Johan Cruyff leaves Lionel Messi off his all-time team • 11/23/2012, 02:09 PM

While presenting his new book: Football: My Philosophy, Johan Cruyff also gave his picks for his all-time team, in which, perhaps surprisingly, the former Barcelona player kept current Cule star Lionel Messi out of.

Bobby Charlton, the English player known as the \"Giraffe\", is among the group of Cruyff players and is generally considered the best English player in history.

Alfredo Di Stéfano led Real Madrid in the 1950-60s, and is considered by FIFA and the rest of the world as one of the greatest players of the 20th century.

Franz Beckenbauer, captain of Germany and a rival of Cruyff's on multiple occasions is another one of the Dutch icon's picks.

Garrincha, the bombastic Brazilian, is considered an all-time great and was chosen by Cruyff.

Pep Guardiola, a defensive midfielder for Barcelona for most of his career, gets the nod from Cruyff, though he is generally not considered among the best players of all time.

Lev Yashin, \"The Black Spider\", is considered the best goalie of all time and played his entire career with Dynamo Moscow.

Diego Armando Maradona el gran jugador de Argentina, que llevó a su país a ser campeón en el Mundial de 1986, un jugador distinto en su forma de juego y que siempre está la discusión de si es él o Pelé el mejor de la historia, algo a lo que ya se ha sumado a Lionel Messi.

Pelé, the King of Soccer, makes the list to no one's surprise.

Piet Keizer, who was part of Cryuff's Ajax and Clockwork Orange teams, makes the team, although Cruyff himself didn't.

Ruud Krol, another teammate on Holland and Ajax, also makes the team.

Carlos Alberto, who played on Brazil's 1970 team, widely considered one of the best squads of all-time, was included by Cruyff.