The Quality of Madness
A Life of Marcelo Bielsa
$33.39
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
8 April 2025
Summary
‘Everyone with new ideas is thought mad until they work’ Marcelo Bielsa
Marcelo Bielsa is one of the great enigmas of world football. To Pep Guardiola, he is the finest mind in the game, a fabulously innovative and obsessive coach who transformed Leeds United, Marseille and Athletic Bilbao after winning three league titles in his native Argentina.
Yet Bielsa is a manager who has won very much less than his reputation suggests. He lasted two days at Lazio and led Argentina to t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529444766 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529444764 |
| Author: | Tim Rich |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 8 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 360g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 36mm |
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A triumph. Not one just for Leeds fans, or even football nerds, Bielsa’s story will resonate with anyone drawn to life’s maverick thinkers * i news *
About The Author
Tim Rich
Tim Rich began his career in sports journalism as a cricket writer for the Sunderland Echo, but has been captivated by football for half a lifetime. Working for The Independent, The Daily Telegraph and The ‘i’ Paper, he has covered Newcastle United under Bobby Robson, Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson and, latterly, Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool. On Days Like These is his third book and follows his acclaimed biography of Marcelo Bielsa, The Quality of Madness, which was shortlisted for The Daily Telegraph Football Book of the Year. He lives in Cheshire with his stepdaughter, Rose and their three cats.
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