‘El Salvador’ was some mythical figure. Johan Cruyff had gone on a wrecking tour of Europe, inspiring Ajax to three straight European Cups, smashing the world-transfer record, and performing ...

Former Netherlands footballer Johan Cruyff believed that goalkeeper is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender ...

Jan Olsson later admitted he was totally taken for a ride. So deceptive was Johan Cruyff in that moment of magic.

Has any one person had a greater impact on football than Johan Cruyff? World class player. World class manager. Innovator. Genius. Nine years on from his untimely death, the Netherlands, Barcelona and ...

In the 1950s, Charlie Parker's improvisational sessions on the alto saxophone led to a stream-of-consciousness style that inspired the next generation of jazz musicians. Bobby Orr transformed the ...

On September 14, the match between Barcelona and Valencia for Matchday 4 of LaLiga EA Sports could take place in an ...

This piece first ran on ESPN FC on March 24, 2021 Written underneath the statue of Johan Cruyff outside Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium is the phrase "Salid y disfrutad" ("go out and enjoy"). It's what ...

He’s won six league titles as coach of Barcelona and Bayern Munich as well as two Champions League finals with the Spanish club. But for Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola there’s no bigger title ...

There will never be another Johan Cryuff. Dutch monarch Willem Alexander called the former Ajax and Barcelona forward and coach, who died last week, “a Dutch icon,” who “belonged to us all.” The word ...

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