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Fernando and his book

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Loch Ness Monster

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So apparently Nando has written a book. Some of it was serialized in the Daily Mirror yesterday. In it, he tells the story of having 3 missed phone calls, ringing it back and speaking to a certain Mr Benitez. Nando tells of Rafa asking him if he would consider joining Liverpool, to which be replied yes but only at the end of the season. Assuming a fee could be agreed with Athletico.

So what I am saying is that there is potential for FIFA/UEFA/PremierLeague to charge us with tapping up the player. Why Oh why don't players keep things like this secret?

I'm on my phone so a link would be appreciated if someone can find the article. Thanks.
 
[quote author=Loch Ness Monster link=topic=35903.msg945404#msg945404 date=1253218612]
So apparently Nando has written a book. Some of it was serialized in the Daily Mirror yesterday. In it, he tells the story of having 3 missed phone calls, ringing it back and speaking to a certain Mr Benitez. Nando tells of Rafa asking him if he would consider joining Liverpool, to which be replied yes but only at the end of the season. Assuming a fee could be agreed with Athletico.

So what I am saying is that there is potential for FIFA/UEFA/PremierLeague to charge us with tapping up the player. Why Oh why don't players keep things like this secret?

I'm on my phone so a link would be appreciated if someone can find the article. Thanks.
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An agreement may have been in place with Athletico to allow Rafa to speak with Torres.
 
From the way I read it, it was nothing of the sort. The way it was portrayed was that Rafa knew what he was doing, and it was very underhand.
 
Well Athletico will have known all about it before now and would have complained if they were that bothered.

I'm just glad he phoned the number back.

He probably thought it was going to be some bird and was a bit gutted when some old bloke answered.
 
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=35903.msg945529#msg945529 date=1253231951]
That'll be one of the dullest books ever.
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Indeed. If the only hint of a 'scandal' is a vague suggestion of tapping up then it could be almost as dull as Gerrard's, where the wild revelations basically amounted to someone cutting up his shoes on England duty and that he thought Salif Diao was shit.

Footballers' books aren't what they used to be.
 
[quote author=SaintGeorge67 link=topic=35903.msg945443#msg945443 date=1253224001]
Where did Rafa get his number from?
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Pepe Reina.
 
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=35903.msg945529#msg945529 date=1253231951]
That'll be one of the dullest books ever.
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x 2. I'd rather watch John Major eat his sunday dinner.

Rooney must be due another one. He's had a hair cut and bought a couple of new sweaters since the last one.
 
[quote author=LarryHagman link=topic=35903.msg945616#msg945616 date=1253248062]
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=35903.msg945529#msg945529 date=1253231951]
That'll be one of the dullest books ever.
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x 2. I'd rather watch John Major eat his sunday dinner.

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hahahahaha
 
[quote author=Richey link=topic=35903.msg945546#msg945546 date=1253232613]
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=35903.msg945529#msg945529 date=1253231951]
That'll be one of the dullest books ever.
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Indeed. If the only hint of a 'scandal' is a vague suggestion of tapping up then it could be almost as dull as Gerrard's, where the wild revelations basically amounted to someone cutting up his shoes on England duty and that he thought Salif Diao was shit.

Footballers' books aren't what they used to be.
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Possibly cos they're writing them whilst still playing. Should they wait until after the stop playing they may then spill the beans about the shit we really wanna know.

Players books we normally read are ex-players & generally they have nothing to lose by spilling everything.
 
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[quote author=Richey link=topic=35903.msg945546#msg945546 date=1253232613]
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=35903.msg945529#msg945529 date=1253231951]
That'll be one of the dullest books ever.
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Indeed. If the only hint of a 'scandal' is a vague suggestion of tapping up then it could be almost as dull as Gerrard's, where the wild revelations basically amounted to someone cutting up his shoes on England duty and that he thought Salif Diao was shit.

Footballers' books aren't what they used to be.
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Possibly cos they're writing them whilst still playing. Should they wait until after the stop playing they may then spill the beans about the shit we really wanna know.

Players books we normally read are ex-players & generally they have nothing to lose by spilling everything.
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The fact that they are still playing is one factor yeah. They should probably hang on until their career is either over or on the slide.

Another factor I think though is that players are just more professional now. A few years back players would have some interesting stories to tell, but now your average player would have been playing football at a serious level for years, probably at the academy of a top club, and their general lifestyles are more controlled.

Probably for the best in terms of being sportsmen, but not very interesting to read about.
 
I'm surprised publishers don't try more books that consist just of chapters that are polished-up transcripts of conversations between the player and the writer, because that would probably be more interesting as well as more honest. Ghost-written formal 'autobiographies' are usually either so over-written they're no longer recognisable as their subject (e.g. Henry Winter's well-meaning but ill-conceived transformation of Steven Gerrard into Henry Gerrard) or so under-written they're as dull as ditchwater.
 
[quote author=TheBunnyman link=topic=35903.msg945800#msg945800 date=1253271643]
What's the best footballer's autobiography ever written? I don't think I've ever read one.
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Paul McGrath - Back From The Brink
 
Alan Hansen's was very good actually, but the best I ever read was Cascarino's. He's very honest, and has had quite a life.
 
[quote author=Paddy link=topic=35903.msg945805#msg945805 date=1253271757]
[quote author=TheBunnyman link=topic=35903.msg945800#msg945800 date=1253271643]
What's the best footballer's autobiography ever written? I don't think I've ever read one.
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Paul McGrath - Back From The Brink
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He was doing a book signing for that in Manchester a few years back. He was sat in the shop in a deck chair and no one turned up (Rio or Rooney or someone was doing one the same day elsewhere in Manchester).

A few months later it came free with some football magazine.
 
Keane and McGrath? I don't fucking think so.

I remember reading an extract of the Cascarino book in a sports magazine and thinking it was interesting and well-written. I might try and get hold of a copy of that one.
 
[quote author=TheBunnyman link=topic=35903.msg946035#msg946035 date=1253306595]
Keane and McGrath? I don't fucking think so.

I remember reading an extract of the Cascarino book in a sports magazine and thinking it was interesting and well-written. I might try and get hold of a copy of that one.
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McGrath's is a brilliant read.
 
[quote author=Paddy link=topic=35903.msg946036#msg946036 date=1253307043]
[quote author=TheBunnyman link=topic=35903.msg946035#msg946035 date=1253306595]
Keane and McGrath? I don't fucking think so.

I remember reading an extract of the Cascarino book in a sports magazine and thinking it was interesting and well-written. I might try and get hold of a copy of that one.
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McGrath's is a brilliant read.
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But HE WAS A MANC.
 
[quote author=TheBunnyman link=topic=35903.msg945800#msg945800 date=1253271643]
What's the best footballer's autobiography ever written? I don't think I've ever read one.
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My favourite is Di Canio's.
 
Rushie's was the last one I have read. Decent read.

Bobby Robson's is a good'un too.

The only autobiography I've ever read and disliked the person even more was Tony Adams. What an arrogrant prick he is.
 
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