Ex-Barça: Johan Cruijff

A meeting yesterday evening brought a radical change to the organization of Dutch top club Ajax Amsterdam. The whole structure of the club will change and the current board will resign before the end of the season, once the new structure will be in place. Former Ajax player and manager Johan Cruijff (60) was asked to shape the new sports policy. Cruijff has accepted the offer. Ajax is currently second in the Dutch league, nine point behind leader PSV Eindhoven.

Johan Cruijff played for Barcelona from 1973 to 1978. In his first season he helped the club win the first league title since 1960. In 1988 Cruijff returned to Barcelona as manager. He was the architect of the so called "Dream Team" that won four consecutive league titles between 1991 and 1994 and the club’s first Champions League in 1992. Cruijff left Barcelona in 1996 but he always stayed an influential figure in the background.