I’m a little worried about a lack of tacklers but I figure with Xavi and Zinedine Zidane, we’ll have the ball a lot and I’m backing Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff to hold on to it.

Diego Maradona once said Alfredo Di Stefano, Johan Cruyff and Lionel Messi rank ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo in the GOAT debate.

Pelé was defined in the last couple of decades by what he wasn’t — namely, Diego Maradona ... who followed him. Johan Cruyff’s turn? Pelé did it before him. Maradona’s rabona?

Pele, Johan Cruyff and Diego Maradona were all players that Keegan encountered in some capacity throughout his time as a revered footballer - but, in his autobiography, the former centre forward ...

In the Johan Cruyff arena ... Leading into the game, Ajax produced a classy image for social media of Cruyff and Diego Maradona, the greatest players to don either shirt, presumably sitting ...

Argentine star Lionel Messi was named the best player in history by the IFFHS, while Cristiano Ronaldo was ranked outside the ...

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has unveiled its much-anticipated list of the 10 ...

Like Pele and Diego ... Cruyff said. From that day, Cruyff wore the No 14, where possible, throughout his career, although at Barcelona he was more often seen in his old No 9 shirt. Johan Cruyff ...

Imagine Diego Maradona Jnr at Dunfermline, or Johan Cruyff turning out for Dumbarton. While these transfers may seem like the stuff of fantasy, they were, at various times, genuine possibilities.