Totti: Cruyff added glamour to this sport

“Today is a sad day for the world of football,” the Giallorossi captain said to asroma.com. “A legend of the game has departed.

“Johan Cruyff added glamour to this sport with his technique and creativity. He delighted the fans, both on the pitch and in the dugout.”

Cruyff is considered one of the best footballers of all time and was the icon of the Holland team that made it to the final of the 1974 World Cup. He lifted the European Cup three times as an Ajax player in the 1970s and once as Barcelona coach in 1992.

“It would have been an honour to face him on the pitch,” Totti added. “Watching footage of him and listening to what other icons of football have said, I know that Cruyff was an all-time great. He was a superstar able to combine elegance and extraordinary technical and mental ability.”