Suarez, Messi, Neymar: Inside Barcelona's Unstoppable Strikeforce

by Luca Caioli

Already boasting Lionel Messi and Neymar, in July 2014 Barcelona paid more than £70 million to sign Luis Suárez from Liverpool, completing soccer's most dangerous strikeforce. In Suárez, Messi, Neymar , acclaimed soccer writer Luca Caioli draws on exclusive insights from friends, families, teammates, and managers to tell the stories behind the men. Luca Caioli is a renowned Italian sports journalist and author of the best-selling biographies Messi , Ronaldo , and Neymar . He crafted his reputation at ITV in Britain, and as chief editor of Euronews TV in France, before settling in Spain, where he is a correspondent for SKY Italia.

Genres: Football, Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 4, 2014

About the author

Luca Caioli (Milan, 1958) is the author of several novels and biographies that have been translated into forty languages ​​and sold a million copies. Throughout a career of over thirty years as a journalist, he has covered the main sports events for the most prominent European media. He currently lives in Madrid.

Reviews

[Nida · Rating 4 out of 5]

7.45/10
inspirational wkwkwk

[Katríne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 4 stars

The Verdict: Recommended read for MSN fans. In my opinion, the author made comparisons between Barcelona's front three. I know a little about Messi and Neymar's humble beginnings, but this is actually the first time I read something about Luis Suarez. Pre-Barca Suarez, I must admit, is not one of my favorite players. While I know about his skills and what he is capable of, it was easily overshadowed by his on the pitch misconduct (most particularly the 2014 World Cup incident). It was only just last season that I appreciated him as a player. He spent months not playing on the field, but that assist to Neymar during the El Clasico (and his first game for the Blaugranes, take note), was just a preview of what he could add to Barca.

A lot of people were doubting how can these three work together? Well, if the treble last season isn't enough of an answer...

[Lochlan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Suarez, Messi, Neymar was a book that I wanted to read for ages and I finally got it when my mum saw it at a book store. The book talks about the combination of Suarez's goal scoring abilities, Messi's all round abilities and Neymar's topping of classy skills.
In the book they compare the Barcelona strike force too Real Madrid's and when they interviewed some well known retired soccer players like Maradona and Pep Guardiola they say that Barcelona's forwards blend together better and put Real Madrid to shame.
I like how Luca Caioli interviews not only the players but coaches and retired soccer players to get their opinion.
The quotes that players stated in the book are great because I like quotes.

Overall this book was an insightful and inspirational book.

[Oliver · Rating 4 out of 5]

Suarez, Messi, Neymar by Luca Caioli is one of the most informational soccer books I have ever read. This book is also very detailed and interesting because it contained new information that I never knew about these soccer players that I probably would have never found out if I hadn't read this book. The vocabulary used was also somewhat challenging because I had to use my context clues to figure out what a word meant. I mainly liked the action that was going on in the story and what happened to the characters (Suarez, Messi, and Neymar), good or bad. I also liked how the author put emotion into the book, and I think I would probably read it again.

[Lachie · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is very interesting now they are getting to World Cup time

[Rodrigo]

All 3 of these soccer players played on the same team but not anymore 1 left but the other 2 are still in the team