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States Of Play: How Sportswashing Took Over Football | The International Bestseller & Winner Of The Football Book Of The Year Aw
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The International Bestsellershortlisted For Football Book Of The Year & Best Sports Writing Award At The 2025 Sports Book Awardsa Times Sports Book Of The Yeara Telegraph Book Of The Yearan Irish Times Book Of The Yearan Irish Independent Book Of The Yearfully Updated To Cover Saudi ArabiaS 2034 World Cup Bid, The Manchester City Charges Case And The Events Of The 2024/25 Season.Important, Perfectly Timed And Hugely Necessary. The GuardianFootball Needs This Book. A Monumental Piece Of Investigative Journalism. Irish TimesA MustRead On How Modern Football Works. Ian WrightBrave, Forensic And Utterly Gripping. Tom Holland______________________________The Definitive Account Of How Capitalism And The WorldS Elite Corrupted Modern Football.As The 2022 World Cup In Qatar Drew To A Close, There Was A Bitter Undercurrent To ArgentinaS Triumph. Throughout The Tournament, Numerous Allegations Of Sportswashing And Financial Misconduct Had Been Made Against The State Of Qatar, Moving What Had Previously Been A Smaller Conversation Into The Worldwide Spotlight.The Question Had Been Asked, Who Really Owns And Runs Football?Journeying From Abu Dhabi To Newcastle, And Onto London, Paris, Moscow And New York, Journalist Miguel Delaney Investigates The Allegations Of Sportswashing And Misconduct In The Beautiful Game. The Result Is A Gripping Account Of How Football Has Been Taken Over By The WorldS Wealthiest Businessmen, StateBacked Corporations, Media Tycoons And OilRich Oligarchs.From NeymarS 198 Million Transfer To Paris SaintGermain And Abu DhabiS Construction Empire In Manchester To Failed Financial Fair Play Constraints And The Dawn Of The European Super League, Miguel Draws On Exclusive Interviews And Unprecedented Access To Key Stakeholders To Produce An AllEncompassing Expos Of Modern Footballs Highest Echelons.Authoritative, Riveting And EyeOpening, States Of Play Reveals How Football Has Become A Tool For The WorldS Elite.______________________________The Moral Compass That The Game Needs.Andy BrassellIn This Excellent Investigation, Delaney Reveals The Ugly Side Of The Beautiful Game.Oliver BulloughThe Most Important Football Book Of Its Generation.Jack PittBrookeTackles The Major Issues Affecting Football Today With Fearlessness And Forensic Scrutiny. An Important Investigation For Our Times.Laurie WhitwellA Majestic Book. The Essential Guide To How The PeopleS Game Has Become The Plaything Of The Very Rich And Powerful.Jonathan Wilsonmiguel DelaneyS States Of Play Was Ranked In The Irish Times Bestsellers List The Weeks Of 11Th18Th November & 9Th December 2024.
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