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Former Liverpool and Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier has passed away aged 73.
Houllier also took charge fellow Premier League side Aston Villa as well as Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon in a hugely successful managerial career.
He was also manager of the French national side.
A former player Houllier’s finest hour in English football came with the Uefa Cup, FA Cup and League Cup treble in the 2000/01 season with Liverpool.
Hugely popular with players and others within the game tributes soon poured in as news of his death emerged on Monday morning.
Gary Lineker described him as “one of football’s smartest, warmest and loveliest people”.
Houllier’s coaching career began in France in the eighties where he guided Lens to promotion before taking over at PSG and winning the French league title.
He took charge of the French national team in 1992 before resigning a year later after failure to secure qualification for the 1994 World Cup.
He joined Liverpool in 1998, at first as co-manager with Roy Evans, before taking over solely.
He oversaw a period of transition before the hugely successful 2000/01 campaign where the club won both domestic cups, the Uefa Cup, after victory over Alaves in the final, as well as the Community Shield and Uefa Super Cup to start the following season.
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