Barca: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World

BARCELONA are the greatest football team in the world, the greatest for a generation and possibly the greatest of all time.

This is the untold inside story of how the best and most loved football team in the world came to redefine how the game is played.

We start with the 2011 Champions League final at Wembley, the game that ended the debate about whether Barcelona were the greatest team in the world and began a new one: are they the best ever?

We are inside the winning dressing room and inside the mind of the team s coach, Pep Guardiola.

From there, the focus is on each of the iconic personalities of this team, telling its story through them, from its genesis in the late 1980s to their coronation in London: Guardiola; his mentor, Johan Cruyff; Xavi; Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi, perhaps the greatest footballer of all time.

Reviews
 "This could well be the best football book ever written."
 Kevin Bridges, comedian

"Fantastic book. It"s can"t-put-down good."
 --Oliver Holt, The Daily Mirror

"Superbly-written analysis & celebration of Pep, Messi, Xavi etc. Brilliant book." --Henry Winter, The Daily Telegraph

"Graham Hunter"s book reminds us all just how beautiful the beautiful game can be. His admiration for Barca is genuine, his knowledge is vast, and he is an expert at bringing readers close into the story, making us cheer for not only Pep and Messi, but for every player who has turned out for the greatest team in the world."
 ---Rodge Glass, author of Bring Me The Head of Ryan Giggs

"Unmissable." --Juliano Belletti, former Barcelona player

"Hunter examines Barca"s rise from every angle and manages, ultimately, to strike a delicate balance between wise football writing and perceptive portraiture that makes for a compelling read."ESPN

"From detailing the out of control influence of Ronaldinho and Deco to confirming Guardiola"s genius, it"s written with stacks of insight" ***** --Four Four Two

Superbly-written analysis & celebration of Pep, Messi, Xavi etc. Brilliant book. --Henry Winter, The Daily Telegraph

Having worked closely with the club for a decade, Hunter succeeds in capturing the magic of how Barca have redefined the game.
 From detailing the out of control influence of Ronaldinho and Deco to confirming Guardiola"s genius, it"s written with stacks of insight ***** --Four Four Two