Louis van Gaal doesn't play 'dominating football' at Manchester United and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is setting a bad example to children, says Johan Cruyff

Dutch legend criticial of two of the Premier League's top managers

Wednesday 07 October 2015 11:33 BST

A Dutch newspaper has apologised to Johan Cruyff after bogus report that claimed he was dead went viral (Getty Images)

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Dutch great Johan Cruyff has criticised two of the Premier League's top managers, Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho.

The former Ajax and Barcelona star, one of the greatest players ever, said that Van Gaal is playing the wrong style of football at Manchester United, while the Chelsea manager's behaviour is setting a bad example to children.

Cruyff said that Van Gaal doesn't play "dominating football".

"He doesn't dominate. I like dominating football. Manchester doesn't play like that," Cruyff told Sky Sports News.

"I don't think so," said Cruyff when asked if Van Gaal plays too cautiously, "but it's strange that against strong teams they've got good results and with weak teams they've had difficulties. That's a strange situation.

"But the results I think are second. The game is first. Money is very important but always second. In England they play different, everybody has their own style. A mix of styles is always good.

"The most important part are the fans, that people going home are happy. It's their time off and you should give them something to enjoy."

Cruyff has criticised the two managers (Getty Images)

The Dutch legend, 68, also says that Mourinho's lack of experience as a player has negatively affected the way he reacts to bad results.

"He's controversial," added Cruyff. "What I like about him is he's always capable of creating good ambience within the players and what I don't like is that he always puts himself on the first row. He should be on the second row.

"It's probably because of his background, where he's never been cheered by 100,000 people, or whistled at by 100,000 people. Maybe it's because of that, maybe because of the interest from the press, but I don't think he is educating children to play football or educating for life.

"He should behave better because he will be in the press all over the world."

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