Ballon d’Or and symbolic man in Sacchi’s Milan, he fought for civil rights. He was on holiday in Forte dei Marmi when he was rudely invited out … mistaken for a street vendor
The newspapers in those days let the news float between the summer news pages and those of sport. What happened to Ruud Gullit is a delicate story, it’s a game – let’s talk about racism – that is being played beyond the perimeter of the game. It happens in Forte dei Marmi, in the first days of July 1993. Holiday period, the teams are at a standstill, the training camps have not yet begun, the players are at the beach with their families. They play around, play tennis, turn their gaze or ear to the transfer market news of those hours.