Johan Cruyff died today, one month and one day shy of his 69th birthday, of lung cancer. If you love the beautiful game; if you love the idea that aesthetics matter; if you are a fan of incremental ...

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 ...

‘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 ...

Looking back at the influence of the brilliant Johan Cruyff on Pep Guardiola's managerial journey in football. This special feature was first published in May 2021. .. To Pep Guardiola, Johan Cruyff ...

The wallpaper is dated, patterned with roses, and was taken from a cupboard at a Spanish Airbnb property 12 years ago. Folded four times, and in recent months buried at the bottom of a house-moving ...

Tributes have been flooding in for Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff, who has died at the age of 68, five months after he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He was "the greatest Dutch footballer of all ...

Fifty years ago, Johan Cruyff showcased what became his trademark trick at Germany 1974 and dropped jaws across the planet. The Watergate Scandal was banished to the back seat. Mega-topics such as the ...

Johan Cruyff, a soccer star who brought a smile to the face of anyone who watched him play, died Thursday, at the age of 68. Family spokeswoman Carole Thate said Mr. Cruyff died in Barcelona after a ...