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DAVID LUXTON ASSOCIATES SPORTS HOTLIST 2016 Arsene Wenger: The Inside Story of Arsenal under Wenger by John Cross Publication: September 2015, Simon & Schuster (UK & Commonwealth) Primary Agent: David Luxton All rights: Rebecca Winfield Sold: Bulgaria (Janua ’98), Poland (SQN), Czech Republic (Mlada Fronta), Japan (Toyokan), Korea (Garam Publishing) In this fascinating account of Arsene Wenger's reign as manager of Arsenal and the methods he has used to keep the club at the top, John Cross has spoken to everyone from board members to players and backroom staff to build the most complete portrait of the man and his management style, and the club he has inspired for almost 20 years. When Wenger arrived at Arsenal in 1996, he was little known to fans at the club and many doubted he could bring back the glory days of George Graham. But soon he was transforming the way the team played. Having won numerous trophies, and led the Invincibles in 200304. Despite the financial constraints he faced, he still managed to keep the club playing in the Champions League year after year while remaining true to his philosophy of how the game should be played. Furthermore, he once again began to build a trophywinning squad, Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was by Daniel Friebe Publication: June 2017, Pan MacMillan (UK & Commonwealth) Primary Agent: David Luxton All rights: Rebecca Winfield Sold: USA (Velo Press) Jan Ullrich was one of Germany’s greatest sportsmen. He is the only German to win the Tour de France (1997) and took gold and silver medals at the 2000 Olympics. His success led to a bicycle boom in Germany. And yet few people outside the world of cycling have heard of him. This is his remarkable story, which will be published on the tenth anniversary of his retirement. Daniel Friebe, who has unique access to the men and women who know Ullrich best, will take us behind the scenes to show us how this young cyclist from East Germany dealt with his incredible rise to success, and then floundered in the aftermath. This book is both a celebration of the sport and an exploration of the unbearable expectation, mental and physical fragilities and the legacies of a troubled childhood that have dogged Ullrich’s career. Daniel Friebe is one of Britain’s leading cycling journalists and writers. Previously the Features Editor of Procycling Magazine, widely regarded as the world’s most authoritative Englishlanguage cycling magazine, Daniel now is a fulltime freelance journalist. Forever Young: The Story of Adrian Doherty, Football’s Lost Genius by Oliver Kay Publication: June 2016, Quercus (UK & Commonwealth) Primary Agent: David Luxton All rights: Rebecca Winfield Adrian Doherty was not a typical footballer. For one thing, he was blessed with extraordinary talent. Those who played alongside and watched him in the Manchester United youth team in the early 1990s insist he was as good as Ryan Giggs possibly even better. Giggs, who played on the opposite wing, says he is inclined to agree. On his 17th birthday, Doherty was offered a fiveyear contract unprecedented for a United youngster at that time and told by Alex Ferguson that he was destined for stardom. But what followed over the next decade is a tale so mysterious, so shocking, so unusual, so amusing but ultimately so tragic, that you are left wondering how on earth it has been untold for so long. Oliver Kay is Chief Football Correspondent for The Times, and was recently shortlisted for “Football Journalist of the Year 2016” at the Sports Journalism Awards. Forever Young is his debut title.

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DAVID  LUXTON  ASSOCIATES    SPORTS  HOTLIST  2016  

                                 

           

                                 

 

Arsene  Wenger:  The  Inside  Story  of  Arsenal  under  Wenger  by  John  Cross    Publication:  September  2015,  Simon  &  Schuster  (UK  &  Commonwealth)  Primary  Agent:  David  Luxton  All  rights:  Rebecca  Winfield  Sold:    Bulgaria  (Janua  ’98),  Poland  (SQN),  Czech  Republic  (Mlada  Fronta),  Japan  (Toyokan),  Korea  (Garam  Publishing)    In  this  fascinating  account  of  Arsene  Wenger's  reign  as  manager  of  Arsenal  and  the  methods  he  has  used  to  keep  the  club  at  the  top,  John  Cross  has  spoken  to  everyone  from  board  members  to  players  and  backroom  staff  to  build  the  most  complete  portrait  of  the  man  and  his  management  style,  and  the  club  he  has  inspired  for  almost  20  years.  When  Wenger  arrived  at  Arsenal  in  1996,  he  was  little  known  to  fans  at  the  club  and  many  doubted  he  could  bring  back  the  glory  days  of  George  Graham.  But  soon  he  was  transforming  the  way  the  team  played.  Having  won  numerous  trophies,  and  led  the  Invincibles  in  2003-­‐04.  Despite  the  financial  constraints  he  faced,  he  still  managed  to  keep  the  club  playing  in  the  Champions  League  year  after  year  while  remaining  true  to  his  philosophy  of  how  the  game  should  be  played.  Furthermore,  he  once  again  began  to  build  a  trophy-­‐winning  squad,  winning  back-­‐to-­‐back  FA  Cups  in  2014  and  2015  that  was  admired  by  football  fans  

