Official - Houllier leaves by mutual consent (p.28)

[Legion]

According to a Matt McKendrick tweet, Houllier has left Villa.
Mutual consent.

"Gerard Houllier leaves #avfc by mutual consent. Read today's Birmingham Mail exclusive for full story"

[citizenDJ]

A bit of a shame, as i'd have liked to see what he could have done with a full pre-season and so on. Still, perhaps it's for the best, especially with his health issues.

I, for one, welcome our new Spanish overlord.....

[Dave P]

A shame for Ged but his health / club dynamics have to come first.

At least the pool of talent available to take over will be much better now then last summer.

[olofmilosevic]

sad news! the hunt begins and yet another summer with no manager and our top players on the brink

[N'Rexy]

Radio 5 are reporting it but only on the basis of the Mail story. After Benitez rejecting Athletico to stay in England I can only think its going to be him.

[willywombat]

sad news! the hunt begins and yet another summer with no manager and our top players on the brink

I have a strong suspicion that the new man will be on board before too long

[cdbearsfan]

I hope Houllier is healthy and wish him all the best. I also hope this is really 'mutual consent' and that we won't end up seeing him at a Tribunal in the next year or so! I imagine they have given him some money (be surprised if less than £2 million) in exchange for not making us look bad by sacking a sick man.

Next few days could be interesting.

[Dave P]

Next few days could be interesting.

True but I'm glad the 'interesting' days are May / June and not August / September like last year.

[PaulTheVillan]

Shame as I think he did well to get us to 9th considering.

[Holte L2]

Relief is the best way to describe the news. Haven't been happy with any of his reign.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Not entirely surprising if this proves the case, but we have to await confirmation. Wasnt he due to see medical experts this week ? 

[Brazilian Villain]

Radio 5 are reporting it but only on the basis of the Mail story. After Benitez rejecting Athletico to stay in England I can only think its going to be him.

Glad if Ged is gone by mutual consent but no thanks to Benitez.

Don't rate him or like him.

[Matt C]

Right decision, now we need to get the next one right.

[Legion]

Link to article

[nick harper]

I'm in two minds on this to be honest. On the one hand I can understand why the club would deem it too gret a risk to take, but we're now in a position where we are starting again with a new manager, new transfer targets, players that needed clearing out getting another chance, and another season of transition at best.