THE PROFESSOR: The Biography of Arsene Wenger.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - though there is a diagonal crease to bottom corner of front inner flap - turned inwards to hide price.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject's portrait photographic illustrated dw/dj panels and spine with red+white lettering to front and b/w lettering to spine +rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xivpp+1-290pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Rob Hughes,a prologue: Mission Statement,8 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp146/7,an epilogue, an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table,and acknowledgements.Uncommon 1st edn.
'The Professor.' is the very first biography of Arsene Wenger - the studious Frenchman who has modernised English football.
George Graham gave Arsenal Football Club success, confidence and six trophies.A tough act to follow.But Wenger has proved to be the right man in the right place at the right time.For five fascinating years the tall Frenchman has brought a warm presence and a detached intelligence to a difficult job.He has proved to be a superb scientific fitness coach,a charming diplomat,a brilliant man-manager and a perceptive talent scout. Listening to Arsene Wenger is an education in football.
He won the Premiership and the FA Cup double in 1998, built a luxurious new training ground,signed world-class players,and gave the club new horizons.His success has opened doors for his friend Gerard Houllier to manage Liverpool,and for Sven-Goran Eriksson to take over as England coach.
In 'The Professor.',Myles Palmer provides a compelling analysis of Arsene Wenger's studious character,his dynamic football ideas,his holistic training methods at Monaco and his audacious career move to Japan where he briefly coached J.League side Nagoya Grampus Eight. Palmer believes that Wenger lives for his team and through his team,and has revealed his philosophy by the players he has bought and sold and nurtured.A multilingual coach who knows how to manage millionaire footballers can work anywhere in the world.But Arsene Wenger looks set to stay at Arsenal well beyond 2002, when his current contract expires (then 2001).In fact he went on to manage them until 2018,where he was their longest-serving and most successful manager in the club's history. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk , for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **