{"product_id":"the-soccer-100-9780063412675","title":"The Soccer 100","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): The Athletic | Oliver Kay | James Horncastle\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: William Morrow\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Soccer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA celebration of the beautiful game and its 100 greatest players, from the pre-World War II exploits of Dixie Dean to the modern-day genius of Kylian Mbapp� and Lionel Messi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese players left legacies, redefined the game with trademark skills, and grew into national icons. They have their stats--the goals, the wins, the trophies--but, more importantly, they have their stories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne World Cup winner owned a nightclub that briefly transformed a corner of industrial Germany into one of the hippest places around. An Austrian forward's death is still shrouded in mystery. A striker who might have become a telephone technician had he not been spotted playing soccer was eventually elected president of his country. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd there are unanswered questions. How did Pel�'s Brazil shirt from the 1958 World Cup quarterfinal go missing in a Welsh school? Which goalkeeper was so good that one opponent considered scoring against him akin to \"winning a trophy\"?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough extensive research and interviews, \u003cem\u003eThe Athletic\u003c\/em\u003e soccer staff, led by Oliver Kay and James Horncastle, discovered angles and tales that shine a new light on the sport's most compelling characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey faced an impossible riddle, too: Of the thousands of players to hit the pitch, who is the best? Their efforts to find the answer took the foremost sports newsroom on a journey, and what emerges is more than a ranking. Through all-new, vivid portraits of each athlete, \u003cem\u003eThe Soccer 100\u003c\/em\u003e is a tribute to the greatest players to have ever graced the most popular sport on the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46602493427863,"sku":"9780063412675","price":1365.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780063412675.webp?v=1768042663","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-soccer-100-9780063412675","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}