"One day, at Liverpool, I noticed that Jamie Carragher always looked at his watch at the end of training. Now, if there was one player who never looked at it, it was him… So I wanted to understand why." In an interview with France Football, shortly before his death, Gérard Houiller, the former Reds manager (1998-2004), shared an inspiring anecdote about his management. "I then learned that his father was in prison and that he was going to see him between noon and two. I took him aside to tell him: "The important thing is that you go and see your father, that comes before everything else," confided the Frenchman. Following this discussion, the English defender regained 100% of his concentration during the sessions. The moral of the story? "A manager must always attach great importance to human qualities and pay attention to the smallest details".
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Jamie Carragher played 737 games for Liverpool between 1996 and 2013 / ©Icon Sport