BAD BOYS OF FOOTBALL

There are three sections, in descending order of malcontent: there are eight "Wayward Geniuses" (George Best, Paul Breitner, Eric Cantona, Paul Gascoigne, Diego Maradona, Lothar Matthaus, Hristo Stoichkov and Zinedine Zidane). These are the longest biographies, not only because of their greatness on the pitch, but because of their exploits off it. These are followed by a dozen "Wind-up Merchants" (Nicolas Anelka, Jose Luis Chilavert, Luis Fernandez, Gennaro Gattuso, Oliver Kahn, Jens Lehmann, Mido, Stuart Pearce, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Wayne Rooney, Dennis Wise); biographies of players who made a career of getting under opponents' skin. Completing this rogues' gallery are 14 biographies of the "Crazy Guys" (Patrick Blondeau, Eric Di Meco, Raymond Domenech, Claudio Gentile, Vinnie Jones, Roy Keane, Marco Materazzi, Pedro Monzon, Jose Carlos Mozer, Kevin Muscat, Cyril Rool, Harald Schumacher, Diego Simeone and Patrick Vieira).