Jan  Ullrich:  The  Best  There  Never  Was  by  Daniel  Friebe    Publication:  June  2017,  Pan  MacMillan  (UK  &  Commonwealth)  Primary  Agent:  David  Luxton  All  rights:  Rebecca  Winfield  Sold:  USA  (Velo  Press)    Jan  Ullrich  was  one  of  Germany’s  greatest  sportsmen.    He  is  the  only  German  to  win  the  Tour  de  France  (1997)  and  took  gold  and  silver  medals  at  the  2000  Olympics.    His  success  led  to  a  bicycle  boom  in  Germany.    And  yet  few  people  outside  the  world  of  cycling  have  heard  of  him.    This  is  his  remarkable  story,  which  will  be  published  on  the  tenth  anniversary  of  his  retirement.    Daniel  Friebe,  who  has  unique  access  to  the  men  and  women  who  know  Ullrich  best,  will  take  us  behind  the  scenes  to  show  us  how  this  young  cyclist  from  East  Germany  dealt  with  his  incredible  rise  to  success,  and  then  floundered  in  the  aftermath.    This  book  is  both  a  celebration  of  the  sport  and  an  exploration  of  the  unbearable  expectation,  mental  and  physical  fragilities  and  the  legacies  of  a  troubled  childhood  that  have  dogged  Ullrich’s  career.       Daniel  Friebe  is  one  of  Britain’s  leading  cycling  journalists  and  writers.  Previously  the  Features  Editor  of  Procycling  Magazine,  widely  regarded  as  the  world’s  most  authoritative  English-­‐language  cycling  magazine,  Daniel  now  is  a  full-­‐time  freelance  journalist.      

Forever  Young:  The  Story  of  Adrian  Doherty,  Football’s  Lost  Genius  by  Oliver  Kay    Publication:  June  2016,  Quercus  (UK  &  Commonwealth)  Primary  Agent:  David  Luxton  All  rights:  Rebecca  Winfield    Adrian  Doherty  was  not  a  typical  footballer.  For  one  thing,  he  was  blessed  with  extraordinary  talent.  Those  who  played  alongside  and  watched  him  in  the  Manchester  United  youth  team  in  the  early  1990s  insist  he  was  as  good  as  Ryan  Giggs  -­‐  possibly  even  better.  Giggs,  who  played  on  the  opposite  wing,  says  he  is  inclined  to  agree.    On  his  17th  birthday,  Doherty  was  offered  a  five-­‐year  contract  -­‐  unprecedented  for  a  United  youngster  at  that  time  -­‐  and  told  by  Alex  Ferguson  that  he  was  destined  for  stardom.  But  what  followed  over  the  next  decade  is  a  tale  so  mysterious,  so  shocking,  so  unusual,  so  amusing  but  ultimately  so  tragic,  that  you  are  left  wondering  how  on  earth  it  has  been  untold  for  so  long.   Oliver  Kay  is  Chief  Football  Correspondent  for  The  Times,  and  was  recently  shortlisted  for  “Football  Journalist  of  the  Year  2016”  at  the  Sports  Journalism  Awards.  Forever  Young  is  his  debut  title.      

     

                                 

             

                                 

       

                           

