This account of Gazza's life concentrates on his exploits in Italy. Starting with Italia '90 and his mercurial performances for England, it goes on to document the shattering of his knee cap and subsequent injury in a Newcastle nightclub; the tension and intrigue surrounding his on-off transfer to Lazio and the behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing; the ups and downs experienced while playing in Italy's Serie A; and finally what the future holds. This book exposes the dubious activities of his agent, Mel Stein, and those claiming to act in Gazza's best interests. It examines Gazza's relationship with fellow players, with first-hand profiles from close friend Glenn Roeder, ex-manager Terry Venables, former team-mate Gary Lineker and current Lazio coach, Dino Zoff.
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The Inside Story as seen from the consultant,
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This review is from: Paul Gascoigne: The Inside Story (Paperback)
In the beginning of the 1990s Paul Gascoigne was one of Europe's best soccer players. He had become very popular after he had played very well during World Cup 1990, and he was praised as a huge talent when he returned to England. Not long after he was bought by an Italian club named Lazio, and the author of this book, Jane Nottage, became his consultant.
After a while Jane Nottage was given her notice, and she responded by writing this book. In this book she tells a lot about Paul Gascoigne's life on and off the pitch, and she reveals that she wasn't very happy with the soccer player's wife. Jane Nottage portrays her as bossy and difficult. The author does mention that Sheryl Gascoigne had told her that her husband once had pinned her to a wall and told her she wasn't the greatest and that she was not allowed to socialize with the other soccer wives. Still, it doesn't seem to ring a bell for the author: Only later were we able to see photos of a bruised and battered wife in the papers. The book is easy to read, but I must admit it I prefer Paul Gascoigne's own book. Somehow Nottage's book is too superficial, and all the time I feel that she wrote the book because she is upset that she got the boot. It's obvious that she blames Sheryl Gascoigne for this.
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