The away game : the epic search for football's next superstars
Abbot, Sebastian2018
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Over the past decade, an audacious programme called Football Dreams has held trials for millions of 13-year-old boys across Africalooking for football's next superstars. Led by the Spanish scout who helped launch Lionel Messi's career at Barcelona and funded by the desert kingdom of Qatar, the programme has chosen a handful of boys each year to train to become professionals - a process over a thousand times more selective than getting into Harvard. In 'The Away Game,' reporter Sebastian Abbot follows a small group of the boys as they are discovered on dirt fields across Africa, join the glittering academy in Doha where they train, and compete for the chance to gain fame and fortune at Europe's top clubs.
Main title:
The away game : the epic search for football's next superstars / Sebastian Abbot.
Author:
Abbot, Sebastian, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Arena Sport, 2018.
Collation:
304 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781909715660 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.334
LC class:
GV943.9.T7
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2260664