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Broken Dreams

Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football

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By Tom Bower
Awards:
William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award Winner 2003
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  • Published: 2nd Apr 2007
  • ISBN: 184739003X
  • Pages: 416
  • Size: 198mm x 129mm

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Greedy, vain and ambitious personalities dominate English football. From the author of devastating exposes of Mohamed Fayed, Richard Branson and, most recently, Geoffrey Robinson, BROKEN DREAMS is a superbly incisive account of how self-interested individuals, adopting questionable and predatory business methods, are exploiting the sport of football to earn billions of pounds and huge glory.

Focusing on key figures including Terry Venables, Ken Bates, David Dein, Harry Redknapp, Rio Ferdinand and other famous agents, chairmen and managers, Tom Bower exposes the money, the politics, and the vicious battles behind the beautiful game. For the first time a non-sports writer reveals the vanity and greed which endanger the national sport.

With a new, updated chapter for this latest edition, renowned investigative journalist, Tom Bower, takes on the football giants, exposing the money, politics and the vicious battles behind the beautiful game.

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