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The Barcelona complex : Lionel Messi and the making -- and unmaking -- of the world's greatest soccer club / Simon Kuper.
Van Pelt Library GV943.6.B3 K87 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuper, Simon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Futbol Club Barcelona.
- Soccer teams--Spain--Barcelona--History.
- Soccer teams.
- Sports teams--Economic aspects--Spain--Barcelona.
- Sports teams.
- Nationalism--Spain--Catalonia--History.
- Nationalism.
- History.
- Nationalism and sports.
- Sports teams--Economic aspects.
- Spain--Catalonia.
- Nationalism and sports--Spain--Catalonia--History.
- Futbol Club Barcelona--History.
- Michels, Rinus, 1928-2005.
- Michels, Rinus.
- Cruyff, Johan, 1947-2016.
- Cruyff, Johan.
- Messi, Lionel, 1987-.
- Messi, Lionel.
- Catalonia (Spain)--Politics and government.
- Catalonia (Spain).
- Spain--Barcelona.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Barça complex
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful club in the world-and how that era is now ending"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE INSIDE THE CATHEDRAL
- Introduction: Barca and Me
- I. Who's Who In The House Of Barca
- pt. TWO THE ARCHITECT
- II. The Man Who Talked On The Ball
- III. Fc Barcelona
- From An Original Idea By Johan Cruyff
- IV. The Choreographer
- V. Cruyff: My Part In His Downfall
- pt. THREE THE GOLDEN AGE. 2008-2015
- VI. Shorties At Boarding School: More Than A Youth Academy
- VII. How Does He Do It? Understanding Lionel Messi
- VIII. High Style, 2008-2012
- pt. FOUR MEET THE TALENT
- IX. Define "Talent"
- X. The Talent Rules
- XI. How The Talent Lives
- XII. Eat, Play, Sleep: The Talent And The Private Chefs
- pt. FIVE THE CATHEDRAL CRUMBLES
- XIII. Misadventures In The Transfer Market
- XIV. Everyone Becomes The Masia
- XV. More Than A Club?
- XVI. Messi's Club.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kuper, Simon. Barcelona complex
- ISBN:
- 9780593297711
- 0593297717
- OCLC:
- 1225190480
- Publisher Number:
- 99988356117
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