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The Quality of Madness
- Author
- Tim Rich
- Narrator
- Andrew Loudon
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Publish Date
- 2 April 2020
- Run Time
- 10 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Biography: sport
What to expect
Rafael Bielsa, Marcelo's brother, Foreign Secretary of Argentina, 2003-05.
Marcelo Bielsa is one of football's greatest eccentrics and greatest enigmas. He is described by Pep Guardiola as: 'the greatest football manager in the world'. To the Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino, he is 'my footballing father, the reason I became a player, the reason I became a manager.' This will be the first English biography of one of football's most contradictory characters.
This is a definitive and comprehensive biography from growing up in Argentina under a military dictatorship to reviving the stricken power of Leeds United.
(P)2020 Quercus Editions Limited
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A triumph. Not one just for Leeds fans, or even football nerds, Bielsa's story will resonate with anyone drawn to life's maverick thinkers
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Details
- Author
- Tim Rich
- Narrator
- Andrew Loudon
- Duration
- 10 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 April 2020
- ISBN
- 9781529404982
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Genre
- Biography: sport
Synopsis
'We were all considered mad, Marcelo was thought mad. My grandfather, my father, Maria Eugenia, my sister, were all considered mad and I was as well. The reason was that we took a different path to everybody else.'Rafael Bielsa, Marcelo's brother, Foreign Secretary of Argentina, 2003-05. Marcelo Bielsa is one of football's greatest eccentrics and greatest enigmas. He is described by Pep Guardiola as: 'the greatest football manager in the world'. To the Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino, he is 'my footballing father, the reason I became a player, the reason I became a manager.' This will be the first English biography of one of football's most contradictory characters. This is a definitive and comprehensive biography from growing up in Argentina under a military dictatorship to reviving the stricken power of Leeds United.(P)2020 Quercus Editions Limited
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