After finishing the whole book... wow, amazing. There are few facts that impressed me as a non Real Madrid fans. First of all, the fact that this is one of the club fully control by fans. The group of fans have owned and operated the club throughout its history. Secondly, Santiago Bernabeu's contribution those days was really amazing. No wonder the stadium adopt its present name in honor of him. Finally, Florentino Perez really built this team out of nothing. Now, I understand more on the theory of Galacticos. Well, the fact that Real Madrid is one of the highest earning football clubs tells the whole story.
Back to the book... the author did a great job in this book! Everything is so details from its beginning to the present days. The author presented us the details in almost everything which including the club values, vision, financial, training, etc. The best part is... all the facts are supported by tons of statistics. Although not a Real Madrid fans, but this book helps me to read through my beloved sports as well as how a business is run in the world of sports. Football is really one of the biggest businesses in the world.
As I am not a America sports' fans, the only thing I do not like about this book is the author tends to do a lot of comparison to US sports team. At times, I felt bored about it even though I love the "Moneyball" book so much. So, for a full rating of 10, I am going to rate this book at 9/10. Overall, this book offers everything. It is a well-written book and a big round of applause should be given to the author. Well done!!!
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