Product Description

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is an Old Trafford legend. After three injury-ravaged years, he blazed back to reignite his career and that of his club, Manchester United. His fantastic goals have thrown out a challenge to the Abramovich empire which had emerged in his absence and risen to dominate the Premiership, challenging Man United's position as the world's greatest club. Famous for his youthful looks and uncanny ability to score in the dying minutes of important games, often coming on as a 'super-sub', he's one of football's most cerebral and naturally gifted strikers. His last-gasp winner in injury time against Barcelona in 1999's Champions League final helped secure the crowning glory of Man Utd's glorious Treble. Plagued by a knee injury, Solskjaer has nonetheless earned sixty caps for Norway, and continues to put them away to deadly effect for his club, who never tire of singing 'You Are My Solskjaer' whether he's on the pitch or not. And he's committed his future to Old Trafford with the prospect of coaching duties after 2008, where his knowledge of the game, skill and attitude can continue to benefit his adopted home. In this informative and insightful book, sports writer Ian MacLeay charts the highs and lows of The Baby Faced Assassin's career to provide an in-depth look at both the man and the striker who looks set to go down in history alongside Denis Law and Jimmy Greaves. It is a must-read for any sports fan.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #156964 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 280 pages

About the Author
Ian Macleay has been a football fan since the days of Jimmy Greaves in the late 1950s. He has co-authored three acclaimed books including Chelsea: A 100-Year History, with former Chelsea chairman Brian Mears, and The Working Man's Ballet with Alan Hudson; his latest is Cole Play: The Biography of Joe Cole. He is currently writing a novel. The author lives in Surrey.

Customer Reviews

A disgrace - avoid at all costs
This book is the lowest kind of exploitation. It is a cut and paste hack job of secondary sources, it's dull, uninspired, slack and littered with errors. It is not fit to lace Ole Solakjaer's boots, never mind tell his life story. The author too is a clear Chelsea fan and the references to the blues throughout the book are not only pathetic, but insulting to anyone who shelled out the best part of £18 for this rubbish. Don't buy it.

Not brilliant
This book is not an official autobiography. Clearly the author has done a lot of research and gathered data from a number of sources. However, the book is lacking in any detailed insight and too often lapses into listing what matches Ole played and if he scored or not. Not recommended.