Editing Ruud Gullit (section)

=== Chelsea ===
In the summer of 1996, when Glenn Hoddle left Chelsea to become manager of the [[England national football team|England national team]], Gullit was appointed as a [[player-manager]] becoming the first Dutch manager in the Premier League. Gullit made a promising start to his managerial career when in the first season as a player-manager he guided Chelsea to an FA Cup triumph in [[1996–97 FA Cup|1997]], the club's first major [[1997 FA Cup Final|trophy]] in 26 years. In doing so he became the first manager from outside the British Isles and the [[Black managers in English football|first black manager]] to win a major British football trophy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ruud Gullit's iconic Chelsea achievement |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/videos/v/2020/10/30/ruud-gullit-s-iconic-chelsea-achievement---chelsea-celebrate-bla-yFRxfbgj |website=Chelsea FC |access-date=25 November 2020 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125034455/https://www.chelseafc.com/en/videos/v/2020/10/30/ruud-gullit-s-iconic-chelsea-achievement---chelsea-celebrate-bla-yFRxfbgj |url-status=live }}</ref> The club also finished at a creditable [[1996–97 FA Premier League|sixth place]] in the Premiership.

The following season, with Chelsea in second place in the Premiership and proceeding to the quarter-finals in two cup competitions, he was sacked, allegedly for a disagreement with the club's board over compensation, though Gullit himself disputed this.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/56364.stm | work=BBC News | title=Gullit in shock over Chelsea sacking | date=13 February 1998 | access-date=23 May 2010 | archive-date=12 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112192220/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/56364.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> He was replaced by [[Gianluca Vialli]], a man he had helped to bring to the club, and who went on to guide them to [[1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] and [[1997–98 Football League Cup|Football League Cup]] glory over the remainder of the season. Gullit's last appearance as a player came in the first leg of that season's League Cup semi-final against Arsenal, but Gullit was sacked before the second leg.<ref>{{cite news
| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-hughes-revives-hope-for-ragged-chelsea-1141631.html
| title=Hughes revives hope for ragged Chelsea
| newspaper=[[The Independent]]
| date=29 January 1998
| access-date=29 December 2010
| archive-date=10 November 2012
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110063824/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-hughes-revives-hope-for-ragged-chelsea-1141631.html
| url-status=live
}}</ref> After Gullit's controversial sacking by Chelsea, chairman [[Ken Bates]] said of Gullit, "I didn't like his arrogance – in fact I never liked him."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/mirror-football-blog/Newcastle-s-Freddy-Shepherd-Chelsea-s-Ken-Bates-Leeds-Peter-Ridsdale-Palace-s-Simon-Jordan-and-the-Top-10-crazy-football-chairman-article320687.html|title=Football: News, opinion, previews, results & live scores – Mirror Online|work=mirrorfootball.co.uk|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=28 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828100622/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/blogs/mirror-football-blog/Newcastle-s-Freddy-Shepherd-Chelsea-s-Ken-Bates-Leeds-Peter-Ridsdale-Palace-s-Simon-Jordan-and-the-Top-10-crazy-football-chairman-article320687.html|url-status=live}}</ref>