Stoke City loan signing John Carew has hit out at his Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier.
Carew knows there's no way back for him at Villa Park.
He said: "In all my clubs the manager has wanted me, except for the last three or four months.
"But that is only three or four months out of 14 years playing.
"It's a long story with Houllier. There are personal problems you cannot control, but I find no motivation in (playing for) Houllier.
"I could have stopped playing and I would have had a fantastic career and done everything I wanted to. But I didn't really want to stop. I'm inspired by this."
Carew is out-of-contract in the summer and will be hoping to secure a fresh deal with the Potters between now and the end of the season.
He added: "I have nothing to prove.
"I had a fantastic relationship with the Villa fans more or less from the start, but that's now over."
