Gullit's last appearance as a player came in the first leg of that season's Football League Cup semi final against Arsenal, but Gullit was sacked before the second leg.

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It was not until the appointment of Ruud Gullit as player-manager in 1996 that their fortunes changed.

Gullit was replaced by Gianluca Vialli, who led the team to victory in the League Cup Final and the Cup Winners ' Cup Final in 1998, the FA Cup in 2000 and their first appearance in the UEFA Champions League.

The 1997 – 98 campaign saw Newcastle finish in only 13th place and, despite Dalglish achieving some notable successes during the season ( including a 3 – 2 UEFA Champions League win over Barcelona and an FA Cup final appearance against Arsenal ), he was sacked by Freddie Shepherd after two draws in the opening two games of the subsequent 1998 – 1999 season, and replaced by former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit.

Dalglish was replaced as manager early in the following season by Ruud Gullit.

Gullit was working to promote the Belgian-Dutch 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bid.

Gullit was born Ruud Dil in Amsterdam to George Gullit, a Suriname migrant, and Ria Dil, his buitenvrouw, from the Amsterdam Jordaan inner city district.

Gullit developed his football skills in the confines of the Rozendwarsstraat, and street football was instrumental in his formative years.

Gullit was named as the best player in the Eerste Divisie that season.

In the 1981 – 2 season Gullit was in fine form as Haarlem finished 4th and qualified for Europe for the only time in their history.

" Hughes was so impressed with the young Gullit that he described him as the " Dutch Duncan Edwards ".

The young Gullit was considered as a signing by English sides Arsenal F. C.

At Feyenoord Gullit found himself playing alongside Dutch legend Johan Cruijff, while the assistant manager was Wim van Hanegem, and they were to leave a lasting impression.

Gullit was named Dutch Footballer of the Year in recognition of his contribution to Feyenoord's success.

While at Feyenoord Gullit became the focus of a race row as manager Thijs Libregts was alleged to have referred to Gullit as " blackie " and criticised him for being lazy, though Libregts defended himself by claiming that it was merely a nickname.

Gullit was again named Footballer of the Year in 1986 as he helped PSV capture the Eredivisie crown, a feat they repeated the following year.

It was at PSV that Gullit really began to establish himself as a world class footballer and his distinctive, dreadlocked appearance made certain that he would catch the eye of Europe's biggest clubs.

Gullit was also singled out for criticism by large numbers of Feyernoord supporters, who branded him a " wolf " and accused him of moving to Eindhoven for money.

When he arrived at Milan, Gullit initially struggled to settle as he spoke no Italian and was unused to living in a foreign country.

That performance was followed by a 4 – 0 victory over Steaua Bucharest in the 1989 final with Gullit scoring two crucial goals.

Initially played as sweeper by manager Glenn Hoddle with limited success, Gullit was moved to his more familiar role in midfield, where he scored six goals.

The signing of Gullit, alongside the likes of Mark Hughes and Dan Petrescu, propelled Chelsea to the semi-final of the FA Cup but their league form was disappointing.

Barnes with many others was dropped from the first team by new manager Ruud Gullit and spent several months in the reserves despite, in his opinion, " excelling in training " and showing he had lost none of his quality if some of his pace.

After a year in the job, Gullit had also fallen out with several senior players including Shearer and captain Rob Lee.

In 1987, Silvio Berlusconi signed Van Basten for Milan, with fellow countrymen Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard joining in 1988.

Gullit fell into disagreements with the squad and chairman Freddy Shepherd, and quit the club four into the 1999 – 2000 season to be replaced by Bobby Robson.

However, at the age of 10 Gullit moved from the Jordaan to Amsterdam Old West where he played street football alongside Frank Rijkaard.

Gullit joined the DWS club after his move, and came to the attention of the Dutch youth team, where he played alongside such future greats as Erwin Koeman, Ronald Koeman and Wim Kieft.

Gullit made 91 league appearances for Haarlem, scoring 32 goals.

Gullit made his debut for the club at just 16 years old, becoming at the time the youngest player in the history of the Eredivisie.

In that same season Gullit scored the goal he would later consider his finest, " Playing against Utrecht I went past four defenders and then the goalkeeper, and scored.

Gullit therefore moved to Feyenoord in 1982, for a fee of £ 300, 000, where he made 85 league appearances, scoring 31 goals.

At Feyenoord Gullit occupied an increasingly advanced role in midfield, having played predominantly as a sweeper at Haarlem.

His drawl epitomised the band's slacker ethos and relaxed attitude ; author Michael Azerrad said " even Mascis seemed removed from the feelings he was conveying in the music ".

... was one of the finest players of his generation, one of the finest players ever to represent Ireland and the British & Irish Lions and a man who epitomised the very ethos of the Game and its values.

One such player was the legendary Johan Cruijff, who epitomised the Total Football ideology by being able to play in almost every outfield position.

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