Barça wanted to get rid of him [Guardiola]. They considered… - Johan Cruyff

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Barça wanted to get rid of him [Guardiola]. They considered him scrawny, bad defensively and ineffective in the air. What nobody saw was that he had the basic qualities to go far: he had game intelligence, speed in his execution, technique. If I hadn't been at Barcelona, for sure he would have been sold to a Segunda Division club.

Johan Cruyff

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Hendrik Johannes Cruijff OON (25 April 1947 - 24 March 2016), internationally known as Johan Cruyff, was a former Dutch footballer and the manager of the Catalan national team as well as a member of the AFC Ajax board of directors. He won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974, which is a record jointly held with Michel Platini, Marco van Basten, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Cruyff was one of the most famous exponents of the football philosophy known as Total Football explored by Rinus Michels, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.

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Native Name: Hendrik Johannes Cruyff

Alternative Names: Hendrik Johannes Cruijff • Johan Cruijff

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