Author:Charles Samuel
Totally Unofficial
Javier Hernandez, El Chicharito ('The Little Pea', so named for his green eyes), is rapidly becoming one of the most idolised young football stars on the planet. After an amazing World Cup debut for Mexico, he left Guadalajara and started his dream career at Manchester United. He was initially expected to be a bit part player learning his apprenticeship, but instead instantly became a hit on and off the field with the fans and cementing his place with 20 goals and lightening pace as the club's leading striker alongside Wayne Rooney.
This is a story of the little boy with footballing stardom in his family (his father played for Mexico), who the coaches thought would be too small for the rigours of the professional game. The story of how he proved everyone wrong to reach the pinnacle of the game with World Cups, Premiership titles and Champions League finals.
Using sources from Guadalajara to Old Trafford, this totally unofficial book gets closer to the real Chicharito than any other source so far.
The humanity of Charles seeps through these pages . . . this is a story worth telling [and] Mario Risoli does it justice
—— The TimesFantastic!
—— Leeds! Leeds! Leeds!Well-researched . . . the chapters on his time at Juventus alone are worth the asking price
—— Shoot MonthlyA penetrating account of [Allison's] life and career . . . Tossell is an accomplished writer . . . a thorough and entertaining biography
—— The Independent on SundayTossell has done an excellent job capturing every facet of Allison's personality in this engaging, often very funny, portrait
—— Yorkshire Evening PostExcellent
—— FourFourTwoTossell cannot be commended too highly . . . He writes well from the foundation of asidious research
—— The Independent