3.5 

Messi

By Guillem Balague
Messi by Guillem Balague digital book - Fable

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'I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi' Diego Maradona

FULLY UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 2022 WORLD CUP TRIUMPH & MESSI'S TRANSFER TO INTER MIAMI

As Lionel Messi raised the World Cup triumphantly into the air, the world watched on in awe. Messi's final peak conquered; his final dream achieved. It was the fairy tale ending to a glittering career. Yet despite delivering Argentina their third World Cup, Messi's time at Paris Saint-Germain came to a dramatic conclusion, and Miami awaited the Argentinian legend.

Guillem Balagué has had unprecedented access to Messi's inner circle including the player himself: his coaches, team-mates and family. From tracing the origins of Messi's precocious talent in Rosario, Argentina, to chronicling his peerless seventeen-season career at Barcelona, and his tumultuous Parisian adventure, Guillem takes us behind-the-scenes of Messi's World Cup triumph and his long-desired move to the MLS. This is an epic, authoritative and compelling account of an enigmatic footballing genius.

'I can tell my grandkids one day that I coached Lionel Messi' Pep Guardiola

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3.5
“Again, Messi being one of the best in the world deserved a better biography than this. What's up with this writer and ruining both the GOAT's life story. Disappointed.”
“The start if very interesting, touching on Messis’ childhood with anecdotes about his ability from coaches and teammates that would be difficult to find elsewhere The book lets you explore Messis’ mentality. Something notoriously hard to do considering his tendency to be a reserved character. And the Barcelona years from 2009-2014 are particularly detailed including his time in the national team Lacked some depth to his world cup triumph at the end, and you can tell it’s been added on at a later date but the read was very informative and captivating. I would highly recommend if your into football or sport biographys”
“The greatest of all time who doesn’t know this story. drags a bit in the middle but reading about his youth days was awesome. No first hand accounts from the man himself which is disappointing. Nonetheless really enjoyable.”

About Guillem Balague

Guillem Balagué is an award-winning author, football journalist and presenter who works for BBC TV, BBC Radio 5 Live, ITV, LaLiga TV and the American network CBS.

His books include A Season on the Brink; Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning; Messi; Cristiano Ronaldo; Brave New World: Inside Pochettino's Spurs; Maradona: The Boy, The Rebel, The God; Rise of the Villans: Inside Unai Emery's Aston Villa Revolution and Barça Captains: The Leaders That Built the World's Greatest Football Club. Several of Guillem's books have been Sunday Times bestsellers in the UK, and shortlisted for various book awards.

He is also chairman of Biggleswade United.

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