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Johan Cruyff considers job as team manager!

In the next weeks, Johan Cruyff will decide whether he’ll make a return as team manager!! The ex Ajax and Barca coach has been invited by the Catalan federation to coach the national selection.

Catalonia has a “symbolic” national team, which is excluded from official tournaments. The team plays one game per year, a friendly against a reputable opponent in the Xmas timeframe.

Brazil, Argentina and England have declined the invite to play on December 22, but Holland is still an option.

Cruyff’s job would be to select a group and have them train once. He is supposed to scout his players during the year, which isn’t that hard, with Catalans like Xavi, Puyol, Pique and Krkic playing for his beloved Barca, Fabregas at Arsenal, Riera at Liverpool and Ajax players Gabri, Oleguer and Luque. Jordi Cruyff, named after a Catalan patron saint, played for the Catalan team as well.

The Catalan Federation has already announced to have agreement with the Cruyff Foundation.

How cool is this :-) ?

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By Tiju | October 1st, 2009 at 6:26 am
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i would love to have him as dutch manager for WC2010

Posted from India India

By Tiju | October 1st, 2009 at 6:35 am
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The D.day is on 4th December(the Worldcup preliminary round draw)..
and cannt wait for october 10 and 14th..

Posted from India India

By Jeroen | October 1st, 2009 at 7:25 am
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@Tiju I think you mean october 10th and November 14th. There’s no game on October 14th.

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By Abhirup | October 1st, 2009 at 8:59 am
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Someone plz provide an update on Robben’s injury..please.
I mean I’ve heard that it’s serious.When will he be able to return?

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By ferenc | October 1st, 2009 at 9:17 am
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i’m quite happy that catalunya doesn’t have an “official” national team because if catalunya played oranje i wouldn’t know what team to support – maybe a draw ;-)

johan and even neeskens played once for the catalan national team as honorary catalans

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By ferenc | October 1st, 2009 at 9:30 am
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valdes – oleguer,puyol,pique, – xavi,s.busquets,fabregas – rieria,bojan,luque would be a good line up. actually i don’t know if jord is still playing somewhere or not. i have no idea who could be the left back

other news: milan have contacted marco:
http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/10/01/1534519/milan-tell-marco-van-basten-to-get-ready-report

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By finnster01 | October 1st, 2009 at 10:08 am
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@Ferenc: That team would probably even qualify for the WC2010. You may even consider “El Gallo” Etxeberria as a forward as well.

I think quite a few countries in Europe are quite happy the Basques don’t have their own official national team. That would not be an easy team to beat.

By Andrew | October 1st, 2009 at 11:36 am
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@Abhirup: Re Robben’s injury. ESPN has a story that the scan turned up positive for ligament damage, but its not as bad as first feared, and he is expected to miss a month.

Andrew

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By Lerkot | October 1st, 2009 at 12:15 pm
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finnster: His team is Catalan, Etxeberria is Basque… dont confuse em.

Fernando Navarro could play as left defender, Jordi Cruijff is playing manager in Valetta and wouldn’t make it.

By finnster01 | October 1st, 2009 at 4:49 pm
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Sorry Ferenc, I got carried away with the Basques in general.

By ferenc | October 1st, 2009 at 6:07 pm
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don’t worry, Finn,i like basques as well. maybe not as much as catalunya but bilbao is a nice and authentic team (and they hate real madrid)

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