Cruyff keen on van Basten reunion

Ajax supervisory board member Johan Cruyff would like to bring Marco van Basten back to the Amsterdam club as technical director.

The former Barcelona ace is keen to lure van Basten back to the Amsterdam ArenA after previous spells as a player and coach.

Cruyff and van Basten had several disagreements during the 46-year-old’s short stint in charge of the Dutch club in 2008-09, but Cruyff insists that they are still friends and talk regularly.

“We have often sat together and talked,” Cruyff told AD Sportwereld. “For us as former footballers, it is important to work with intelligent people.”

“We always remained friends and sometimes friends have disagreements. When two intelligent people have a different opinion, they can both never be 100 per cent right.”

Van Basten spent five years in Ajax’s first-team before joining AC Milan in 1987. He was then appointed coach of Ajax in 2008 but resigned after one season.