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'Better than Pele' - Diego Maradona

'One of the greatest footballers ever.' - Sir Alex Ferguson

Pele, Best and Maradona everyone has heard of, but to the true football cognoscenti Alfredo Di Stefano, the magician behind Real Madrid’s five European Cups in a row, is the greatest of them all.



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A captivating book on a pioneering footballer. Read it. * FourFourTwo *
Meticulously researched...incredible * Express *
A book bursting with telling anecdote… a fully rounded, highly accomplished portrait * WSC *
Ian Hawkey, casts an expert eye over the life and career of Real Madrid’s original galactico, his experience of the politics of Franco’s Spain, and tells the complete story of Spain’s original footballing icon * GQ *
People argue between Pele or Maradona. Di Stéfano is the best, much more complete. -- Pelé

Di Stéfano

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    A Paperback / softback by Ian Hawkey

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Ebury Press
      Published 4 May 2017
      ISBN-13 9780091958565
      978-0091958565
      ISBN-10 0091958563
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      Association football (Soccer)

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'Better than Pele' - Diego Maradona

      'One of the greatest footballers ever.' - Sir Alex Ferguson

      Pele, Best and Maradona everyone has heard of, but to the true football cognoscenti Alfredo Di Stefano, the magician behind Real Madrid’s five European Cups in a row, is the greatest of them all.



      Trade Review
      A captivating book on a pioneering footballer. Read it. * FourFourTwo *
      Meticulously researched...incredible * Express *
      A book bursting with telling anecdote… a fully rounded, highly accomplished portrait * WSC *
      Ian Hawkey, casts an expert eye over the life and career of Real Madrid’s original galactico, his experience of the politics of Franco’s Spain, and tells the complete story of Spain’s original footballing icon * GQ *
      People argue between Pele or Maradona. Di Stéfano is the best, much more complete. -- Pelé

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