{"product_id":"the-ajax-way-how-one-football-club-defines-the-modern-game-hardcover","title":"The Ajax Way: How One Football Club Defines the Modern Game - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDylan O'Connell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1894 a group of friends had an idea and it led to the creation of Ajax, a football club for the people of Amsterdam. More than one hundred years later and that club has become an institution for youth development, a school of ideas that underpins the modern game and a club synonymous with the Total Football ideal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dutch superpower created a way of playing that is now accepted as the norm by European titans AC Milan, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United - as well as a host of national teams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ajax Way\u003c\/i\u003e tells the full history of the club while looking at the reaches of Total Football: the way of playing perfected by Rinus Michels and Johan Cruyff. It traces the club's rise as a social hub for the people of Amsterdam to the creation of a team that would win three consecutive European Cups in the early 1970s; and added a fourth in 1995 under Louis Van Gaal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt reveals a host of footballing greats - players and coaches - who have been undoubtedly influenced by Ajax, from early day pioneers through to current day icons Pep Guardiola and J?rgen Klopp. Packed with tactical insight and social history, it is a story that spans three centuries and stretches across the globe, but at its core is Ajax Amsterdam and their roster of stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152692482183,"sku":"9781801507059","price":32.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ee16126d7a701adc51da5733a8d06f69.webp?v=1733216005","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-ajax-way-how-one-football-club-defines-the-modern-game-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}