Dutch Legend, Johan Cruyff has died after a long battle with lung cancer at the age of 68.
A statement from his family read : " On March 24 2016, Johan Cruyff (68) died peacefully in Barcelona, surrounded by his family after a hard fought battle with cancer. It is with great sadness that we ask you to respect the family's privacy during their time of grief"
Cruyff a three-time winner of the Ballon D'or, he revealed in October last year that he had been diagnosed with the illness.
As a player, he won three consecutive European Cups with Ajax and eight Dutch league titles, before moving to Barcelona for a then-world record fee of 922,000 Euros in mid-season of 1973. He immediately led what had been a mid-table team to their first La Liga title in a decade, their crowning moment a 5-0 victory at Real Madrid.
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