Author:Nige Tassell
Discover the hectic behind-the-scenes drama of transfer deadlines through the players, managers, chairmen, agents, scouts, analysts, fans, journalists, broadcasters and bookmakers.
For football fans who hungrily feed on gossip and rumour, Christmas comes twice a year - once in August and again in January. These are the months when the transfer window dominates thoughts, when the prospect of a new signing or two reinvigorates the hopes and dreams of the hopelessly devoted.
Nige Tassell goes behind the scenes to observe the workings of the transfer window and to examine why it continues to hold such fascination for a nation of football lovers. He speaks to players, managers, chairmen, agents, scouts, analysts, fans, journalists, broadcasters and even bookmakers to hear how they survive - and possibly prosper from - these red-letter months in the football calendar.
Nobody writes about football like Nige Tassell: poignant, funny, nostalgic and reminds us why we love the game.
One of the issues Calvin explores in his most recent book State of Play is the need for more emotionally intelligent managers and coaches in football, as epitomised by England manager Gareth Southgate.
—— CNN SportAs enthralling and insightful as any fans of Mike’s previous books would expect
—— Matt Williams , Simon Mayo’s Books of the Year PodcastA grandstand view of the beautiful game . . . Calvin draws on his own frontline reporting as well as interviews with leading football figures to present an exhaustive portrait of the modern game.
—— Radio TimesThought-provoking and well-wrought.
—— The Sunday TimesMichael Calvin has done the game a massive service with this broad ranging, hard-hitting and exceptionally well researched book and he has also written it in a beautiful, lucid prose style.
—— Greville Waterman ReviewThe most vivid, revealing insight into contemporary British football that you are ever likely to read.
—— Tottenham on My Mind, blogVery few books about football are truly essential, but this is now one of them.
—— TIFOState Of Play is Mike Calvin’s finest work to date.
—— Phil Catchpole, BBC Sport commentatorEssential reading for anyone with even a passing interest in football
—— Barry Glendenning, GuardianHeartbreaking and funny, State Of Play is essential reading on many burning issues in the modern game.
—— FourFourTwoFor those of you missing your football fix, anything by Michael Calvin is worth a read – the hugely respected sports journalist writes eloquently about the modern game in page turner State of Play
—— DAILY MIRRORPraise for No Hunger In Paradise: Another landmark work from Mike Calvin, who has taken us beyond the surface of football to show its true workings. Ground-breaking reportage with a heart and a conscience. A service to the game
—— Paul Hayward , TelegraphPraise for Living on the Volcano: An eye-raising insight into the realities of life in the dugout
—— The Times, Books of the YearPraise for The Nowhere Men: A magnificent book, full of extraordinary characters and beautifully told
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