Former top level referee Swede Anders Frisk and Ruud Gullit debate the lack of hard men in the game today, who was the toughest (Wise, Passarella or Miguel) and what happened when Vinnie Jones was sent off for a tackle on Gullit.
Ruud Gullit speaks with The Daily Mail on MLS, Beckham, and the EPL.
Ruud also observes about the EPL, ‘The culture is changing here. Players no longer spend their time down at the pub…’
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AEG Chief Executive Officer Tim Leiweke and the LA Galaxy have accepted the resignation of Head Coach Ruud Gullit, with Cobi Jones stepping up as Interim Head Coach effective immediately ahead of Thursday night’s SuperClasico.
General Manager Alexi Lalas was also fired in the shuffle, whose contract was set to expire at the end of the season. Tom Payne, the teams Assistant GM will take over Lalas’ duties for now, with Director of Player Personnel Paul Bravo assisting Payne.
With Gullit throwing his LA crib up on the market just at the end of last month and Darth Leiweke making a throwdown appearance in the Galaxy locker room last week, was this really any surprise?
Gullit said in the Galaxy’s Press Release, “In truth, it has proved a lot more difficult than I anticipated for my family to settle in the area and the club has been very supportive and understanding of my decision. I would like to thank the players and the fans for their fantastic support and I wish the LA Galaxy much success in the future. I would now like to spend some time with my family before considering any other position in football.”
As for Lalas, Leiweke said, “With Ruud moving on, we believe that this is the right time to make more sweeping changes throughout the organization. Our commitment continues to be focused on not only winning the MLS Cup this and every season but to build a club capable of competing at the international level. This decision is the right one for the organization, the right one for the players and the right one for our fans. We thank Alexi for the tremendous hard work and dedication he brought to his job each and every day.”
Wonder what Vegas has for odds on The Bruce for Head Coach or GM? I’m thinking the latter might be in the cards…
I’m not exactly sure why, but Ruud Gullit has put his Hollywood Hills crib up for sale. Priced at $4.25 million, this house looks to be pretty incredible. And for those that aren’t particularly familiar with the area, the Hollywood Hills is off the hook. I can’t imagine this house will be for sale for long. More pictures of this incredible house after the jump.
