For the very first time, world-renowned and revolutionary football manager Arsène Wenger tells his own story. He opens up about his life, sharing principles for success on and off the field with lessons on leadership, and vivid tales of his 22 years managing Arsenal to unprecedented success. There, Wenger won multiple Premier League championships and a record number of FA Cups, and his teams included the Invincibles of 2003-2004 and a record-breaking undefeated 49-match run. He popularised an attacking approach and belief that the game should be entertaining but he also changed the attitudes of British football fans towards players' diet, fitness and coaching methods - and towards foreign managers too.
In My Life in Red and White, Wenger charts his extraordinary career, including his rise in France and Japan where he managed Nancy, Monaco and Nagoya Grampus Eight (clubs that also play in red-and-white, like Arsenal!) to his 22 years at the helm of an internationally renowned club from 1996 onwards. He describes the unrest that led to his resignation in 2018, and his current role as Chief of Global Football Development for FIFA. He offers studious reflections on the game and his groundbreaking approach to motivation, mindset, fitness and football that was often beautiful to watch.
This book is a must-read for not only Arsenal fans but football fans everywhere, for management and business leaders, and anyone seeking the tools for success in work and life. It will illuminate the mystique surrounding one of the most revered and successful manager's life story, strategy and vision in the world's most popular sport.
##一篇客客氣氣的流水賬。。。
評分##理想主義者倒在瞭金元足球與功利主義的時代裏,如同普通人中的高手和氪金玩傢的對決。教授確實是執著的,執著於要按照美麗足球的方式贏得比賽,所以有瞭當年為世界認識的美麗足球代錶阿森納,所以在現實中很少選擇苟,以至於很容易被猥瑣流或者實力高於自己不少的隊伍打爆。執著於自己的承諾,所以有瞭當年49場不敗的無敵之師,所以也有瞭死磕英國球員,但無奈是扶不起的阿鬥。成也信念敗也信念
評分##對阿森納球迷來說,必須五星,滿滿的迴憶。對非球迷來說,如果能讀進去,也有很多很有用的人生領悟。
評分##其實沒太多內容
評分##教授對足球的理念頗具理想主義氣質。全書沒有評價任何一個具體的教練和裁判。隻傳達一個強烈的訊息:教授的信條是投入,奉獻和嚴格的自律。足球是他的Soulmate,阿森納則是這個soulmate的實體。
評分##情懷多給一星。感覺06年前都是高光。06年之後就草草一筆帶過。情感的強度,對自我永遠的不滿,是追求生活的動機。
評分##This is the boss.
評分##乾坤日月明,紅白照我心。
評分##This is the boss.