Done Deal: An Insider’s Guide to Football Contracts, Multi-Million Pound Transfers and Premier League Big Business
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‘If you want to know and understand how football really works, this is the book for you.’ Guillem Balagué
‘A myth-busting and hugely entertaining look at the ever more complex machinations of the beautiful game. Essential.’ Raphael Honigstein
‘A must-read for football fans.’ Freddie Ljungberg
Insightful, enlightening and thought-provoking, leading Premier League lawyer Daniel Geey lifts the lid on the inner workings of modern football.
What really happens inside a club on transfer deadline day? Are football agents overpaid? Which club put a clause forbidding space travel into a midfielder’s contract? And which team’s players can never wear red boots?
Whether it is a manager being sacked, a star player transfer, billion-pound television rights negotiations or a controversial club takeover, leading football lawyer Daniel Geey has all the insight. With an accessible and thoughtful perspective, and featuring expert contributions, Done Deal explores the issues that shape the modern game, providing football fans with a fresh and authoritative look at all off-field football matters.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Sport, Reprint edition (23 Jan. 2020) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 256 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1472969863 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1472969866 |
| Dimensions | 12.85 x 1.65 x 19.94 cm |
by MR M L W ANGEL
This is a really superb book. It covers a huge amount of ground and covers every aspect of the football industry, including club finances, player transfers, image rights, representation deals and TV rights. The book contains a lot of detail but it is set out in a very digestible way. I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants to delve a little deeper into the world we as football fans think we know so well.
by Kindle Customer
I am a keen football fan and follower of the game. This book is a great overview of where the game is now and the impact of various business and sporting bodies on the game. The subject is written by somebody with a love and passion for the game. If you want to know and understand better the business of football, this is the book for you.
by Riz
Really good insight into transfers
by Harry
Fantastic Book for a young budding law student – really opened my eyes to the many routes available to me as jobs. I can’t wait to combine passion for both football and law and see where I end up.
by Kindle Customer
As a premier league and football fanatic who hopes to work in the football industry one day, I found this book incredible.
The detail and insights into so many different aspects of the inside football world made you learn so much. The references back to the incredible past of the premier league is what makes the book special. The Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano story along with the implications was my personal highlighg
by Just Pete
Look the author is an incredibly able individual who has an in depth knowledge of football and the area of law surrounding the transfer market.
He does a good job covering the subject matter … It’s just that the subject matter in the fine detail of contracts in turgid and uninteresting to most.
I had expected it to have more of a focus on the business side of the industry (as in the wheeling-and-dealing) rather than a legalese perspective – which to be honest is my problem not the authors fault.
I got about a third of the way through before moving on to another book (which I rarely do). I have to finish it over the summer or before the start of the next season because of the frenetic pass of the transfer market the examples given are already out of date and in some cases the players only dim and distant memories.
by amc262
Brilliant book, a thoroughly enjoyable read for anyone who loves the beautiful game.
by pikeman
Truth is this reads a bit too much like a Corporate Lawyer presenting to potential Clients.
You can almost see the Powerpoint slides !
There frankly isn’t enough gossip and unsubstantiated speculation!