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My Story - The Greatest Footballer That Never Was (Hardcover)
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My Story - The Greatest Footballer That Never Was (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R157
Discovery Miles 1 570
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Imagine being so good at football that your legs get insured for a
million pounds – at the age of 11. In the 1990s, Sonny Pike had
it all. A glittering future in the professional game beckoned.
Dutch ‘Total Football’ giants Ajax swooped and flash soccer
agent Eric Hall signed him up. Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Paul
Smith queued up to sponsor him. He appeared on TV shows like
Fantasy Football and Blue Peter, featured in Hello Magazine and
even had his own rap song. Billed as English football’s ‘next
Diego Maradona’, everyone loved the baby-faced young superstar.
And then, through no fault of his own, it was all taken from him.
Controversially banned from football, the spotlight faded. Agents
turned their backs. Sponsors withdrew their deals. TV and the media
moved on. Even his dad disappeared off the scene. Lost and
desperate, Sonny searched for an answer, dabbling in crime, landing
in court and even behind bars. The promise of fame and fortune had
turned to nothing and there seemed no way back . . . Sonny Pike:
The Greatest Footballer That Never Was is a remarkable tale of
exploitation and reckless ambition, exposing the worst side of our
game in an era when it was evolving in to the multi-million pound
industry we know today. Sonny’s story is captivating, at times
harrowing, but ultimately inspirational. As thousands of young
footballers dream of football stardom, it is more relevant now than
ever
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