Money and Football: A Soccernomics Guide (INTL ed) by Stefan Szymanski - ISBN: 9781568585260
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Money and Football: A Soccernomics Guide (INTL ed)

Why Chievo Verona, Unterhaching, and Scunthorpe United Will Never Win the Champions League, Why Manchester City, Roma, and Paris St. Germain Can, and Why Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Manchester United Cannot Be Stopped

  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    2 June 2015

Summary

Modern soccer is big business. From the ill-received takeover of Manchester United by the Glazer family to Paris Saint Germain’s current shopping spree for the best footballers on the planet, soccer finance has become an increasingly important part of the game.

Barely a summer goes by now without a cherished club going into administration or a wealthy businessman funding a mid table team’s ascension to Champions League competitor. Meanwhile, the twice-annual multi-million dollar …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781568585260
ISBN-10:1568585268
Author:Stefan Szymanski
Publisher:Avalon Publishing Group
Imprint:Nation Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:2 June 2015
Weight:407g
Dimensions:19mm x 143mm x 210mm
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Money and Football: A Soccernomics Guide (INTL ed) by Stefan Szymanski - ISBN: 9781568585260
143 × 210 mm
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A4
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Critics Review

“I regard Stefan Szymanski as a trusted and smart thinker on the soccer business. This is fast-moving industry, and he’s one of the best guides to it.” –Billy Beane, General Manager of the Oakland A’s “Stefan is a sports historian and fellow economist with a deep knowledge of the game and its trends. His analysis and data is profound and this very comprehensive book gives a true insight into the continued success of the biggest clubs like ‘blue chip’ stocks and the never-ending pursuit of glory by the minnows and the chances of David beating Goliath. The book illustrates why football continues to be the world’s most popular participant and spectator sport attracting the world’s richest men and armies of devoted followers.” –Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) “Soccer finance has become an increasingly important part of the beautiful game. But for many fans, it remains, frustratingly, a world that is opaque and difficult to grasp. Here, Stefan Szymanski tackles every soccer fan’s most burning questions with clarity and fun and pure brilliance.” –John Henry, Principal Owner, Fenway Sports Group – parent company of Liverpool FC and the Boston Red Sox

About The Author

Stefan Szymanski

Stefan Szymanski is the Stephen J. Galetti Collegiate Professor of Sport Management at the University of Michigan’s School of Kinesiology. Tim Harford has called him “one of the world’s leading sports economists.” He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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