num_pages: 416
description: 'Superbly entertaining and incisive' - TLSThe definitive history of the iconic football the glory the scandal the stars and its enduring influence on Italian life.Juventus utterly dominates the Italian game. Home to some of the biggest names in sport it has won title after title trophy after trophy. However parallel to the success and myth there's a murkier reality. For one hundred years the club and its billionaire owners the Agnelli family have been synonymous with match-fixing doping political chicanery and more. While La Vecchia Signora remains Italy's best-supported team it's also its most despised.Juve! charts the story of Italy's great sporting dynasty chronicling the triumphs and tragedies of the Agnellis and of the icons - Boniperti Del Piero Ronaldo - who have been their sporting emissaries for almost a century. The pride of Italy or its dark heart? Footballing colossus or vanity project? With this unique institution as with so much about life in Italy things are seldom black and white...**A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2020**
language: English
title: Juve!
publisher: Yellow Jersey