Inside Johan Cruyff’s boyhood home where Barcelona hero lived with greengrocer parents and is available for fans to rent
FOOTBALL fans have been offered the chance to rent Johan Cruyff’s house… for just £150 a week.
Ajax, Barcelona and Holland legend Cruyff was born in Amsterdam in 1947.
He spent his first 12 years in the city’s Betondorp suburb, where his parents ran a greengrocer’s shop.
Future Ajax and Barca coaching icon Cruyff died in 2016, aged 68.
Fans from around the world have made pilgrimages to the modest three-room property at 32 Akkerstraat, Amsterdam.
It has been covered with fan messages, and its windows display pictures of its famous former resident.
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Plans had been made to turn the house into a museum honouring the World Cup star, who won three European Cups in the 1970s with Ajax.
But it has now instead been put up for rent by Amsterdam’s Ymere housing association for 762 euros, or £655, a month.
Ymere spokesman Coen Springelkamp said: “Given the long waiting lists for social housing, the best solution is to rent this house out.
“You don’t have to be a football fan to answer the advertisement, although of course that would be nice.
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“But don’t worry – we won’t ask you to do keepy-uppies before we rent it to you.”
The house offers two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen, toilet, bathroom and a back garden.
And neighbours include devoted fans of Ajax, who Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag led to the Eredivisie title last season.
One local told : “If a Feyenoord fan comes to live in the house, I’ll throw a firebomb through the window.”
