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AN IRISH INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEARFully updated to cover Saudi Arabia''s 2034 World Cup bid, the Manchester City charges case and the events of the 2024/25 season.''Important, perfectly timed and hugely necessary.'' The Guardian''Football needs this book. A monumental piece of investigative journalism.'' Irish Times''A must-read on how modern football works.'' Ian Wright''Brave, forensic and utterly gripping.'' Tom Holland______________________________
The definitive account of how capitalism and the world''s elite corrupted modern football.
As the 2022 World Cup in Qatar drew to a
