How Cruyff inspired Ajax's rebirth

About this episode

<p>Welcome to Football Architects - a summer series from our friends over at the Athletic FC Tactics podcast,&nbsp;telling the the unsung tales behind modern football success stories.</p><br><p>Episode one is focused on Ajax’s rebirth and how the club was rebuilt in the image of legendary figure Johan Cruyff.</p><br><p>On this episode, we hear from Ruben Jongkind, former head of talent development at Ajax, and the club’s former head of talent recruitment, Jasper van Leeuwen.</p><br><p>Every episode will also have a written piece on the website, which we will link below.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6445365/2025/07/03/football-architects-rebuilding-ajax-johan-cruyff/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6445365/2025/07/03/football-architects-rebuilding-ajax-johan-cruyff/</a></p><br><p>The first three episodes of the five-part series are available to listen to right now, check it out wherever you get your podcasts.</p><br><p>Host: Michael Bailey</p><p>With: Jacob Whitehead and Liam Tharme</p><p>Producer: Mike Stavrou</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>