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Gullit is now at Feyenoord and spoke of his rift with Shearer following the striker's recent attack on Magpies boss Sir Bobby Robson for leaving him out of the UEFA Cup away game in Olso.
Speaking to the News of the World, Gullit said: "It was plain he didn't want to play for me.
"I told him to his face he was the most overrated player I have ever seen."
The attack by Gullit on Shearer comes five years after he resigned as Newcastle United manager following a bitter dispute with Shearer.
Gullit said: "He thinks about himself all the time. It's always about his goals and not about the team.
"If we were going to succeed as a team I knew we had to change the way Alan Shearer played but he didn't want to change."
Gullit resigned after controversially dropping Shearer to the bench for a Newcastle/Sunderland derby - Newcastle lost.
"The problem was that he had too much power. In the end it became a battle I could never win," added Gullit.
"He was England's favourite, England's captain and he was playing for his home-town team.
"All of that meant he was bigger than the club itself.
"What could the board do? If they back the manager and kick him out they will have everybody against them.
"They decided to try another coach instead but nothing has changed.
"Sir Bobby has done well but the rotten apple is still there, the damage is still being done.
"There's a clique of mediocre players who think if they stick close to him they will stay involved in the team.
"As manager I wanted him to play well and to score goals, but I wanted to use him in a different way.
"Unfortunately, for some reason he didn't want to try. He's a good player, but he will never win trophies.
"He has won one, when he was at his best, but after that, what?
"He scores some great goals but it's the players who score goals and win trophies and championships that receive the real recognistion.
"I told him to his face 'you are the most overrated player I have ever seen' but he didn't reply.
"Maybe that's why they call him Mary Poppins because he is so innocent. But I know how powerful and ruthless he can be."
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