Wim Jansen was a tireless, intelligent midfielder who was a mainstay of the outstanding Feyenoord side of his era, winning the European Cup in 1970. A tenacious competitor with fine positional sense, he also played in two World Cup finals for the Netherlands, in 1974 and 1978.
He is fondly remembered in Scotland too, where as manager of Celtic he ended their rivals’ bid for a tenth consecutive title while bringing several key figures to the club.