Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Marco Van Basten were so good, they made up the entire podium for the 1988 Ballon D’Or.

The Dutch trio, known as the three tulips, were pivotal to the Netherlands’ Euro 88 triumph and this Golazzo concentrates on the years that led to them becoming a collective at San Siro.

Part one of this two-part special also includes Ruud’s reggae band and a heated debate over the best goal ever.

RUNNING ORDER: 

 

• PART 1a: Italian clubs buying countrymen in bulk (06m 00s)

• PART 1b: Ruud Gullit – Europe’s Maradona (10m 00s) 

• PART 1c: Gullit’s relationship with Arrigo Sacchi (18m 00s)

• PART 2: Holland win Euro 88 with that Van Basten goal (23m 00s) 

• PART 3: Rijkaard moves to Milan (32m 30s)

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