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Cruyff steps down as Ajax adviser

Former Ajax star Johan Cruyff has stepped down as an adviser to the club after feeling his vision for youth development was being ignored.

Johan Cruyff has quit his role as an adviser for Ajax.

The 68-year-old, who won eight Eredivisie titles and three European Cups with the Dutch giants, has stepped down from the position after growing disillusioned with his impact.

Cruyff will no longer advise the club after feeling the implementation of change within the club's youth development program he put forward was being consistently ignored.

"I quit. For years I have noted that the core of my vision within Ajax isn't followed up," he wrote in his column in De Telegraaf.