Barcelona Fans Ask Club to Rename Camp Nou in Johan Cruyff's Honour

The flags of Catalonia and FC Barcelona were flying at half-mast outside the Camp Nou on Thursday in tribute to one of the most important men in the club's history: Johan Cruyff.

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Furthermore, the club announced that they will be putting on a mosaic tribute to the club legend at April 2's Clasico:

However, many fans believe the Blaugrana should make their tribute to the man who brought them glory as both a player and manager much more permanent.

The hashtag #EstadiJohanCruyff trended on Thursday as supporters campaigned for the Camp Nou to be renamed in Cruyff's honour:

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RT @kumarcsadi: Can you start a trend to rename camp nou to #estadiJohanCruyff.

— barcastuffreply (@barcastuffreply) March 24, 2016"

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Our stadium should be named to johan cruijf... that's the least thing we can do for everthing he have done for barca #EstadiJohanCruyff

— Kariem (@Kariem1997) March 24, 2016"

At the time of writing, Barcelona have not responded to the request.

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