Utterly compelling and brutally honest self-portrait of a troubled
Premier League star "Bendtner is wired differently from the rest of
us." -The Guardian
'An extraordinary, granular depiction of a young football star's life.'
- The Daily Mail Known as 'Lord Bendtner' to his fans and haters
alike, Nicklas Bendtner has been lauded for his soccer skills at super
clubs like Arsenal and Juventus. But his career was haunted by his rocky
behavior and tendency to self-sabotage. Very much a fable of the modern
game, Bendtner talks with disarming honesty about the darker side of
soccer and his own difficult fall from grace; about what it's like to
have so much promise that you lose touch with reality altogether. It's
is about growing up in a working class neighbourhood and what happens
when you give a troubled, overconfident teen millions to spend. It's
about fighting to reach the top in the worlds' toughest league but
having no respect for hierarchy. It's about friendship, rivalry, and the
constant quest for an adrenaline kick. It's about money - having too
much of it - and an industry that has lost sight of what really matters.
A modern soccer fable, it's a story of decline, temper, talent, great
soccer and ultimately the tragedy of unfulfilled potential.
