{"product_id":"keegan-the-man-who-was-king","title":"Keegan: The Man Who Was King","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A marvellous tribute to one of the great characters of English football.' \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Fascinating. . . [Keegan] was the best footballer of his generation.' \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'He shone as a player and struggled as a manager - but there's much more to that narrative, as this sprightly biography proves.' \u003ci\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the author of \u003ci\u003eKlopp\u003c\/i\u003e, a funny and insightful look at one of Britain's greatest and strangest football greats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHe was stranger than he knew - than any of us knew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e England captain. Mercurial competitor. Pop star manqué. The Face of Brut 33. Pioneer of the footballers' perm. Twice winner of the Ballon d'Or. Kevin Keegan owned the 1970s. We had never seen his like before. There appeared to be nothing he could fail at.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tracking his career from youth-team player at Scunthorpe to the England manager's job, by way of Liverpool, Newcastle and Hamburg, Keegan considers the extravagant highs of a football man who touched the game with genius, who was never sacked and who came within an ace of triumph as a manager. A story of almost and maybe, of excellence and of failure, it is a story too, perhaps, of the fans' quixotic search for a messiah.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Klopp:\u003cbr\u003e'An elegiac memoir [and] a love letter to the great man himself.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Delightful . . . perfectly captures the man's endearing likeability.' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Keegan, Kevin, Soccer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780571392254\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Quinn, Anthony","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £3.22","offer_id":48043957813425,"sku":"SB-0571392253-C3","price":3.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0571392253.jpg?v=1792112710","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/keegan-the-man-who-was-king","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}