 Mister:  The  Men  Who  Gave  the  World  the  Game  by  Rory  Smith    Publication:  April  2016,  Simon  &  Schuster  (UK  &  Commonwealth)  Primary  Agent:  David  Luxton  All  rights:  Rebecca  Winfield    From  its  late-­‐Victorian  flowering  in  the  mill  towns  of  the  northwest  of  England,  football  spread  around  the  world  with  great  speed.  It  was  helped  on  its  way  by  a  series  of  missionaries  who  showed  the  rest  of  the  planet  the  simple  joys  of  the  game.  Even  now,  in  many  countries,  the  colloquial  word  for  a  football  manager  is  not  'coach'  or  'boss'  but  'mister'.    In  Rory  Smith's  stunning  new  book  Mister,  he  looks  at  the  stories  of  these  pioneers  of  the  game,  men  who  left  this  country  to  take  football  across  the  globe.  Sometimes,  they  had  been  spurned  in  their  own  land,  as  coaching  was  often  frowned  upon  in  England  in  those  days,  where  players  were  starved  of  the  ball  during  the  week  to  make  them  hungry  for  it  on  matchday.  So  it  was  that  the  inspirations  behind  the  'Mighty  Magyars'  of  the  1950s,  the  Dutch  of  the  1970s  or  top  clubs  such  as  Barcelona  came  from  these  shores.      England,  without  realising  it,  fired  the  very  revolution  that  would  remove  its  crown,  and  change  football's  history.  This  is  the  story  of  the  men  who  taught  the  world  to  play  and  shaped  its  destiny.  This  is  the  story  of  the  Misters.      Rory  Smith  writes  for  The  Times  where  he  is  one  of  their  primary  football  writers.  He  worked  with  Rafa  Benitez  on  his  2012  book  Champions  League  Dreams  (Headline)  and  also  with  Chris  Anderson  and  David  Sally  on  their  bestselling  The  Numbers  Game  for  Penguin.        Ring  of  Fire:  Liverpool  FC  in  the  2000s  –  The  Players’  Stories  by  Simon  Hughes    Publication:  August  2016,  Transworld  (WEL)  All  rights:  Rebecca  Winfield    FOREWORD  BY  STEVEN  GERRARD    In   Ring   of   Fire,   Simon   Hughes   meets   some   of   the   most   colourful   characters   to   have  played  for  Liverpool  Football  Club  during  the  2000s.    Through  extensive  interviews,  Hughes  delivers  a  rich  portrait  of  one  of  the  most  iconic  clubs   in   the  world,   and   analyses   the  decade   in  which  Liverpool   FC   recorded  perhaps  their  most  famous  win  of  all  time  –  the  Champions  League  Final  2005,  in  Istanbul.      Also  by  Simon  Hughes:    Men  in  White  Suits:  Liverpool  FC  in  the  1990s  –  The  Players’  Stories  Red  Machine:  Liverpool  FC  in  the  1980s  –  The  Players’  Stories          The  World  of  Cycling  According  to  G  by  Geraint  Thomas    Publication:  November  2015,  Quercus  (UK  &  Commonwealth)  Manuscript  Available:  October  2015  Primary  Agent:  David  Luxton  All  rights:  Rebecca  Winfield    Geraint  Thomas  MBE  is  a  double  Olympic  gold  medallist  and  multiple  world  champion  who  has  been  an  indispensable  part  of  Team  Sky  since  its  inception.  A  Tour  de  France  veteran  at  28,  he  has  both  completed  the  entire  race  with  a  fractured  pelvis  and  been  essential  in  piloting  Chris  Froome  to  the  yellow  jersey.    Not  your  typical  cycling  book,  this  hugely  entertaining  title  will  be  a  warts  and  all  insight  into  the  life  of  a  pro-­‐cyclist,  with  great  tales  from  the  peloton,  and  also  serve  as  a  reminder  to  the  weekend  warrior  that  whilst  we  all  hurt  at  times,  cycling  is  an  escape  and  an  adventure  -­‐  something  that  puts  a  smile  on  your  face  and  fire  in  the  legs  like  nothing  else.        

   

         

                                     

         

 

   

     

Doctor  Socrates  by  Andrew  Downie    Publication:  February  2017,  Simon  &  Schuster  (UK  &  Commonwealth)  All  rights:  Rebecca  Winfield    Socrates  Brasileiro:  a  global  footballing  icon,  and  the  captain  of  Brazil’s  revered  1982  World  Cup  team.  Astonishingly  there  has  never  been  an  English  language  biography  of  this  much-­‐loved  player.  Until  now.      Andrew  Downie,  Brazilian  football  correspondent  for  Reuters,  is  writing  the  biography  of  the  man  who  was  a  philosopher,  a  doctor,  a  revolutionary,  and  a  footballer.  More  than  just  a  book  about  football,  this  story  will  focus  on  those  aspects  of  Socrates’  personality  that  made  him  stand  out  so  clearly  from  his  peers.        

Mourinho:  Further  Anatomy  of  a  Winner  by  Patrick  Barclay    Publication:  September  2015,    Orion  (UK&Commonwealth)  All  rights:  Rebecca  Winfield    FULLY  UPDATED  WITH  JOSE  MOURINHO'S  SENSATIONAL  RETURN  TO  CHELSEA  AND  HIS  CUP-­‐DOUBLE  WINNING  SEASON  IN  2014/2015    When  Jose  Mourinho  realised  as  a  teenager  that  he  was  never  going  to  be  a  great  player,  he  decided  he  was  going  to  become  the  best  coach  in  the  world.  From  translator  and  assistant  to  Sir  Bobby  Robson  at  Barcelona  to  multiple  league  and  Champions  League-­‐winning  manager  at  Porto,  Chelsea,  Inter  Milan,  Real  Madrid  and  now  Chelsea  once  again,  Jose  Mourinho's  ascent  has  been  rapid.    FURTHER  ANATOMY  OF  A  WINNER  is  the  definitive  account  of  the  life  and  psychology  of  one  of  the  greatest  football  managers  of  all  time.  And  with  Chelsea’s  huge  international  fan  base  (135m  worldwide),  this  revised  edition  is  sure  to  appeal  to  readers  far  and  wide.      

