GROZNY, Russia (AP) — Ruud Gullit arrived in Chechnya on Wednesday to take over as coach of Russian league club Terek Grozny.
The former Netherlands star was greeted by several hundred fans at the airport in Grozny before a planned meeting with Kremlin-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who is also president of Terek Grozny.
"Does it seem awful to me? No," Gullit said when asked about the Chechen capital, according to translated remarks. "I've been in more awful, dangerous and impoverished regions. I've been to Darfur and saw how people live there."
Terek finished 12th this season in the Russian Premier League. Kadyrov has given Gullit a target of a top-eight finish …
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