
Big Deal!
One Hundred Managers, their Greatest Signing and the One Who Got Away!
Warren Turner(Author)
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Published on 6. October 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-80150-793-6 (ISBN)
Description
Big Deal! is a tantalising compendium of exclusive football transfer tales you've never heard before - on what was and on what could have been. It's a book guaranteed to delight football fans everywhere!
Veteran journalists Richard Sydenham and John Wragg gained exclusive contributions from an array of star names including Juergen Klopp, the late Sven-Goeran Eriksson, the late Gerard Houllier and Claudio Ranieri, plus homegrown legends such as Kevin Keegan, David Moyes, Sam Allardyce and Martin O'Neill.
Inside this revealing book you will find:
Exclusive interviews with 100 managers, past and present, from a vast array of British clubs
Intimate details of the managers' best signings, and previously unknown stories of players they tried to sign but couldn't get the deal over the line
Contributions from many ex-internationals - including six England managers, five Wales and Northern Ireland managers and three from both Scotland and the Republic of Ireland
An in-depth statistical section, showing how many clubs are represented by participating managers - ten ex-Manchester City and five ex-Liverpool managers feature, including the legendary Juergen Klopp
Stories on star players from various eras, such as Robert Lewandowski, Cristiano Ronaldo, Peter Schmeichel, Diego Maradona, Heung-min Son and Gary Lineker
The answers to many tantalising questions... Who regrets not buying Sadio Mane? Who almost bought Harry Kane before his career took off? Who named Alan Shearer as their best signing?
You'll get the inside track on some of the most momentous transfers in British football, while the transfers that almost - but never quite - materialised will surprise many.
Veteran journalists Richard Sydenham and John Wragg gained exclusive contributions from an array of star names including Juergen Klopp, the late Sven-Goeran Eriksson, the late Gerard Houllier and Claudio Ranieri, plus homegrown legends such as Kevin Keegan, David Moyes, Sam Allardyce and Martin O'Neill.
Inside this revealing book you will find:
Exclusive interviews with 100 managers, past and present, from a vast array of British clubs
Intimate details of the managers' best signings, and previously unknown stories of players they tried to sign but couldn't get the deal over the line
Contributions from many ex-internationals - including six England managers, five Wales and Northern Ireland managers and three from both Scotland and the Republic of Ireland
An in-depth statistical section, showing how many clubs are represented by participating managers - ten ex-Manchester City and five ex-Liverpool managers feature, including the legendary Juergen Klopp
Stories on star players from various eras, such as Robert Lewandowski, Cristiano Ronaldo, Peter Schmeichel, Diego Maradona, Heung-min Son and Gary Lineker
The answers to many tantalising questions... Who regrets not buying Sadio Mane? Who almost bought Harry Kane before his career took off? Who named Alan Shearer as their best signing?
You'll get the inside track on some of the most momentous transfers in British football, while the transfers that almost - but never quite - materialised will surprise many.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hove
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 129 mm
Width: 198 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
314 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80150-793-6 (9781801507936)
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Richard Sydenham | John Wragg
Big Deal!
One Hundred Managers, their Greatest Signing and the One Who Got Away!
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09/2022
Pitch Publishing Ltd
€28.50
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Richard Sydenham has been a sports journalist since 1994. He worked as a freelance for news agencies such as Reuters, Associated Press and for Bloomberg as a staff reporter, then more recently for the Daily Star Sunday. This is his seventh book. John Wragg worked for the Daily Mail before becoming the Daily Star's chief football writer for the north. He then joined the Daily Express as Midlands football reporter. This is his first book.