Ruud Gullit

And we won the game, I think, 2-1 or 3-1.

So therefore, he didn't want to speak with me for weeks.

And we had a friend, a common friend we played golf with.

And he said, yeah, Rudy wants only foreign players in it and blah, blah, blah.

And I said, he said, no, that's not true.

I think you better call him.

So he called me and invited me in my house.

And we talked a lot.

And I said to you, look, I just want you to play as a good player.

I don't want you to smash players anymore.

You are a good player.

And I tell you, if you play like I think you can, you're also going to play for the national team.

And he was like, yeah, of course.

Now, the rest is history because he was a good player.

And I needed him as a good player, not as somebody who's smashing players.

Now Italy, Italy was difficult.

Italy, you must understand that in those days you were only allowed to have three foreigners.

And the best foreigners in the world all played in Italy.

Plus the Italians, the best Italians.

And it was just, you know, when you had that catanaccio football,