Football association apologises to Houllier for mistake

Gerard Houllier, former Liverpool coach in the English Premiership, has reacted angrily to reports he had approached the Czech Football Association over the post of national side manager. On Friday association representatives claimed they had received an email from Mr Houllier expressing apparent interest, but that turned out to be fraudulent say sources including the Czech daily Mladá fronta Dnes. A Czech Football Association representative has since apologised to Mr Houllier for the mistake. The Czech Republic’s national squad is without a manager since Karel Bruckner stepped down, following the Czechs’ defeat in the group stage of Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. The association is aiming tol find a successor to Mr Bruckner by next month.