Mental: Bad Behaviour, Ugly Truths and the Beautiful Game

Jermaine Pennant is a controversial figure in English football, having risen from humble beginnings to become one of the country's most gifted young footballers. However, his outrageous lifestyle led to a fall from the heights he had reached, and he is remembered as much for his mental yob behavior as for his heroic performance in a Champions League final. His autobiography is a gritty coming-of-age story, an exposé into the excess-fuelled life of a super-rich Premier League footballer, and a cautionary tale of the dangers of plying young players with too much, too young.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 288 pages
\n Publication date: 08 August 2019
\n Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
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One of English football's most controversial figures, Jermaine Pennant, has a story that is impossible to ignore. Raised by a mother who abandoned her black baby and a father who kept guns and Class A drugs in the house, Pennant's life options were limited. However, he saw professional football as his way out and took his chance, emerging as one of England's most gifted young footballers. A true prodigy, Pennant climbed to the pinnacle of his sport to compete for the highest honours with legends at Arsenal and Liverpool.

At the age of barely into his twenties, Pennant was already rich beyond his wildest dreams. However, his outrageous lifestyle would spark a fall from the dizzying heights he had reached, ensuring he would be remembered as much for being the "mental yob" with an ankle tag as for his heroic performance in a Champions League final.

Jermaine Pennant has seen and done it all - the highs, the lows, and everything in between. His autobiography is a gritty coming-of-age story, an exposé into the excess-fuelled life of a super-rich Premier League footballer, and a cautionary tale of the dangers of plying young players with too much, too young. His turbulent climb through the battleground of the beautiful game holds a mirror up to the broken face of English football.

Told with unblinking truth, Pennant's story is a no-holds-barred riot of determination and debauchery, excellence and excess. It is a testament to the human spirit and the resilience of the human mind in the face of adversity. Whether you love him or loathe him, Jermaine Pennant's story is one that will stay with you long after you have finished reading.

\n Weight: 226g\n
Dimension: 128 x 195 x 18 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781789460971\n \n