Cruijff announced his retirement in 1978, but he didn’t stay away from football for long. Three years later, he delighted the Dutch (or at least, those who supported Ajax) by returning to his old club in Amsterdam. This marked the beginning of a period known to sports reporters as Cruijff’s ‘Indian Summer’, a glorious winning streak in which he, by now well into his thirties, helped Ajax win the double of the Dutch league and cup titles. In 1983, though, he broke Ajax hearts for a second time by committing the ultimate heresy of transferring to Feyenoord, where the Indian Summer continued with
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