By Jack Newman For Mailonline
Published: 12:41 BST, 21 April 2019 | Updated: 12:45 BST, 21 April 2019
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Gary Lineker has revealed how his England teammate Paul Gascoigne kept pulling Ruud Gullit's dreadlocks just before a World Cup match against Holland.
Speaking on his podcast with Danny Baker, the 58-year-old Match of the Day host said Gascoigne targeted the 6ft 3ins tall Dutch player at the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
Ahead of the game, the second group match in the tournament on June 16 which ended 0-0, the then 23-year-old Gascoigne, known as Gazza, teased Gullit in the tunnel at the Stadio Sant'Elia in Cagliari.
Paul Gascoigne pulled Ruud Gullit's dreadlocks before a World Cup match against Holland in 1990 (pictured)
The 6ft 3ins tall Dutch player was famed for his long hair which Gascoigne played with in the tunnel before the game
Speaking about what made him laugh on the footy pitch on the podcast, Lineker, England's third highest scorer said: 'I'll tell you what made me laugh...I couldn't stop laughing - we're back to Gazza again.
'When we played Holland in the 1990 World Cup in the second game, he was going round pulling Ruud Gullit's dreadlocks.
'He
