Bendtner: Both Sides: The Bestselling Autobiography
Nicklas Bendtner · Rune Skyum-Nielsen
Oct 2020 · Monoray · Narrated by Mark Meadows
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'Bendtner is wired differently from the rest of us.' -The Guardian
'Explosive.' - The Mirror
Known as 'Lord Bendtner' to his fans and haters alike, Nicklas Bendtner has been lauded for his football skills at super clubs like Arsenal and Juventus. But his career was haunted by his rocky behaviour and tendency to self-sabotage.
Very much a fable of the modern game, Bendtner talks with disarming honesty about the darker side of football and his own difficult fall from grace; about what it's like to have so much promise that you lose touch with reality altogether.
It's about growing up in a working class neighbourhood and what happens when you give a troubled, overconfident teen millions to spend. It's about fighting to reach the top in the world's toughest league but having no respect for hierarchy.
It's about friendship, rivalry, and the constant quest for an adrenaline kick. It's about money - having too much of it - and an industry that has lost sight of what really matters.
A modern footballing fable, it's a story of decline, temper, talent, great football and ultimately the tragedy of unfulfilled potential.
Not since the days of Paul McGrath's Back From The Brink have we seen such honesty in a footballer's memoir. Fans of Paul Merson, George Best and Tony Adam's autobiographies will also find pure fascination here in a story that has gripped international listeners...
(p) 2020 Octopus Publishing Group
'Explosive.' - The Mirror
Known as 'Lord Bendtner' to his fans and haters alike, Nicklas Bendtner has been lauded for his football skills at super clubs like Arsenal and Juventus. But his career was haunted by his rocky behaviour and tendency to self-sabotage.
Very much a fable of the modern game, Bendtner talks with disarming honesty about the darker side of football and his own difficult fall from grace; about what it's like to have so much promise that you lose touch with reality altogether.
It's about growing up in a working class neighbourhood and what happens when you give a troubled, overconfident teen millions to spend. It's about fighting to reach the top in the world's toughest league but having no respect for hierarchy.
It's about friendship, rivalry, and the constant quest for an adrenaline kick. It's about money - having too much of it - and an industry that has lost sight of what really matters.
A modern footballing fable, it's a story of decline, temper, talent, great football and ultimately the tragedy of unfulfilled potential.
Not since the days of Paul McGrath's Back From The Brink have we seen such honesty in a footballer's memoir. Fans of Paul Merson, George Best and Tony Adam's autobiographies will also find pure fascination here in a story that has gripped international listeners...
(p) 2020 Octopus Publishing Group
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Ashley Sadd
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November 2, 2024
A very honest book from a player who knows he could have been so much more. This isn’t at all self pitying, but at times I did feel sorry for him - he’s clearly wired a certain way and that clashes sometimes with the discipline needed to be an elite athlete.
Shane Joubert
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November 29, 2022
decent, even good....but not grear
About the author
Nicklas Bendtner is a Danish footballer who has played for clubs including Arsenal, Birmingham City, Sunderland, Juventus, Nottingham Forest and Rosenborg. Bendtner was a member of Denmark's 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012 squads, and helped them to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. Later this year, Bendtner and his girlfriend, Philine Roepstorff, will be launching their own reality show on Danish TV. They have been labelled the 'Beckhams of Denmark'.
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