Johan Cruyff

Three wise men: Robin Van Persie, Johan Cruyff and Dennis Bergkamp

The Far Post Report (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009

TEAM PROFILE: Dutch looking to paint South Africa orange

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

Amsterdam - Only few countries can match the Netherlands for its football quality, but the nation of Johan Cruyff, Ruud Gullit and Marco van Basten is yet to taste World Cup success. Runners-up twice in 1974 and 1978 and close to the final as well in...

Arsenal whiz Ramsey likened to Cruyff, Man Utd icon Edwards

tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

Former Wales boss Bobby Gould has likened Arsenal whiz Aaron Ramsey to Johan Cruyff and Manchester United legend Duncan Edwards! read more

Coach of the year (male): Pep Guardiola

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

The young Barcelona coach has quietly turned a team of underachievers into world-beaters Pep Guardiola sits in the Barcelona dressing room listening, rapt, to some harpsichord variations by Johann Sebastian Bach. The players watch their coach in mute bafflement. When the music ends, Guardiola stands up, wipes the tears from his cheeks, turns to the players and, in no way diminishing their confusion,...

Wayne Rooney to captain England in place of injured John Terry

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

• Terry expected to miss friendly with ankle injury • England coach says striker will flourish as a leader Wayne Rooney will take his first step towards becoming England's long-term captain by taking the armband for the first time in tomorrow night's friendly against Brazil with John Terry expected to be ruled out with an ankle injury. The Manchester United striker's appointment would be...

Johan Cruyff Believes Football Can Cure Many Ailments

The Far Post Report (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Johan Cruyff Believes Football Can Cure Many Ailments

Catalonia Coach Johan Cruyff Believes Football Can Cure Many Ailments

The Far Post Report (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

He dazzled as a player, and then as a manager and 13 years after retiring from the game, Cruyff is back...

Coaches Are Not In Control At Real Madrid - Barcelona Legend Johan Cruyff (Goal.com)

Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

Manuel Pellegrini has a tough task at the Bernabeu as others make the decisions…

Barcelona legend Cruyff slams Real Madrid over Pellegrini treatment

tribalfootball.com (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff is convinced Manuel Pellegrini is fighting a losing battle at Real Madrid . read more

Danish Dynamite

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

They won nothing, but the ultra-attacking Denmark team of the 80s were one of the most interesting in the game's history NB: This is a feature-length piece, so you might want to print it off and read it on the way home. Not if you're driving, obviously. guardian.co.uk is not legally responsible for any bumpers damaged in the reading of this article. Winning is for losers. Many of life's more interesting...

Johan Cruyff Reveals Origin Of Barcelona: "For me the basis of football is technique and ...

The Far Post Report (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

Johan Cruyff Reveals Origin Of Barcelona: "For me the basis of football is technique and possession"

This is a featured article - Cruyff analyses the extension of Lionel Messi's contract

The Far Post Report (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

Oct7 This is a featured article. Please scroll down, for all the latest on FC Barcelona. Johan Cruyff writes a weekly...

Cruyff questions length of Messi's new Barca deal

ESPN (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009

Johan Cruyff believes Barcelona were wrong to extend Lionel Messi's contract until 2016 and feels they did so because they feared the spending power of Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.

Barcelona Need To Be More Ruthless At The Back - Johan Cruyff

The Far Post Report (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009

Barcelona's win against Atletico may have been celebrated by the fans but Cruyff thinks the Blaugrana must tighten things up at...

Rob Bagchi: McFadden rolls back the bravado years

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009

The Scot's solo effort was reminiscent of Archie Gemmill's strike against Holland and Jim Baxter's showboating in 1967 There have been better and more important solo slalom goals than the one scored by James McFadden for Scotland against Macedonia on Saturday . It lacked the muscular swagger of George Weah's 80-yard run for Milan against Verona in 1996 and the serpentine, menacing panache of Diego...