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He was the player who most amazed me when I first started supporting Barcelona. His vision was like nobody else at the time - except perhaps for his fellow Dane Jan Molby. It's funny though, I always felt that the Cruyff Dream Team eventually developed an overpowering collections of egos that ultimately proved to be our downfall. Laudrup was just one of a handful of players who seemed to develop a bit of a headstrong attitude. I'm not suggesting that players should not have a say in proceedings - I just feel that that particular side seemed to develop an element of players who started believing their own hype and felt they were bigger than the club. Laudrup cited 'the hunger of the Real Madrid team' as his reason for leaving. I personally think it could partly have been a knee-jerk, emotional reaction to his apparent arguments with Cruyff. He could have gone anywhere in the world. Milan would have snapped him up too.
In 1992, Laudrup's unwillingness to compromise saw him quit the Danish national side due to a disagreement with the manager at the time. He subsequently missed out on Denmark's greatest footballing moment when they won the European Championships. I reckon this was something that irked him for the rest of his career.
Personally, I think he's a player who could have become one of our untouchable legends. However, his choices were questionable. But, politics aside, I still think of his style of play and his ability to pick out an overlapping full-back with a through-ball and I think it has helped to shape how our current side plays football. Without Laudrup, there would have been no Dream Team. And arguably, Guardiola, Xavi and Iniesta would not be the players they were/are.
In 1992, Laudrup's unwillingness to compromise saw him quit the Danish national side due to a disagreement with the manager at the time. He subsequently missed out on Denmark's greatest footballing moment when they won the European Championships. I reckon this was something that irked him for the rest of his career.
Personally, I think he's a player who could have become one of our untouchable legends. However, his choices were questionable. But, politics aside, I still think of his style of play and his ability to pick out an overlapping full-back with a through-ball and I think it has helped to shape how our current side plays football. Without Laudrup, there would have been no Dream Team. And arguably, Guardiola, Xavi and Iniesta would not be the players they were/are.
But we got Jan Molby instead of Laudrup, so I can't complain 
