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David Beckham was "disappointed" by Ruud Gullit's resignation as Los Angeles Galaxy coach but backed the Dutchman's decision to walk away if life was not working out for him in California.

Gullit quit for "personal reasons" on Monday, and was followed out of the club by the man who brought Beckham to Major League Soccer - Alexi Lalas, the Galaxy general manager, who was fired.

The moves came amid another turbulent season for the club, who have not won in their past seven games and lie outside the play-off places. That has led to speculation that Gullit may have chosen to jump before he was pushed.

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But Beckham denied that and said Gullit had to do what was right for him. "It's disappointing to lose somebody who's a good coach and a good person," he said. "It happens in football clubs. Maybe it happened too early, but we wish him good luck in whatever he goes on and does.

"He was comfortable with the players. It's different for him to coach here than it is in Europe, but I think he adapted really well. He's taken the decision to move on because of family reasons and family always comes first, so good luck to him."

Other players disputed that view, with veteran midfielder Peter Vagenas saying "there's blood in the water" after the departures, while United States captain Landon Donovan revealed he had not always seen eye to eye with Gullit.

"Believe it or not, it was actually better toward the end," Donovan said. "Initially, he was a little hard on me. I was fine with that as long as it was respectful.

"At times it was a little disrespectful and that bothered me. But I think he figured out that as long as he treated me respectfully he could say things to me and I would get on with it. So I would characterise it as good at the end.

"From Ruud's standpoint, I think it's been difficult for him because it's not what he was used to growing up. If you've been in a certain way of soccer for 40 years and you come somewhere where you can't get the players you want, you can't do the things you want, you don't have an unlimited budget, you have other issues around you that affect things, then it makes it very difficult.

"So I understand his frustration with all that. It's not easy and not a lot of foreign coaches have done well here for that reason."

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