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A Long Wait for Another Cruyff – the End of a Saga

It is often noted that players with extraordinary technical ability do not go on to become good coaches. The game comes so naturally to these type of footballers that they struggle to convey their message when they make the transition from pitch to bench. But there is an exception to every rule and, in this […]

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Football’s Greatest Feuds

In light of Gareth Bale and Charlie Adam’s dislike for each other, we look at the other players who didn’t quite see eye to eye. 1. Johan Cruyff v Louis van Gaal …Some speculated that the root of their problem was Cruyff’s anger that Van Gaal guided his beloved Ajax to Champions League glory in […]

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Johan Cruyff – Interview

It was 30 years ago, that Johan Cruyff played his last match in the European Cup, the three-times winner and four-times finalist bringing the curtain down on one of the great odysseys of the game in Amsterdam against, of all teams, Celtic. Not that the man himself knows, of course. Frankly, he hasn’t a clue. […]

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