Book Club: Barça – Simon Kuper

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4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

If one club encapsulates both the sublime and the ridiculous in modern football, it's FC Barcelona. Kate and Jim chart this duality on today's episode of the Book Club, as renowned author Simon Kuper joins them to discuss his new book, 'Barça'!

Simon charts their rise from a friendly regional club to a global behemoth, all on the back of an almost naive friendliness and goodwill within the Catalan community. They also discuss Simon's interviews with the likes of Johan Cruyff and Kylian Mbappé, assess Lionel Messi's legacy and wonder where the club goes next.

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0:00.0	Hello, this episode of Upfront is brought to you by Transport for London.
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0:20.0	More on that later in the episode.
0:30.0	The most important part of the world is to win the World Cup!
0:34.0	The World Cup!
0:36.0	The World Cup!
0:42.0	And it's Ronaldo!
0:44.0	He's going on the way!
0:46.0	Oh, goodness me!
0:48.0	It's a goal to win any football match!
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1:12.0	Welcome to the Book Club on football rambler present, I'm Kate Mason.
1:15.0	I'm Jim Campbell.
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