Johan Cruyff ‘diagnosed with lung cancer’

Dutch legend Johan Cruyff has lung cancer, according to reports in Spain.

The 68-year-old - who won three successive European Cups with Ajax before going on to play for and manage Barcelona - was diagnosed last Tuesday, it was reported on Spanish radio station RAC1 and Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo on Thursday morning.

Cruyff is said to be currently undergoing tests to try to discover the extent of the disease. He had double heart bypass surgery in 1991 while he still in charge of Barcelona - a role he eventually left in 1996.

Guardian services