Arrigo SacchiThe Immortals: How My Milan Team Reinvented Football

I'm a football fan and of an age to remember the great AC Milan side this book is largely about. The tale is told by the visionary manager, and so we do also get some of his back story. This helps us to understand his life and loves, and the many and varied forces which all came together to produce this marvellous team.There's wonderful behind the scenes detail here which fans should lap up, but the book is also very readable and rattles along at a decent pace. I read it cover to cover in a single day.Since it's from Sacchi's standpoint, then we've got to allow for the fact that he might have a different view of some people or events to others. The world might see the club president, Silvio Berlusconi, in a different light based on subsequent events, for example. In other situations, then maybe the fact that he was an eye witness should give more credence to his recollections if they differ from those of others. His first hand account of the on-field head injury incident which almost cost Roberto Donadoni his life isn't exactly how Wikipedia reports it, for instance.I'm a Nottingham Forest fan, and there's echoes here for me of the Brian Cough era and those 2 marvellous European Cup wins. Sacchi comes across even in his own words as a bit of a "Marmite" personality, but someone who changed the game for ever and for the better.

A very good insight to the mind of the coach and how a team goes through challenges to succeed- a great read with lots of insight and almost memoire style - anyone would is a fan of 90's European football or grew up with golazzo will love this

Excellent review of how a great team came together and achieved so much

Sacchi gives some really good insight into his strategy, training ideas and dealings with one of italys most powerfull and charismatic individuals (Berlusconi) and the Dutch trio.It gives details of preperation and days leading up to games, I would of liked to see line ups of both sides included (cause that's the geek I am🤣🤣) but none the less its an excellent book and highly recommended

Really good insight into one of the great managers and great Italian club sides

Brilliant.Insights into the strengths and quirks of the legendary Milan team with some hilarious stories, one of the best sports books I've read.

As a big fan of the Milan team of the late 80's / early 90's there's a distinct lack of books written about this great side. I was pleased to see the release of this book from the creator of team and it didn't disappoint.You get a real insight into the mind of Sacchi, his thoughts on the players, how he views the game and what drove this team to the heights they reached.I'd recommend this book to all football fans on what was one of the all time great club sides

In the main, it's fantastic, I'm just fussy because I love that team and era I wanted to know about the repeat season and more Berlusconi stories, maybe even some other quotes from Baresi, Van Basten etc. Still entertaining and confirms some figures are legends for a reason