Cruyff always talked about where to run and where to stand, and when not to move." For all the success, Total Football was not unstoppable. The system failed in the 1974 World Cup final ...

Football is a sport that can change quickly over a relatively short period of time. Even in a new season, breakthrough ...

Even so, it was that region of Iberia that was the natural home for the first Cruyff Football Tournament. It is there, almost as much as his native Netherlands, the home of Total Football ...

The ‘Cruyff turn’ is one of 15 phrases from football to be included in the latest update to the OED, along with ‘total football’, the style of play associated with Ajax and the Netherlands in the ...

Cruyff was diagnosed with cancer last month and the 68-year-old has since undergone treatment. Writing in his column for De Telegraaf, the three-time Ballon d'Or winner said football helped take ...

Former Barcelona sports chief Jordi Cruyff was sorry to see the way Xavi was treated when he was sacked last season. Cruyff believes Barca could've treated the situation better at the time.

Barcelona’s Tiki-Taka pioneered under Pep Guardiola, incorporated a new concept in the 2000s. If Total Football means the players’ positional interchangeability, Tiki-Taka means ball domination with ...

Former Barcelona chief Jordi Cruyff is happy seeing Frenkie de Jong speaking out. De Jong has taken aim at the rumours about him when he was sidelined with injury. Cruyff said: "I was delighted ...

Romario and Ronaldo by paying them generous sums but gaining a reputation for prioritising business over football success. He and Cruyff also had plenty of differences when the Dutchman was the ma ...