Barça: the Rise and Fall of the Club That Built Modern Football WINNER of the FOOTBALL BOOK of the YEAR 2022 New New 
 
WINNER OF THE FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR

'This is a masterfully written history of the world's greatest football club. Més que un book!' - GARY LINEKER

From the bestselling co-author of Soccernomics comes the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful football club in the world - and how that envied position now hangs in the balance.

Barça is not just the world's most popular sports club, it is simply one of the most influential organizations on the planet. With almost 250 million followers on social media and 4 million visitors to its Camp Nou stadium each year, there's little wonder its motto is 'More than a club'. But it was not always so. In the past three decades, Barcelona has transformed from a regional team to a global powerhouse, becoming a model of sporting excellence and a consistent winner of silverware.

Simon Kuper unravels exactly how these transformations took place. He outlines the organizational structure behind the club's business decisions and details the work of its coaches, medics, data analysts, and nutritionists who have revolutionized the sporting world. And, of course, he studies the towering influence of the club's two greatest legends, Johan Cruyff and Lionel Messi.

Like many leading global businesses, FC Barcelona closely guards its secrets, granting few outsiders a view behind the scenes. But, after decades of writing about the sport and the club, Kuper was given unprecedented access to the inner sanctum and to the people who strive daily to keep Barcelona at the top.

Erudite, personal, and capturing all the latest successes and upheavals, his portrait of this incredible institution goes beyond football to understand Barça as a unique social, cultural, and political phenomenon.

"I began my research thinking I was going to be explaining Barca's rise to greatness, and I have, but I've also ended up charting the decline and fall." 
 
 
Publisher
Short Books (23 Jun. 2022)
Paperback
384 pages
Dimensions
12.8 x 4 x 19.8 cm
Language
English
Book Type
Paperback
ISBN-10
178072554X
ISBN-13
978-1780725543
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