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When Arsene Wenger brought Robert Pires to Arsenal in the summer of 2000 he was a good footballer on the cusp of greatness. After a slow first season, his second was astonishing. He was a key player in Arsenal’s double-winning year until a terrible injury curtailed the series of glorious performances that won him the prestigious Football Writers’ Player of the Year award and put an end to his World Cup dreams. Robert Pires has always wanted to be a professional footballer and this triumphant story of footballing success has been preceded by a life dedicated to this single aim. After announcing at the age of eight that he intended to play football for a living he finally achieved his goal when he went to play for Rheims in 1991. Since then his career has taken him to Metz, to Marseilles, to Arsenal and onto the world stage with Les Bleus. In this book he describes how he turned his dreams into reality: the sacrifices he has made, the injuries he has!
had to endure; the rewards and demands of playing in the Premiership, and how his time with Arsene Wenger and Arsenal has transformed him. Footballeur is an honest and fascinating account of a brilliant career on planet football

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When Arsene Wenger brought Robert Pires to Arsenal in summer 2000, he was a good footballer on the cusp of greatness. After a slow first season, his second was astonishing. He was key a player in Arsenal's double-winning year until serious injury curtailed the glorious performances that won him the "Football Writers' Player of the Year" award, putting an end to his World Cup dreams. Pires always wanted to be a professional footballer. After announcing his intention at the age of eight, he finally achieved his goal when he went to play for Rheims in 1991. Since then, his career has taken him to Metz, Marseilles, Arsenal and onto the world stage with Les Blues. In this autobiography, Pires tells how he turned his dreams of playing football for a living into reality; the sacrifices he made; the injuries he has had to endure; the rewards and demand of playing in the Premiership; and how his time with Arsene Wenger and Arsenal has transformed him.

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AFC493 - Robert Pires with the F.A.Barclaycard Premiership Trophy as the Arsenal players bow in respect. Arsenal 4:3 Everton, F.A.Barclaycard Premiership, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London, 11/5/2002. Credit : Stuart MacFarlane / Arsenal Football Club. £3.99

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Great read! (It helps if you are a Gooner!), 16 Feb 2003 By  Lucy Grattan (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews Being an Arsenal and Robert Pires fan this book was a must. I was a little wary of it, as he is in the middle of a top career and I felt that it was perhaps a little premature? Also, as far as I could gather, it has been printed in French at an earlier date, and has been updated for this English version. I was pleased to find that it is really interesting; I read it in three days! Intelligently written it is a great insight into how such a world class footballer became the player he is today. Starting with his youth and moving right through to the present day. It is also written very personally, with good humour and honesty. A must for any aspiring young player - it proves that with hard work and commitment (plus the support of a close knit family), you can make it as a professional. It is not all plain sailing and there are the bad times too. It covers his recent bad cruciate injury and how he worked so very hard to get over it and back to somewhere near the form which was so cruelly cut short last March. Overall, if you are a big football fan (even if you are not an Arsenal fan) it is still a very good read!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   6 of 7 people found the following review helpful: C'est magnifique, 11 Jun 2003 By  Adam Goodall - See all my reviews Robert Pires took the premiership by storm in the new millenium and now he captures our hearts and minds of the reading world. The book tracks back through his life and outlines what was important to him. At first I assumed the book would be shallow and of admiration for Arsenal FC. However when the book starts to track back his roots the book becomes surprisingly emotional and shows that football is not everything in life. The book gives an emotional view on the struggle to become the best and really is an inspiration to an youngster or anyone aiming for the top. Robert Pires you have hit the target once more. Let me just add GO ON GUNNERS  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)