Messi

Lionel Messi joins Inter Miami CF as captain.

Messi was Barcelona's star player and one of the world's best footballer players. But as a boy he stopped growing at 11 and coaches worried he wasn't big enough.

Discover the story of how Messi proved them wrong and how this boy from South America fought to become possibly the greatest football player of all time.

These books offers a fresh take on the familiar football biography format. So meet the footballers behind the iconic tackles and goals, and find out what makes each of these players so special.

This biography is one of the new titles in Leapfrog's Tales from the Pitch series.

• Each book focuses on one up-and-coming football superstar, often players who are still to reach the summit of their career.
  
• The players are from all walks of life and have faced failure, injury and rejection, making these moving and inspirational stories.
  
• The books are brimming with football banter that will have the knowing fans smiling.
  
• And each players story is littered with football tricks and tips, so readers can learn the arts of the glorious game.
  

At only 120 pages long, Tales from the Pitch are easy to read and very fast-paced reads.

Author: Harry Coninx
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Leapfrog Press
Published: 08/29/2023
Series: Tales from the Pitch
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781948585873