This is Up Front with Simon Jordan. A show brought to you by William Hill that pulls no punches and tells it EXACTLY like it is.
On this week's episode, Simon is joined by a Dutch footballing icon from the ‘total football’ era. One of only 38 men to have lifted the Ballon d'Or, Ruud Gullit joins the show to discuss his illustrious career, from rejecting Ajax as a young boy all the way through to his infamous spell as manager of Newcastle United.
One of the greatest players to ever grace a football pitch, Ruud won multiple European cups during his time at AC Milan whilst also captaining the Netherlands to European Championship glory in 1988. Ruud joins the show to discuss his playing days, his passion for diversity and inclusion within football, whilst also giving his unfiltered thoughts on his Dutch counterparts currently plying their trade in the Premier League today.
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00:00 Introduction to Ruud Gullit
01:00 Podcast starts
01:35 What made Ruud Gullit
05:54 Ajax
12:45 Total football
16:18 Johan Cruyff
20:51 Cruyff vs Maradona
22:24 Man City
24:50 Going to AC Milan
29:00 Winning Ballon d’Or
32:15 Politics & social causes in sport
36:06 BLM and opportunities for black sportsmen
41:48 Winning Euro’s with Holland
44:48 Going to Chelsea as a player
48:18 Moving to player/manager at Chelsea
54:08 Newcastle Manager
01:01:43 Newcastle in 2023
01:06:12 Erik ten Hag
15 июн 2024
