Here is a list of players Houllier signed while at Liverpool, doesn't make nice reading apart from a few. However it doesn't mean he will buy a load of crap if he arrives at the Villa. But u never know!
Sami Hyypiä,
Dietmar Hamann,
Stéphane Henchoz
Vladimír Šmicer
Sander Westerveld
Titi Camara
Eric Meijer
Djimi Traoré
Markus Babbel
Nicky Barmby
Pegguy Arphexad
Grégory Vignal
Emile Heskey
Gary McAllister
El Hadji Diouf (Lens, £10 million),
Salif Diao (Sedan, £5 million)
Bruno Cheyrou (Lille, £4 million)
Igor Bišćan
Christian Ziege
Djibril Cissé (14 million)