Jordi Cruyff • Manchester United and the 4-4-2 • Masterclass

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Jordi Cruyff signed for Manchester United in the summer of 1996, after appearing for the Netherlands at Euro 96, and went on to make almost 60 appearances for the club across an injury-affected four-year spell.
In this, his second exclusive Masterclass with The Coaches’ Voice, he looks back on his time in English football, working with Sir Alex Ferguson and the roles played by influential teammates including Roy Keane, Paul Scholes and Eric Cantona. He also focuses on how he was used by Ferguson in the 4-4-2 formation then preferred by Manchester United, explaining how he had to adapt to the tactical and extra physical demands of the English game.
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[@darakenny5408]

Son of Johan and played under Fergie I think this guy might know some things about tactics

[@positional_play]

Ferguson wasn't really a great tactician, it was more about man-management and how to motivate his players. Unlike Michels, Cruyff, Sacchi, Guardiola, Mourinho or Klopp he never had a clear philosophy of how to play football. Yes, he wanted to play attacking football and his players to never give up, but usually it was his assistant to give the tactical instructions during training while Ferguson would watch which players worked the hardest.

[@poketuber9702]

I want to like your comment but it’s at 69

[@LEGENDSOFROCK45]

@@positional_play I never knew that, thank you for sharing that bro.

[@Beyondultragaming]

@@positional_play thats mad i never knew that. I guess he had a great group of staff to back him up and sometimes thats what makes the difference

[@eva00r]

@@positional_play That is certainly not true. Ferguson was a great tactician but his man management skill was at the absolute pinnacle of world football so people were blinded by that. He used to play 442 (First CL era), 433 (Ronaldo Tevez), 4411/4231 (Rvp Rooney) and even 7 defender against another European club. His subs at half time was on point and so many times United played like another team in the second half. Because he was at the very top for such a long time, his tactics had to adapt toward new football rules each year and still won the league - looking back people always forgot that because he was the only guy who can man-manage 4 or 5 football teams for like 20 years and win pretty much everything.

[@KK.Sce.]

Sir Alex Ferguson. The Coaches Coach

[@frostyhkd]

Paul Scholes. The players player.

[@jhonyblanco9239]

I need that board! Love the colors and the size!

[@snakeobias]

and the way it lights up with the player names and numbers haha!

[@rezzaakbar7236]

Jordi Cruyff, no. 14. I remember that I was so excited when he came to United. He was a very good player. And along with Beckham, Giggs, and Poborsky, we had a fantastic young wingers at that time.

[@Sanctified57]

Very good player, Jordi. It was unfortunate that his dad was a genius and thus brought unfair comparisons. Jordi was different to his Dad, albeit not at the same level, he was technically very accomplished, and a very classy player in his own right

[@abelovedsonofGodinwhomHeis35-6]

Jordi was a lovely player, any other point in history he would have been a main man at United, but he came at a time when United had huge players

[@nikolai1714]

Such a classy and respectful man

[@ozaryana]

When I was in London for a holiday with my parents back in '93, my dad told me that he was going to buy for me a Man Utd jersey. I got so excited, and knowing that Jordi was a new signing I choose to have his name & number printed on the kit. Ahh good times..

[@RYx222]

Doubt it considering Jordi joined in 1996.

[@garythompson5316]

What a team that was! I was a young lad in the United States Army and was just getting into and learning the game of football in the early 90s. I finally had access on television to watch a lot of games from the Premier League and also the Champions League and F.A. Cup. I became a United supporter and the comebacks and excitement of those teams coached by Fergie was unlike anything I had ever seen growing up in the States!

[@mullaoslo]

Raymond van der Gow, Ronny Johnsen, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, jordi cruyff and karel poborsky... Pretty decent summer signings that year

[@thenotablecoxswain8871]

I remember how excited a 14 year old me was when we signed Jordi, was a great time to be a United supporter!

[@rassikrane6422]

I was so early that they had to re-upload the video because first time they made it private

[@brianodoherty4773]

Jordi! We miss you sir

[@suyashtyagi4044]

Paul scholes is so under rated, people are always talking bout gerrard, lampard, iniesta etc but to me he was the same level as them, if not, better on the technical side of the game

[@lisabradley9288]

Enjoyed this episode, very interesting Jordi, and what a team and manager we had back then. Keep up the good work 🙂

[@achintyapradhan2000]

What a nice lad

[@penguin0075]

I had Cruyff on my 96/97 Utd shirt. Remember that Summer of 96’, I was so stoked we’d signed Jordi.

[@Yewbzee]

Great video. I understand that 4-4-2 has fallen out of favour today but its still my favourite formation with the style of play it gives.

[@haggai3.477]

SOPHISTICATION IS THE SCIENCE OF INTENT. INTENT IS BEING IN POSITION TO REACH THE DESTINATION. 4-4-2 IS A MASTERFUL TEMPLATE.

[@Howling-Mad-Murdock]

The videos this channel puts out are brilliant, hands down some of the best and most informative I’ve seen. Great to hear Jordi’s view, he always performed well for us, despite the daunting task of living up to the standards of the players ahead of him.

[@tomdearie2279]

This was awesome. Jordi speaks brilliantly.

