Pay As You Play: The True Price of Success in the Premier League Era - Couverture souple

Tomkins, Paul; Riley, Graeme; Fulcher, Gary

 
9780955925337: Pay As You Play: The True Price of Success in the Premier League Era
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0955925339 ISBN 13 : 9780955925337
Editeur : GPRF Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

As billionaire 'super-benefactors' fight for the right to own English football clubs, "Pay As You Play" takes a detailed look at the correlation between success and transfer spending. Tactics, motivation, fitness and luck play a part; but is an expensive squad increasingly essential for success? Which managers have excelled in the transfer market? And who blew their budgets on bad buys? Which clubs punched above their financial weight, and which ones punched well below theirs? What players proved to be great value for their price tag, and who ended up as a shocking waste of money? By converting all Premier League transfer fees since 1992 to current-day prices - using our specially devised Transfer Price Index (TPI) system to give precise 'football inflation' figures - teams could be accurately assessed against one another, whether from 1993 or 2010. How would the prices paid for Dean Saunders, Roy Keane or Frank Lampard compare with Thierry Henry, Wayne Rooney or Robinho? All 43 clubs to have played in the Premier League up to May 2010 are analysed, with noted writers and journalists - including Jonathan Wilson, Gabriele Marcotti and Oliver Kay - also providing their views on the club they support or report on. All in all, it makes for an entertaining and revealing read on the world's most popular game, and its most appealing league.

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À propos de l?auteur

Paul Tomkins is the author of several highly-acclaimed football books, and has contributed columns to some of the sport's most popular websites. "Dynasty: 50 Years of Shankly's Liverpool" spent a full year in the Amazon/FourFourTwo Football Top 10. Graeme Riley is the author of the annual statistical reference book, Football In Europe. This is Gary Fulcher's first book.

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Éditeur
GPRF Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0955925339
ISBN 13 
9780955925337
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
340
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Personne responsable
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