Great Scott! Houllier to invent time machine, will sign 17 year old Pelé

Asked by French newspaper L’Equipe whether he’d be interested in signing out of favour Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema (Benzema was a teeenager trying to break into the first team at Lyon when Houllier was the manager) Houllier responded playfully; “If Karim wants to come and play at Aston Villa, we would sign him tomorrow.”

As he would with any player of that calibre, but it’s not going to happen.

You think that’s impressive, just wait until the British media get a

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