[@michaelpyatt831]

Jordi was a fantastic player and I always felt didn’t get the game time he should have been able to get. Given who were in the squad at the time, Jordi I feel was like the lotus turning up when you had a Ferrari and mclaren in the garage. With the class of ‘92 in the squad and developing, it was just unfortunate that Jordi didn’t play as much as we would have liked. Had he been at any other side in the premiership then he would have started every game !!

[@glasgowgrad6277]

Just thinking about the conversations between Johan Cruyff and Alex Ferguson!

[@sicklemie5248]

these were my favourite days watching football..... scholes my all time fav player.

[@101intellectual]

stunning video, bigup

[@dogsgobooom]

It’s the little things, like learning Cantona would pick them up for training. Excellent stuff!

[@pareshshrawan8326]

Really a masterclass explanation about masterclass players and masterclass manager..👌👌

[@haeskenhoff]

Excellent insight

[@nosir3807]

Quality video !

[@danielhackett1581]

Jordi is excellent at these. Please keep brigantine him back

[@fathi573]

Love Jordi ❤

[@levendis4ladies]

Good insight

[@keithlim1075]

One of the most underrated player in SAF era

[@h27]

Wow. I didn't even know he played for the club.

[@Usaiddshah]

Jordi signs for Barcelona.🥳❤️

[@leonard1587]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@andrewl7455]

Great video. Not overly technical like some others who want to impress with their football knowledge. Then again, his last name is Cruyff so there's no need to overexplain.

[@ballislife6086]

I've told my friends multiple times that 4-4-2 does its job individually. Many have mastered it and won trophies. Others use it as a general system to secure whatever it is that they can to stay in their league tier. Yes I'm mentioning SAF, Claudio Ranieri, Christophe Galtier and Sean Dyche. Solksjær used it in-game a lot to defend and goes back to a 4-2-3-1 when attacking. Hopefully his system could sustain and challenge the other teams to win the premier league. (Too much optimism I guess) Apart from that I just love it when I see teams playing in a 4-4-2.

[@ryiin]

Jordi oozed skill.

[@anirudhsmenon216]

Saw thumbnail and thought why he is talking about united then realized he played for us lol

[@aimless3800]

Now that he's leaving Barca, hope he comes to United. We need you rebuild this team.

[@peternielsen8723]

Good train of thought.... United gives young players gametime, i should go there and play. To bad your direct competision was Giggs and Beckham. In hindsight maybe he should have picked another club.

[@MrKAKARONALDOMESSI]

How I wish I could go back to 1996

[@unkownHustla]

i watched the last video and was thinking he needs to join ole coaching team...... now im seeing he played for united with ole , i had no idea !!!!!! someone get ole to watch the last video ....... he knows the united way and his dad way which is the barca and ajax way , could help donny and uniteds playing style

[@ssheldon1616]

ix, ayax, briiliant.

[@oscarblack7624]

alex ferguson, undisputed goat of coaching.

[@warrenforest7417]

#GlazersOut

[@optimusprimevil1646]

this channel and graham hunter's channel and the high performance podcast don't get enough views considering their quality, value as content and the reach of football in general. blooper real reaction videos get 100 times the views and even pro wrestling interviews get 10 times as much. go figure.

[@bhchen3079]

Actually he wasn't that bad of a player but he had so many injuries

[@tamidis5500]

Amazing how players, managers who have worked in multiple leagues say England is the difficult one, really tough, yet fans of the Spanish team will never accept that football in England is tougher than Spain.

[@JuanManuelLinaresBloggerDeNiro]

It depends on what you consider "harder" or "tougher". For example, no wonder there are almost no English players (or ex Premier League stars) playing in Spain, and the ones who did didn't exactly succeed (Owen, Beckham, Coutinho, Hazard, e.g.). Besides, most Premier League good players would look embarrassed and ridiculous trying to play La Liga football (slow down, passing, individual technic skills, positional playing, etc.). It's a difficult switch in both directions. And truth is, when FC Barcelona coached by Guardiola, at the top of its style, faced ManU twice, the English team had no chance. English football has been historically faster, more physical, "tougher" if you want. But with all respects, kind of basic. This is changing nowadays due to great non-English coaches coaching there: Guardiola, Klopp, Tuchel, Conte, even Pochettino back in the day. Actually, I'm pretty sure that the current dominating position of Premier League is owed to them.

[@MrKAKARONALDOMESSI]

R.i.p Johan Cruyff

[@alone2break]

Jurgen klopp is taking notes about rotation..

[@thehh5118]

🔴🔴🔴

[@aaronlee0506]

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[@skmDesign]

Imagine the son of Yohan Cruyff was coached by Sir Alex..... how lucky can you be????

[@Pablo-ts2ux]

Bald Genius

[@mpaxvidoes1256]

GET WENGER

[@londonontariocanada]

Was sent on loan for the 99 season.....ouch

[@tomallen2953]

When you order Cruyff on wish

[@billinglumbalumba]

Made by Cruijff, polished by Fergie

[@danielhackett1581]

Didn't really suit him English football. Threw away the best yrs of career going to united should have taken the Athletico or Ajax offer

[@amenstal123]

He was a Very Good and Talented Player but the Man United squad was just too Great for most at that time.