Houllier at Villa

[Fredo]

Hope he's OK. From what I've read, it doesn't seem to be too serious.

[Mattshark]

Best wishes to Ged, hope he gets better soon.

[Rudo]

Get well soon Gerard, he's a really nice man despite the abuse he's received over the years(from Lpool fans too).

[Fredo]

Been reading a bit about him and it doesn't look good as regards to his career at Villa. He suffered from chest pains and I don't think he can carry on.

[Lee]

Been reading a bit about him and it doesn't look good as regards to his career at Villa. He suffered from chest pains and I don't think he can carry on.

I want him to do well.

He's not my favourite manager ever but he gets a lot of undeserved stick. He died the day that he had that heart attack.

[Rudo]

I want him to do well.

He's not my favourite manager ever but he gets a lot of undeserved stick. He died the day that he had that heart attack.

Houllier's a good bloke.

[red g]

Doesn't need surgery.

[CJ]

get well soon.

[Exiled_red]

I think he should give up management for his health. Get well soon.

[anfieldanfield]

Has to retire, surely ?

Wouldn't mind him coming back here in some kind of figurehead role to be honest. Nice fella with a lot of contacts and a big scouting network.

[Ben_Itez]

[Chazza]

Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier advised to retire by cardiologist

• Dr Duncan Dymond says Houllier 'should call it a day'
• 'He's had one brush with the grim reaper already'

Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier has been advised to retire. Photograph: EPA

Gérard Houllier has been advised to walk away from football by a cardiologist who works with Chelsea.

The Aston Villa manager remains in hospital after complaining of chest pains, and although he is nearing the point where he can return home, there remain serious doubts about whether he will return to work, with the assistant Gary McAllister taking control until the end of the season.

Houllier, 63, has suffered from heart problems before, needing five months out of the game while in charge of Liverpool in 2001.

Dr Duncan Dymond, who works with Chelsea, said Houllier would be best advised to retire.

"My own assessment, without knowing Gérard Houllier or having seen him, quite frankly he's had one brush with the grim reaper already and now's he had one serious warning, and to put himself through this again with the stresses and strains of being a football manager, I think he should call it a day," Dymond told Talksport.

Houllier suffered from a dissection of the descending aorta, a condition where layers of the of the main vessel out of the heart can come apart, allowing blood to force its way out.

Dymond warned that the condition was "very dangerous" and added: "When you've had a defection once, you're more likely to get it again."

"One of the major risks of this is blood pressure," he said. "You only have to look at the pressure managers are under on the touchline. Their faces go red, the veins stand up in their necks, they get a bad decision and their blood pressure goes up. A lot of managers went through an assessment and their blood pressures go up to the sky."

Villa may well already be planning for life without Houllier, who has struggled to turn things around since taking over in September. Recent reports have linked them with a move for former Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez.

Houllier released a statement to thank fans for their messages of support, but made no mention of whether he might return to Villa in the future.

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He has to jack it in the summer, surely!?

[Shaggy]

Got to jack it in. He's a **** manager these days anyway, certainly since the first illness he hasn't been the same at all. Pack it in Ged lad.

[Lee]

Crikey.

He really, really needs to listen to that advice and just retire.

I would worry that because Houllier is very stubborn, he may choose to ignore Dymond.

[dom9]

Crikey.

He really, really needs to listen to that advice and just retire.

I would worry that because Houllier is very stubborn, he may choose to ignore Dymond.

Dymond is not his doctor.

He should listen to what his own doctor tells him, not one whoring himself to Talkspurt.

Having said that, I would be surprised if the advice wasn't the same.