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The Quality of Madness

A Life of Marcelo Bielsa

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The Quality of Madness

By: Tim Rich
Narrated by: Andrew Loudon
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'We were all considered mad, Marcelo was thought mad. My grandfather, my father, Maria Eugenia, my sister, were all considered mad and I was as well. The reason was that we took a different path to everybody else.'
Rafael Bielsa, Marcelo's brother, Foreign Secretary of Argentina, 2003-05.

Marcelo Bielsa is one of football's greatest eccentrics and greatest enigmas. He is described by Pep Guardiola as: 'the greatest football manager in the world'. To the Tottenham manager, Mauricio Pochettino, he is 'my footballing father, the reason I became a player, the reason I became a manager.' This will be the first English biography of one of football's most contradictory characters.

This is a definitive and comprehensive biography from growing up in Argentina under a military dictatorship to reviving the stricken power of Leeds United.

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A triumph. Not one just for Leeds fans, or even football nerds, Bielsa's story will resonate with anyone drawn to life's maverick thinkers
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I'm a arsenal fan and have been fascinated with bielsa since he joined Leeds and this book is a great insight to his career and life and would recommend to anyone who is a football fan.

STRONG KNEES!

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Very enjoyable and informative book. Very well narrated. Enjoyed. A must for every football fan.

Bielsa at his best.

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Moving at times. He's a complex character. You feel like you don't even know him at the end of the book. You perhaps never will. Marching on Together.

Great overview of a career

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This fascinating story of the most wonderful human being is essential reading for those of us who want to learn as much as we can about him. My lack of knowledge about South American and European football made those sections slightly less easy to follow, but well worth the effort! Just a pity that it stops short of the 2019/20 crowning glory.

A MUST for every Bielsa 😇 worshipper

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For the man that little is known of in this country this book gives an absolutely fantastic insight into history of “El Loco” and his career most notably as a manager.

Fantastic

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