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Brand: Miguel Delaney
EAN: 9781399619417
Categoria: Libri e riviste

'Important, perfectly timed and hugely necessary.' - The Guardian\n\n'A must-read on how modern football works.' - Ian Wright\n\n'In this excellent investigation, Delaney reveals the ugly side of the beautiful game.' - Oliver Bullough\n\n'Brave, forensic and utterly gripping.' - Tom Holland\n\n'Majestic... the essential guide to how the people's game has become the plaything of the very rich and powerful.' - Jonathan Wilson\n\n______________________________\n\nThe definitive account of how capitalism and the world's elite corrupted modern football\n\nAs the 2022 World Cup in Qatar drew to a close, there was a bitter undercurrent to Argentina's triumph. Throughout the tournament, numerous allegations of sportswashing and financial misconduct had been made against the state of Qatar, moving what had previously been a smaller conversation into the worldwide spotlight. \n\nThe question had been asked, who really owns and runs football?\n\n Journeying from Abu Dhabi to Newcastle, and onto London, Paris, Moscow and New York, journalist Miguel Delaney investigates the allegations of sportswashing and misconduct in the beautiful game. The result is a gripping account of how football has been taken over by the world's wealthiest businessmen, state-backed corporations, media tycoons and oil-rich oligarchs. \n\nFrom Neymar's £198 million transfer to Paris Saint-Germain and Abu Dhabi's construction empire in Manchester to failed Financial Fair Play constraints and the dawn of the European Super League, Miguel draws on exclusive interviews and unprecedented access to key stakeholders to produce an all-encompassing exposé of modern footballs highest echelons.\n\nAuthoritative, riveting and eye-opening, States of Play reveals how football has become a tool for the world's elite.\n\n______________________________\n\n'Delaney's diligence and determination to hold authorities to account is the moral compass that the game needs.' - Andy Brassell\n\n'The most important football book of its generation.' - Jack Pitt-Brooke\n\n'An eye-opening and essential investigation into the forces shaping the world's most popular sport.' - Joshua Robinson & Jonathan Clegg\n\n'This book tackles the major issue affecting football today with fearlessness and forensic scrutiny. An important investigation for our times.' - Laurie Whitwell

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Brand: Miguel Delaney;the Fa
EAN: 9781802790672
Categoria: Libri e riviste

Explore the complete history of The FA Cup in this definitive illustrated book. \n\nThe FA Cup is the oldest national football competition in the world, and one of the most beloved and popular tournaments in football. In 2022, it will be 150 years since the inaugural Football Association Challenge Cup was clinched by Wanderers Football Club at Kennington Oval. Since then, 'The Cup' has become one of the premier tournaments in the sport, and an iconic mainstay of the English game.\n\nThe Official History of The FA Cup, produced in partnership with The Football Association, is a lavish, illustrated tribute to this iconic competition. Filled with stunning photographs spanning the full history of the Cup, this book celebrates the most exciting, significant and memorable goals, games and upsets in English football history. Featuring insightful commentary on The FA Cup's development and evolution, details of every FA Cup-winning side, and an exclusive foreword by Arsène Wenger, this is an essential companion for anyone with a love of the competition – which is to say, fans of football everywhere.

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Brand: Miguel Delaney
EAN: 9781399619400
Categoria: Libri e riviste

'Important, perfectly timed and hugely necessary.' - The Guardian\n\n'A must-read on how modern football works.' - Ian Wright\n\n'In this excellent investigation, Delaney reveals the ugly side of the beautiful game.' - Oliver Bullough\n\n'Brave, forensic and utterly gripping.' - Tom Holland\n\n'Majestic... the essential guide to how the people's game has become the plaything of the very rich and powerful.' - Jonathan Wilson\n\n______________________________\n\nThe definitive account of how capitalism and the world's elite corrupted modern football\n\nAs the 2022 World Cup in Qatar drew to a close, there was a bitter undercurrent to Argentina's triumph. Throughout the tournament, numerous allegations of sportswashing and financial misconduct had been made against the state of Qatar, moving what had previously been a smaller conversation into the worldwide spotlight. \n\nThe question had been asked, who really owns and runs football?\n\n Journeying from Abu Dhabi to Newcastle, and onto London, Paris, Moscow and New York, journalist Miguel Delaney investigates the allegations of sportswashing and misconduct in the beautiful game. The result is a gripping account of how football has been taken over by the world's wealthiest businessmen, state-backed corporations, media tycoons and oil-rich oligarchs. \n\nFrom Neymar's £198 million transfer to Paris Saint-Germain and Abu Dhabi's construction empire in Manchester to failed Financial Fair Play constraints and the dawn of the European Super League, Miguel draws on exclusive interviews and unprecedented access to key stakeholders to produce an all-encompassing exposé of modern footballs highest echelons.\n\nAuthoritative, riveting and eye-opening, States of Play reveals how football has become a tool for the world's elite.\n\n______________________________\n\n'Delaney's diligence and determination to hold authorities to account is the moral compass that the game needs.' - Andy Brassell\n\n'The most important football book of its generation.' - Jack Pitt-Brooke\n\n'An eye-opening and essential investigation into the forces shaping the world's most popular sport.' - Joshua Robinson & Jonathan Clegg\n\n'This book tackles the major issue affecting football today with fearlessness and forensic scrutiny. An important investigation for our times.' - Laurie Whitwell

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Brand: Andy Brassell
EAN: 9781399402804
Categoria: Libri e riviste

'This book is a work of art about football's works of art... Loved it.' - Kevin Day, broadcaster\n\n'A beautiful showcase of such a distinctive part of the game's culture... impossible not to get lost in the book' - Miguel Delaney, The Independent\n\n'Gorgeous to behold... Unmissable' - Danny Kelly, TalkSPORT radio presenter\n\n'I absolutely love this book' - Jules Breach, football presenter \n\nOn high-rise buildings, street corners and stadium walls in countries around the world, eye-catching murals pay tribute to footballing greats. From Messi and Ronaldo to Rapinoe and Cruyff, these striking displays are remarkable testaments to the awe and affection fans feel for these football legends and cult heroes. \n\nJoin renowned football writer and broadcaster Andy Brassell as he explores this fascinating phenomenon. Offering a fresh, highly visual perspective on the global game, Football Murals is the first book to celebrate these towering works of art.\n\nBeckenbauer and Cruyff, Rooney and Ronaldinho, Totti and Salah, Zlatan and Zidane - being honoured with a mural cements a player's place in a club's heritage and links them to the heart of the community. This richly illustrated book showcases the most impressive examples, explores their inspirational qualities and examines what they say about these icons and their sport.\n\nWritten and curated by respected football writer Andy Brassell, this ground-breaking book features more than 100 murals from around the world, capturing the scale, grandeur and wit of this powerful and popular art form. Through a series of short essays and extended captions, Andy shares the players' stories, discusses the cultural politics and explains just why these men and women have been immortalised in mural form.\n\nCovering such diverse topics as Home Town Glory, Football Fame and The Cult of the Coach, Football Murals addresses the issues important to fans worldwide. It spans Marcus Rashford's inspirational mural in a Manchester suburb, the George Best tribute on the East Belfast estate where he was born, the 15-foot depiction of Megan Rapinoe in St Paul, Minnesota, and the Naples 'shrine' to Diego Maradona.

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