Houllier confirmed as new manager. Press Conference p22

[Bad English]

Well, as DTN of the FFF, Houillier was on a monthly gross salary of €26,345 (£21 825)...

[Olneythelonely]

Maybe, just maybe the reason Houllier has been sold the job is the (reported) £8m three year contract - nice little retirement fund that.

Sorry but cynicism comes with age !!

I doubt he would have done it for free.

[Dave P]

Maybe, just maybe the reason Houllier has been sold the job is the (reported) £8m three year contract - nice little retirement fund that.

Sorry but cynicism comes with age !!

Or we could have got Phil Brown or Curbishley on a £3m three year contract.  If you want the best, you have to pay for it.

[sfx412]

Maybe, just maybe the reason Houllier has been sold the job is the (reported) £8m three year contract - nice little retirement fund that.

Sorry but cynicism comes with age !!

Do you expect him to give up an easy job in France to take on a mid table club in crisis in the Prem, thanks to the previous manager, and do it for free then ?

[Chico Hamilton III]

Out of interest, if the £8m figure for Houlier's wages is correct ( I honestly have no idea whether it is), how does this comnpare with other Premiership manager?

any idea?

And what was O'Neill on? anyone know?

[usav]

And what was O'Neill on?

Fuck knows, but I'd like some if it, if it makes you crazy enough to make some of the decisions he did.

[kippaxvilla2]

I seem to remember a figure of £3m a year being bandied about.

[kippaxvilla2]

That being the case, they have increased the wage bill this summer rather than reduce it as planned.

[john e]

certainly not the cheap option then

[Dante Lavelli]

oops - deleted.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

That being the case, they have increased the wage bill this summer rather than reduce it as planned.

The post overleaf said £8m over 3 years, so a saving over O'Neill's reported £3m p.a.

[Salsa Party Animal]

I read somewhere Real Madrid pay Mourinho  8 million euros a year. about 6.5 millions pounds.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I read somewhere Real Madrid pay Mourinho  8 million euros a year. about 6.5 millions pounds.

He was on 11 million euros at Inter and now on 13 million at Real.

[PeterWithe]

Out of interest, if the £8m figure for Houlier's wages is correct ( I honestly have no idea whether it is), how does this comnpare with other Premiership manager?

any idea?

And what was O'Neill on? anyone know?

The £8m figure has come from an article in The Mirror, the same article states that MON was on 'over £2m a year' and that Le Gez is the highest paid Villa employee ever. A statement which is completely contradicted by the box on the right hand side of the article which states that they have found out that Ash has signed a contract worth £65k a week, or £3.38m a year which equates to an awful lot more over three years than £8m.

The Mirror really is a crock of shit.

[JJ-AV]

I hope Houllier sends Warnock to Coventry again.