Ruud Gullit
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Podcast Appearances
You know, you can only express yourself if you have fun.
And I try to have... Of course, everything is serious.
You always play to win, but you have to have fun as well.
So to become a coach was a very difficult thing because all of a sudden I had to make decisions that were odd, that were difficult.
I remember Spencer...
Johnny Spencer, and he was not happy with me.
So I had some new players in, and he was not playing.
So every time I passed him at the locker rooms, I heard, I don't love you anymore.
Please release me, let me go.
That was funny, but it was difficult.
I had a difficult time in order to do that.
I had also once, I had a confrontation also with Dennis Weiss.
I was in a game, Leicester away.
We were one nail down and didn't play well.
And I told him already a couple of times, I don't want you to play like you play in Wimbledon.
This is not Wimbledon.
I want you to play, you're a good player.
Always silly yellow cards, silly tackles and things like that.
So get him off.
He was the captain.