Axed Gullit bids friendly adieu to Grozny boss
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June 16, 2011, Thursday
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RUUD Gullit has left Russia after being fired as coach of Chechen club Terek Grozny, parting on good terms with the club's president and the province's leader, Ramzan Kadyrov.
Kadyrov spokesman Alvi Karimov said that Gullit and Kadyrov, who fired the Dutchman on Tuesday barely six months into his contract, met yesterday and "parted sincerely as friends."
Karimov said Gullit flew to Switzerland on the private jet of Bulat Chagaev, Terek's wealthy vice president who recently took over Swiss club Neuchatel Xamax.
Kadyrov fired Gullit after Terek lost at Amkar Perm 0-1 in the Russian league on Tuesday. The loss left Terek in 14th place in the 16-club league.
Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader had billed the match as the Dutchman's last chance to prove he cared more for the club's poor league form than partying.
The former World Soccer Player of the Year, who took the job with the Chechen team at the start of this year, was told on the Russian Premier League club's website he would be sacked if it did not win at Amkar Perm.
After it lost through an own-goal in the dying seconds, Kadyrov said: "Gullit will no longer train Terek.
"He was unable to prove himself as a trainer. Under his command this season the team managed only poor results in every game," Kadyrov told the Interfax news agency.
"I knew about the ultimatum," Gullit told Russian sports daily Sport-Express.
"Of course, this didn't help the mood in the team. Before the match I said goodbye to the players and thanked them," he was quoted as saying.
In a long and scathing previous statement on the club's website, Terek criticized Gullit, saying the former Newcastle, Chelsea, Feyenoord and Los Angeles Galaxy coach is distracted by "bars and discos."
When the 48-year-old Dutchman signed an 18-month contract, Kadyrov said his task was to help the club qualify for European competition at the end of the 2011-12 season.
Terek finished 12th last year.
Kadyrov spokesman Alvi Karimov said that Gullit and Kadyrov, who fired the Dutchman on Tuesday barely six months into his contract, met yesterday and "parted sincerely as friends."
Karimov said Gullit flew to Switzerland on the private jet of Bulat Chagaev, Terek's wealthy vice president who recently took over Swiss club Neuchatel Xamax.
Kadyrov fired Gullit after Terek lost at Amkar Perm 0-1 in the Russian league on Tuesday. The loss left Terek in 14th place in the 16-club league.
Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader had billed the match as the Dutchman's last chance to prove he cared more for the club's poor league form than partying.
The former World Soccer Player of the Year, who took the job with the Chechen team at the start of this year, was told on the Russian Premier League club's website he would be sacked if it did not win at Amkar Perm.
After it lost through an own-goal in the dying seconds, Kadyrov said: "Gullit will no longer train Terek.
"He was unable to prove himself as a trainer. Under his command this season the team managed only poor results in every game," Kadyrov told the Interfax news agency.
"I knew about the ultimatum," Gullit told Russian sports daily Sport-Express.
"Of course, this didn't help the mood in the team. Before the match I said goodbye to the players and thanked them," he was quoted as saying.
In a long and scathing previous statement on the club's website, Terek criticized Gullit, saying the former Newcastle, Chelsea, Feyenoord and Los Angeles Galaxy coach is distracted by "bars and discos."
When the 48-year-old Dutchman signed an 18-month contract, Kadyrov said his task was to help the club qualify for European competition at the end of the 2011-12 season.
Terek finished 12th last year.
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