Gerard houllier autobiography samples

Written by SIMON AUSTIN AND JOSHUA SCHNEIDER-WEIILER — March 7,

JAMIE CARRAGHER might now say “I absolutely loved him, I adored him”, but his relationship with Gerard Houllier was more fractious at the start.

The Frenchman, labelled ‘Gerard Who?’ when he arrived at Liverpool in the summer of , was eager to rid his squad of their Spice Boys reputation; Carragher, who had just broken into the first team, enjoyed social drinking with friends and family.

When the player was sent off against Charlton in February , it meant 40 days without a game and Houllier decided he needed to devise a plan.

“He thought I was drinking in the afternoon and had me training twice a day - in the morning with the lads and on my own as well,” Carragher remembered.

“One Monday morning when I came in he said ‘what did you do at the weekend?’

‘I went out with me dad for a few drinks.’

‘What?! You go drinking with your ow