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Cruyff’s all-time XI
- Updated: October 6, 2016
Johan Cruyff’s posthumously released autobiography My Turn has revealed the legendary player and coach’s all-time world XI.
It’s a typically attacking line-up but Cruyff explains the selection in detail. “For the ideal squad, I also try and find a formula in which talent is used to the maximum in every case,” notes Cruyff. “The qualities of one player have to complement the qualities of another.”
Here’s how they line up…
Lev Yashin
The former Soviet Union goalkeeper is widely regarded as the greatest in the history of the game but he makes Cruyff’s XI as much for his personality as his skills. “It can hardly do any harm to have a reassuring father figure to bring all those stars down to earth,” writes Cruyff.
Carlos Alberto, Pep Guardiola, Franz Beckenbauer and Ruud Krol
Brazil’s 1970 World Cup-winning captain Carlos Alberto and Cruyff’s old Netherlands team-mate …
