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Cruyff's all-time world XI: There's only one Englishman and no Messi or Ronaldo
Topic Started: Nov 23 2012, 03:23 PM (564 Views)
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England World Cup winner Sir Bobby Charlton makes it into Johan Cruyff’s all-time World XI alongside Maradona and Pele - but he's amazingly found no room for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo!


Cruyff reveals his greatest team in history in a new book ‘Football, my philosophy’ and Charlton - the only Englishman in the Dutchman's side, who played 106 times for England - lines up in a four man midfield with Alfredo Di Stefano, Piet Keizer and Pep Guardiola.


Speaking at the launch of the book Cruyff also revealed how tough it would be for his protégée Guardiola to decide which step to take next in his career.


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England's only: Sir Bobby Charlton, here letting fly with a thunderous strike for Manchester United, has been named in Johan Cruyff's all-time XI



Sorry lads: There's no place for Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi


He said: 'It is so difficult for him because everybody is going to compare what he does now with what he achieved at Barcelona and he will no longer have all the organisation of the club behind him. He will be practically starting from zero.


'I know how he feels after I had been at Ajax and Barcelona I thought what can I do now, where can I go from here. I was lucky because I only had about ten more years left working; he has only just started out as a coach.'



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Yashin

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Carlos Alberto
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Beckenbauer

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Krol

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Guardiola

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Di Stefano

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Keizer

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Pele

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Garrincha


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Star man: Diego Maradona terrorises the England defence at the 1986 World Cup

Cruyff tipped Leo Messi to keep on beating Cristiano Ronaldo to the top individual awards and suggested it was the little man’s stature they gave him the edge; capturing people’s imagination by doing what he does inspite of his size.

He said: 'These awards are all subjective. Messi is tiny and so very quick with the ball and everything he does seems to have more magic about it because of that. It is only logical that he comes out on top.'


CRUYFF'S ALL-TIME XI (3-4-3)


Yashin (USSR); Carlos Alberto (Bra), Beckenbauer (Ger), Krol (Hol); Guardiola (Sp), Charlton (Eng), Di Stefano (Arg/Col/Sp), Keizer (Hol); Maradona (Arg), Pele (Bra), Garrincha (Bra)
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Dutch of class:

Edited by Homer, Nov 23 2012, 03:23 PM.
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Guardiola :laughcry: Fucking ass kissing twat. God I hate this cunt, why do all the top ex-pros suddenly think their opinion means something?

And by the way, "ONLY" one Englishman?! One English player is a great return in a list like this considering England's best ever players hardly scrape into the top 50 of all time.
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Bobby Moore should have been in there
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Maldini shits on Bobby Moore. So many better defenders than Moore ffs.
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Ruud Krol, unreal defender.
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Yashin? Keizer? Guardiola? Krol?

LMFAO, absolutely absurd.
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Lol yeah, Guardiola might have been a great player but in a list of all time mf his inclusion is ridiculous. Those Dutch players in there are embarrassing choices, not because I know anything about them, but because they are clearly there for their nationality.
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Guardiola's inclusion isn't that bad. You couldn't name more than a handful of players in that position that are better. I'd have gone Rijkaard.
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