London, 1973.
As English football clung to grit and long balls, two Dutch visionaries—Cruyff and Michels—chose Highbury over Barcelona. Arsenal, a club caught between tradition and transition, became the canvas for Total Football. No one knew it yet, but beauty had just arrived in North London—and the game would never be the same.
Chapter 1
Prologue: The Year Everything Changed
This Isn’t Football. This Is Art
Can They Do It on a Cold, Muddy Pitch in January?
1973-74: Arsenal’s Total Football Revolution
1974-75: Arsenal’s Total Football Goes to Europe
1975-76: Arsenal’s Last Dance with Cruyff?
UEFA Euro 1976: The Greatest Tournament Ever?
Johan Cruyff’s Decision: Stay at Arsenal or Move to Barcelona?
Chapter 2
1976-78: Arsenal’s Total Football Dynasty
1978 FIFA World Cup: Johan Cruyff’s Last Dance
June 25, 1978 – The Night Johan Cruyff Lost Football
1978-79: Johan Cruyff’s Last Season
Johan Cruyff After Retirement: Arsenal’s Future & His Managerial Legacy
Cruyff’s Arsenal in the 1990s: The Battle for English & European Supremacy
Paul Gascoigne in the Cruyff Timeline: A Genius Saved
1996: Arsène Wenger Becomes Johan Cruyff’s Successor at Arsenal
Chapter 3
2000s: Arsène Wenger & Arsenal’s Generational Transition
2006–2016: The Lost Decade
Barcelona Without Cruyff – The Club That Never Found Itself
The Other Lionel Messi (Before 2016)
“The Last Conversation” – Lionel Messi & Johan Cruyff
2016: Redemption – Lionel Messi & Arsenal’s Return to Greatness
2017-2022: The Beautiful and the Brutal
What If: The Archive 