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• If is true that no individual is bigger than any club, then perhaps Johan Cruyff comes closest to challenging the old cliché. His connection to Ajax, his hometown club, is -- if not unique -- then ce … More

  

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  How Johan Cruyff and Ajax thought 'outside the box' to reach the top

  CNN - By Nick Friend and Sean Coppack

  Two years after his untimely death in 2016, the club's Amsterdam Arena was renamed the Johan Cruyff Arena in tribute. "It is a great sign that they have honored him with that," Endt says. "But it must be much more than honoring a man by name. They have to follow his philosophy, his thoughts on …

• Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten, Dennis Bergkamp, Edgar Davids -- by no means an exhaustive list, but a snapshot of Ajax's regal lineage. Matthijs de Ligt is the latest -- not so much a cab off the ran … More

  

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  Matthijs de Ligt: Ajax's latest homegrown hero

  CNN - By Nick Friend and Sean Coppack

  (CNN) — There are few football clubs like Ajax. There are even fewer, perhaps, with as clear a pathway between academy and greatness. Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten, Ronald Koeman, Dennis Bergkamp, Edgar Davids -- by no means an exhaustive list, but a snapshot of a regal lineage. Matthijs de Ligt is …

• Johan Cruyff, Ruud Krol, Arie Haan and Jonny Repp helped win three European Cups in the 1970s. Marco Van Basten and Frank Rijkaard starred in the eighties before making way for Patrick Kluivert, Edgar … More

  

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  From Cruyff to de Ligt: The evolution of Ajax's $500 million football factory

  CNN - By Sean Coppack and Eoghan Macguire

  Amsterdam, the Netherlands (CNN) — Former Ajax player and coach Danny Blind sits down in the club's boardroom and begins to reel off some of the most prominent players to have contributed to its success over the years. Johan Cruyff, Ruud Krol, Arie Haan and Jonny Repp helped win three European Cups …

• "You never know [how good he could have been]," says a visibly emotional Danny Blind, Ajax's former manager and the head of its academy, as he remembers the impact Abdelhak Nouri had at the Dutch club … More

  

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  Appie Nouri: 'You never know how good he could have been,' says Danny Blind

  CNN - By Nick Friend and Sean Coppack

  (CNN) — "You never know [how good he could have been]," says a visibly emotional Danny Blind, Ajax's former manager and the head of its academy, as he remembers the impact Abdelhak Nouri had at the Dutch club. It has been a year and a half since Nouri collapsed during a pre-season friendly against …