Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Author's Note ix
Prologue: What We Are, Where We Are, Where We Are Going 1
1 Madeira: A Small Island, Like All the Others 19
2 Lisbon: Shaping Destiny 59
3 Joining Manchester United: No Longer Child's Play 104
4 Flourishing in Manchester: But Not the Finishing Line 160
5 The Real Madrid Transfer Maze: A Tortuous Agreement 202
6 First Years at Real Madrid: Living the Dream? 235
7 Real Madrid: A Rollercoaster 303
8 Another Coach Bites the Dust 354
9 One Superhero Under the Tutelage of Another 372
10 Victory, the Spectacle, the Beginning of the End: 11 October 2014 386
Epilogue 407
Bibliography 415
Acknowledgements 420