Premiership: Parry insists Houllier will be back
Liverpool supremo Rick Parry has insisted there is no doubt Gerard Houllier will return to his role as manager of Liverpool.
Houllier's good friend David O'Leary admitted he would prefer the Frenchman not to return to football and others have questioned whether the Anfield boss will make a comeback.
But the Liverpool chief executive is confident Houllier will once again take charge of the Reds.
Parry said: "There's one thing of which there is no doubt, he will be back.
"I think it will be within the time frame that we have consistently spelt out from day one, and I'm not going to be more specific."
He added: "He was wholly involved in the signing of Abel Xavier and Nicolas Anelka, we talk every day, normally several times a day. His presence is felt even if he is not physically with us.
"Gerard's fine, we see with wry amusement the comments which oscillate from 'he's coming back tomorrow' to 'he's not coming back at all'.
"I said the day after his operation in October that it would be four to six months, it's now three and a half and everything is completely on schedule.
"The operation was a complete success. His aorta is fine, but it takes the body that length of time to recover from a major operation.
"Gerard will know when he's ready and he'll be back when he's ready. There's no pressure from our point of view at all.
"We have just told him to come back when he is okay. He's in touch, in the country, but we are telling him that the most important thing is to rest properly until he is absolutely able to come back."
