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For several years the selfstyled secret footballer has offered a fresh take on a sport watched by millions. Access all areas the secret footballer is english, has played for at least two premier league clubs. It was as if the success of the first book had gone to his head and i am not so interested in his tales of footballer lavish lifestyle excess which appear in this followup. The secret footballer on arsenal from his latest book. I dont know if the secret footballer is for real or not but theres a minichapter in his new book thats purely about arsenal which im sure many of you might like. The secret footballer access all areas once again the secret footballer gets down to the nuts and bolts about the professional game in england lifting the lid on aspects some clubs and managers would never like the light to see. Trying to keep the authors identity secret it gets a bit paranoid. Just read the second book and he dave kitson seems to have a few little digs at us from around the keane era. The secret footballer is probably the guardians mostread and mostdiscussed columnist. Since his first book was published in 2012, the secret footballer has been able to take the reader behind the scenes of footballers lives like no other player has been able, or will ever be able, to do.
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