Yeah another good example there. Then there was the one that got away in Nicolas Anelka - up there with selling Robbie Fowler, as Houllier's biggest errors of judgement, in my opinion.
did he really get it so wrong with Fowler? fell away badly after leaving us adn you could argue was past his best. Anelka - breaks my heart
Houlier has Anelka Rafa has Alonso
cost them both their jobs, such was the poor return from their replacements.