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Dutch football legend has passed away

Dutch football legend and three-time Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff dies at the age of 68

Their revolutionary "Total Football" under Rinus Michel is regarded as the antecedent of the modern game. Cruyff had revealed in October of 2015 that he had been diagnosed with cancer and seemed to be coping well.

He was a three-time Ballon d'Or winner and also won three consecutive European Cups with Ajax as a player and went on to manage Barcelona to their first European Cup win in 1992.

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