"F*ck off" - Ruud Gullit slams KNVB for holding back Black coaches

Ruud Gullit has slammed the Netherlands football board (KNVB) for holding back black coaches in Dutch football.

Netherlands legend Ruud Gullit expressed his frustration at the lack of opportunities for Black coaches in Dutch football, saying that he believes even the best Black Dutch candidates haven't been given the chance to truly make their mark in the national team coaching ranks.

Gullit managed Newcastle, Feyenoord, the LA Galaxy, and Terek Grozny while also serving as player-manager of Chelsea to close his illustrious playing career and has previously served as an assistant for his country's national team.

His former team-mate Edgar Davids was recently hired as an assistant by the Netherlands, but Gullit says that there haven't been equal opportunities when it comes to coaching at the highest levels of Dutch football.

"It's good that you bring it up," said Gullit to Helden Magazine when asked about the recent appointment of Davids. "Every time you see all those Black players who are only allowed to become assistants. F*ck off!"

"What was Patrick Kluivert allowed to do with the Dutch national team? Did he give training? I would not know. Has Henk Fraser given training? Maybe once, I don't know. Have I given training with Dick Advocaat? No! They said I had to stand in between the players, but I was never allowed to give training."

" showed me that he didn't need me for my expertise, but I am still grateful to him that I have worked for the Dutch national team thanks to him. If you ask me if I would do it again, I say 'no, of course not'.

"We are talking about equal opportunities for everyone. When those equal opportunities present themselves, there are immediately people who say: 'Yes, but you have to have the quality.'I think that's so bad, it almost sounds like you're saying we don't have quality. I find that very bad."