Johan Cruyff – legendary creator of the Cruyff turn – must have got a bit of a turn today after reading the Dutch newspaper Volkskrant.
There was a story in it titled “Johan Cruyff deceased”.
It was supposed to be part of some test for new software test which somehow went live by mistake.
The story quickly spread on social networks before it was taken down.
The paper’s editor, Philippe Remarque, called it a “stupid mistake”, and apologised to Cruyff.
“On behalf of Volkskrant I offer my apologies to Johan Cruyff and anyone who has been upset by this,” he said. “The app was tested this morning with fake stories, and a technician came up with this as a way of testing a major breaking news story. By mistake it appeared with this headline.”