{"product_id":"9781529106602","title":"How to be an Ex-Footballer","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eCrouch, Peter\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEbury Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first truly insider guide to being a Premiership\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e footballer, from Britain's funniest sporting icon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVery funny on almost every page, wonderfully self-deprecating and very sharp on the ludicrous behaviour of the modern player' -\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e'The funniest man in British sport' -\u003ci\u003e Metro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e**ASunday TimesSports Book of the Year**\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e**Shortlisted for the National Book Awards**\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e**Longlisted for theTelegraphSports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003eYou become a footballer because you love football. And then you are a footballer, and you're suddenly in the strangest, most baffling world of all. A world where one team-mate comes to training in a bright red suit with matching top-hat, cane and glasses, without any actual glass in them, and another has so many sports cars they forget they have left a Porsche at the train station. Even when their surname is incorporated in the registration plate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003eSo walk with me into the dressing-room, to find out which players refuse to touch a football before a game, to discover why a load of millionaires never have any shower-gel, and to hear what Cristiano Ronaldo says when he looks at himself in the mirror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003eWe will go into post-match interviews, make fools of ourselves on social media and try to ensure that we never again pay £250 for a haircut that should have cost a tenner. We'll be coached and cajoled by Harry Redknapp, upset Rafa Benitez and be soothed by the sound of an accordion played by Sven-Goran Eriksson's assistant Tord Grip. There will be some very bad music and some very bad decisions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003eI am Peter Crouch. This isHow To Be A Footballer. Shall we?","brand":"Ebury Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46581345059071,"sku":"9781529106602","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_5f0a4093-a212-4671-a3c7-e04e7c5f2e24.jpg?v=1739137888","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781529106602","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}