Van Basten: "The need to give Cruyff hand and say, remember my name '

"Johan has previously always been my idol," Van Basten in his special column for Voetbal International. He always looked at the great Ajax Ruud Krol, Johan Neeskens, Sjaak Swart and therefore Cruyff. "Cruyff continued to attract my attention. Apart from the fact that this team was just very good, I liked John a beautiful, elegant footballer, "said Van Basten.

A few years later, Van Basten was suddenly in front of Cruyff. "I remember I looked at him for the first time in the eye. I must have been fifteen years. He walked down the stairs, I was on the stairs. I felt really need to give him a hand and say: Remember my name. But I did not do it. I think I still had too much respect for him, "Van Basten decision.

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