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Proud Man Walking
Proud Man Walking
Proud Man Walking
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Proud Man Walking

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Betrayed by his club but beloved by the fans, former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri was a constant headline-maker in 2004. Occasionally puzzling, often eccentric, but always fascinating and refreshing, the Italian describes the highs and lows of an extraordinary season at Stamford Bridge – and the dramatic end to his English journey.

‘Hello, my sharks. Welcome to the funeral.’

‘People have said I am a dead man walking – but I am still moving!’

‘Tonight I am a crazy man and Roman Abramovich is also going mad like me!’

We rejoiced with him. We laughed with him. And we cried with him. In what turned out to be a year for the Blues resembling more a soap opera than a season of football, Claudio Ranieri reveals the highlights and the hurt of his farewell twelve months in England.

This collaboration between Italian journalist Massimo Marianella and Ranieri promises to reveal the inside story of a rollercoaster year at Stamford Bridge, with a first-hand account of coaching the most expensively assembled team in the Premiership, alongside the increasing pressures of satisfying his bosses as Chelsea’s season threatened to turn into anticlimax.

How did Ranieri keep all his players contented, when the value of his subs bench often exceeded that of most Premiership teams? What were the skills required to mould a group of exciting individuals into a team capable of challenging the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United at the top of the tree?

With the media suggesting an uneasy alliance between Ranieri and Roman Abramovich, what was it that drove their complex relationship? What was the real truth behind the allegations that Ranieri’s position was being undermined by his bosses? And when did the ‘Tinkerman’ discover his final denouement?

Just some of the questions that will be answered in this book by arguably the most talked-about man in English football in 2004.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 29, 2013
ISBN9780007542796
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    One of the good things about living 150 miles away from my beloved Leicester City FC is that, when an item appears in a local car boot sale, it is cheap. I paid fifty pence for a pristine copy of this book, by our new manager. I was hoping for an insight into the man.I was not disappointed in my aspirations but, there was an awful lot of Chelsea match reports to wade through to get there. I really was not sure why the book was written. It is the story of Chelsea Football Club through the transformative season 2003-4. For those interested in football, this was the season that Roman Abramovich, a wealthy Russian businessman bought the club and a middling Premier League team started to move towards the top. You might think that this answers my question as to why the book was penned but, we get very little about the owner, and a match report for every game of the season. There are some informative sides to this tome, certainly, I have a better idea of the man at our helm and the demonised John Terry is shown to be a decent chap. I would be forced to conclude, however, that unless you are a Chelsea fan (unlikely, I know) or a Leicester fan (MUCH more likely) , I would not rush to add this title to your library.

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