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Can't agree more with this. Then man arguably refined and created the modern approach to football, inventor of Total Football and all the legacy it led to.I just read that myself, What a pity, as football is set to lose (unless he is cured) one of the most influential figures ever - maybe the most influential football figure ever. I said MAYBE as that statement, of course, can be disputed, But remember he was the man behind setting up Barca's youth academy, using Ajax as a model, and then - after returning to Ajax - he re'organized their youth academy. And he was the main - but not the only - man behind Barca's style of play.
As a player he was up there with Maradona, Messi, etc.
He was a chain smoker as a player so it did not really come as a surprise that he got cancer.