Its the potential appointment of him being only a DoF or technical director thats a problem for me. Just such a shit way of doing things IMO, i'd almost rather Curbishley than that. according to some report i was reading apparently he's being blamed in france for the downfall of french football