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Ruud Gullit named LA Galaxy boss

JamesTheYiddo

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Former Chelsea boss Ruud Gullit has been named as the new coach of Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy.

Former European Footballer of the Year Gullit succeeds Frank Yallop, who quit LA Galaxy to return to San Jose for a second stint as Earthquakes coach.

Galaxy captain David Beckham, who is likely to be named in Steve McClaren's England team on Friday, is due to attend Gullit's unveiling the same day.

Gullit, 45, has also previously managed Newcastle and coached Feyenoord.

Yallop's departure came after a difficult season for the Galaxy as they failed to make the play-offs for a second consecutive year.

The team played under an extraordinary spotlight after the mid-season signing of Beckham, who rarely played due to injury problems.

If Beckham is the the MLS's highest-profile player, arguably Dutchman Gullit, who was European Footballer of the Year in 1987, is set to become the league's highest-profile manager.

He joined AC Milan in 1987 for a world record fee and, with compatriots Frank Rijkaard and Marco van Basten, helped the Italian club win the European Cup in 1989 and 1990.

Gullit also played for Sampdoria and Chelsea, before starting his managerial career with the London club.

He famously coined the term "sexy football" while commentating for the BBC during Euro 1996.
 

llamafarmer

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How the hell does a team in the MLS afford to employ Becks and now Gullit?!
 

ChRiStOpHe

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It's not the teams that pay the money, is it? I think it's the league that funds all these things, and the clubs put forward who they'd like or something like that. Thinking about it, I believe clubs in Qatar are run in a similar way.

Simply put, the MLS is run very differently to European leagues.
 

LSUY

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They must have some deep pockets in order to afford Becks and Gullit. In the MLS only $400,000 of a player's wages is covered by the league, the rest the owner has to pay.
 

Spurs-USA

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The league doesn't pay for managers/coaches, or "Designated Players". Each team gets one DP slot which is used on a player who's salary goes beyond the strict salary maximum as long as the club pays for it. As for being able to afford it, most MLS owners are richer than EPL owners. The salary cap has been imposed to limit costs and make sure the league doesn't go the same way as the NASL. As more teams become profitable and build their own stadiums, the rules are being relaxed, and the salary cap is being increased.
 
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