Party lifestyle blamed as Gullit loses Grozny job

RUUD GULLIT has been sacked as manager of Russian side Terek Grozny after just five months in the role.

The former Chelsea and Newcastle boss was relieved of his duties immediately after Terek’s 1-0 defeat at Amkar Perm yesterday, which left them third from bottom of Russian Premier Liga with three wins from 13 games.

Terek president Ramzan Kadyrov, who is also the Chechnen leader, had warned Gullit that defeat would result in his axing after complaining that the 48-year-old had been more concerned with “thinking about bars and discotheques”.

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