Dutch Legend Marco Van Basten Believes Johan Cruyff Would Be Ashamed of Barcelona’s Current Business Practices

• FC Barcelona have tried to bully some of their players into leaving or accepting salary cuts to stay
• Marco van Basten believes that former Barcelona manager, Johan Cruyff, would be ashamed of Barcelona now
• Barcelona have drawn criticism from many former footballers over current transfer business practices

The criticism of FC Barcelona continues.

The club have attracted a lot of negative publicity with how they’ve conducted their business this transfer window.

Former Dutch international Marco van Basten is the latest ex-player to comment on the workings of the Blaugrana.

As reported by 90Mins, the former Ajax player said that Johan Cruyff would be ashamed to see how Barcelona have conducted business.

The club have bullied some of their players into leaving or accepting salary cuts in order to stay at the club. Frenkie de Jong’s case has been the most publicised, with Barca constantly trying to find new ways to get him to leave.

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The club are also around €1.3bn in debt but have managed to spend over €150m on transfers. It’s for these reasons, and more, that van Basten has now criticised the club.

“I think Johan Cruyff would have been ashamed to see how Barça have behaved today. In my opinion, the behaviour of FC Barcelona has been well below their standards,” he said.

Cruyff was a legendary figure at the club who brought about a culture of winning at both Ajax and Barcelona as a player and manager.

His impact was so huge that there is even a statue of Cruyff outside the Camp Nou Stadium.

ESPN reported that Cruyff influenced some of the best coaches the world has seen, including Pep Guardiola and Arsene Wenger.

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Dest has been informed that he is not in Xavi's plans for the upcoming campaign, and the Spanish club is willing to let him leave for £17 million.

Dest has now been warned his career could be derailed if he joins Manchester United.