The evidence
• Led Ajax to four Dutch titles and the first of three successive European Champion Clubs’ Cups in 1970/71 – having lost to AC Milan in the 1969 final.
• Steered an unforgettable Netherlands side to the 1974 FIFA World Cup final, later winning the 1988 UEFA European Championship with a different Oranje generation.
• Also clinched the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Liga and Copa del Rey with Barcelona and a German Cup with Köln.
The expert testimony
“He put the Netherlands on the map in such a way that everybody still benefits from it. With him, results came first, but the quality of soccer was No1. Both as a playe…