'Superbly entertaining and incisive' - TLS
The definitive history of the iconic football club: the glory, the scandal, the stars and its enduring influence on Italian life.
Juventus utterly dominates the Italian game. Home to some of the biggest names in sport, it has won title after title, trophy after trophy. However, parallel to the success and myth, there's a murkier reality. For one hundred years the club and its billionaire owners, the Agnelli family, have been synonymous with match-fixing, doping, political chicanery and more. While La Vecchia Signora remains Italy's best-supported team, it's also its most despised.
Juve! charts the story of Italy's great sporting dynasty, chronicling the triumphs and tragedies of the Agnellis, and of the icons - Boniperti, Del Piero, Ronaldo - who have been their sporting emissaries for almost a century. The pride of Italy or its dark heart? Footballing colossus or vanity project? With this unique institution, as with so much about life in Italy, things are seldom black and white...
**A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2020**
- ISBN10 1787290506
- ISBN13 9781787290501
- Publish Date 15 October 2020
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Yellow Jersey Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 416
- Language English