Ally Dick won three European medals with Tottenham and AjaxWhen Johan Cruyff phoned Ally Dick in 1986 to gauge his interest in joining Ajax, the great man was probably expecting a more enthusiastic reaction than "Eff off, ya dumpling." It was, genuinely, Ajax coach Cruyff on the line. "Two days later the headline wasn't 'Ally Dick signs for Rangers', it was 'RC [Roman Catholic] signs for Rangers'. "That's why I got a very strange call out the blue from Ajax," Dick says. After a promising start at Ajax, Dick's knee was left "black and blue and the size of a football" after a Cup Winners' Cup tie against Olympiakos.

Source: BBC July 03, 2020 08:15 UTC