...the original story...

The Toon chairman Chris Mort sez they hev not rooled oot appointing a foreign manager amid reports the club is interested in Gerard Houllier.

The former Liverpool an France manager is one o the front-runners in the race te succeed Sam Allardyce.

Hooevah , Mort emphasised tha any foreign appointment waad need te speak English fluently.

"This is a git big job without having te operate through an interpreter," Mort telt the The Toon website.

"There hev been media suggestions tha wi waad ernly appoint a British manager. Tha is not true."

The Toon hev been forced te widen thor search fre Allardyce's successor affta Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp rejected a move te St James' Pork .

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes an former The Toon boss The Messiah hev also been linked wi the vacant job, alang wi Houllier.

The 60-year-old - whee won five trophies ower six seasons wi Liverpool - is currently employed as the French Footie Federation's technical director.

"I waad not stand in Gerard's way if there wez summat else he wanted te do," sez FFF president Jean-Pierre Escalette. "I'm not surprised he gets offers.

"He turned doon one or two te rejoin weh - an they were betta financially than wi could offer him."

Posted By: Steve in Holland on January 15th 2008 at 13:28:40

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"...any foreign appointment would need to speak English fluently".. (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Jan 15, 13:20:40
- ...the original story... (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jan 15, 13:28:40
  - That's more Dutch than Geordie - you've been away too long (n/m) (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Jan 15, 13:30:05
    - Don't blame me... (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jan 15, 13:31:06
- I find someone from Newcastle advocating the importance of fluent English highly amusing (n/m) (Other Football) - King, Jan 15, 13:22:40
  - I well remember Gazza and Jurgen Klinnsman being interviewed one after the other on BBC (Other Football) - Jambocanary, Jan 15, 13:53:41
    - You have to struggle though the years of substance abuse in Gazza's voice though. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Jan 15, 14:00:42
  - Yes, indeed (n/m) (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Jan 15, 13:24:18
    - Sorry (Other Football) - King, Jan 15, 13:26:17
      - It was but no prob. (n/m) (Other Football) - Fierce Panda, Jan 15, 13:28:11

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