Messi - The King of Camp Nou: King of Camp Nou

By Jason Pettigrove and Pettigrove Jason

Widely regarded as the greatest footballer of all time, seven-time Ballon d'Or and six-time Golden Shoe winner, Lionel Messi, enjoyed a record-breaking 17-year career at FC Barcelona during which time he scored more goals, played more games, won more titles and provided more assists than any other player in the Catalan club's history. Adored by Bar?a fans, Messi reigned supreme until August 2021, when he made a tearful farewell to a stunned global audience. Messi: The King of Camp Nou is the definitive story of Lionel Messi's entire Bar?a career, written by Jason Pettigrove, a football journalist who worked for FC Barcelona during Messi's final years in Catalonia. Charting Messi's rise as a hopeful 13-year-old Argentinian boy from Rosario to becoming the best footballer in the world, Pettigrove's comprehensively researched book features exclusive interviews with key individuals in Messi's story - team-mates, opponents, managers, agents and fellow journalists - including: Joan Laporta, Lionel Scaloni, Victor Font, Sir Kenny Dalglish, Jamie Carragher, Mike Phelan, Josep Maria Minguella, Horacio Gaggioli, Tony Watt, Santi Padro and Jorge Barraza.
From being signed by Bar?a on a napkin to Champions League glory and becoming FC Barcelona captain, Messi: The King of Camp Nou reveals the inside story of Leo's remarkable reign at Bar?a including breaking Pel?'s incredible record for most goals scored at one club, how the longed for Copa Am?rica title was won and how he, season-on-season, mesmerised the football world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1902719840
• ISBN13: 9781902719849
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: St. David's Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"