Matchdays:  The  Hidden  Story  of  the  Bundesliga  by  Ronald  Reng    Publication:  April  2015,  Simon  &  Schuster,  (UK  &  Commonwealth)  Sold:  Germany  (Piper),  Poland  (SQN)  All  Other  Rights:  Rebecca  Winfield    

Through  the  life  story  of  Heinz  Hoher,  player,  coach,  manager,  scout  and  sports  director,  Ronald  Reng  tells  the  dramatic  story  of  the  rise  of  the  Bundesliga  over  the  last  fifty  years.    During  that  period,  football  has  grown  from  a  game  where  a  club’s  directors  would  join  the  players  in  their  dressing  room  at  half  time,  to  today’s  highly  paid  environment.    Matchdays  recreates  the  daily  life  of  professional  footballers  from  a  different  era.    The  German  language  edition  of  this  book  has  already  proved  to  be  a  massive  bestseller  and  now  it  will  be  published  in  the  UK  by  S&S.    Reng’s  previous  book,  “A  Life  Too  Short”  won  the  William  Hill  Sports  Book  of  the  Year  award  in  2011  and  has  gone  on  to  sell  thousands  of  copies  worldwide  in  many  languages.      

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Fifty  Years  of  Hurt  by  Henry  Winter    Publication:  June,  2016,  Bantam  Press  All  Rights:  Bantam  Press    It  has  been  Fifty  Years  of  Hurt  since  Bobby  Moore  lifted  the  World  Cup  trophy  at  Wembley,  and  in  this  groundbreaking  book,  Henry  Winter  will  address  the  state  England  are  in  on  the  golden  anniversary  of  their  greatest  moment.  Part  lament,  part  anatomy  of  an  obsession,  both  personal  and  collective,  it  analyses  the  truth  behind  the  endless  excuses,  apportions  the  blame  for  the  crimes  against  English  football,  but  is  also  a  search  for  hope  and  solutions.    

1966:  My  World  Cup  Story  by  Bobby  Charlton    Publication:  June  2016,  Yellow  Jersey  Press    All  Rights:  Random  House      What  does  it  mean  to  be  forever  defined  by  one  moment,  unable  to  escape  the  hold  it  commands  over  you?  In  your  own  imagination?  How  does  a  life  fully  lived  come  back  to  one  single  instance,  one  day  when  you  stood  side-­‐by-­‐side  with  your  best  friends  united  in  a  single  aim,  in  front  of  a  watching  nation?  In  1966  England  won  the  World  Cup  for  the  first  –  and  quite  possibly  the  last  –  time.  Sir  Bobby  Charlton,  England's  greatest  ever  player,  was  there  on  the  pitch.  This  is  what  he  saw;  this  is  what  he  heard;  this  is  what  he  felt.    

Endurance:  The  Extraordinary  Life  and  Times  of  Emil  Zatopek  by  Rick  Broadbent    Publication:  April  2016,  Wisden  Sports  Writing    All  Rights:  Wisden  Sports  Writing    In  the  summer  of  1952  Zatopek  became  the  king  of  the  running  world  with  an  unprecedented  distance  treble  at  the  Olympics  in  Helsinki.  Together  with  his  wife  Dana,  who  won  another  gold  medal  in  the  javelin,  they  were  the  embodiment  of  sporting  romance.  Born  on  the  same  day,  they  were  champions  on  the  same  day  too.  Yet  in  1968  this  affable  but  eccentric  Czech  solider  was  betrayed  by  his  Communist  paymasters  and  cast  out  into  wilderness.      With  traces  of  'Chariots  of  Fire'  and  Laura  Hillenbrand's  'Unbroken',  Endurance  is  both  a  wonderful  love  story  and  a  landmark  tale  of  hope  and  strength  in  the  face  of  crushing  opposition.      

Kicking  Off:  How  Women  in  Sport  are  Changing  the  Game  by  Sarah  Shephard    Publication:  May  2016,  Bloomsbury  All  Rights:  Bloomsbury    There's  a  battle  being  fought.  It's  raging  on  the  sports  fields,  in  the  newsrooms  and  behind  the  scenes  at  every  major  broadcaster.  Women  in  sport  are  fighting  for  equality  with  more  vigour  than  ever,  but  are  they  breaking  down  the  barriers  that  stand  in  their  way?  Sarah  Shephard  looks  behind  the  headlines  to  see  whether  progress  is  really  being  made  and  tells  the  stories  that  can  no  longer  be  ignored.  This  candid  and  revealing  book  asks  the  questions  at  the  forefront  of  the  debate  about  women  in  sport.  With  contributions  from  women  involved  in  sport  at  the  highest  level,  including  Chrissie  Wellington,  Maggie  Alphonsi,  Kelly  Smith  and  Nicole  Cooke,  who  reveal  their  personal  experiences  of  being  at  the  top  of  their  game.