{"product_id":"the-ajax-way-dylan-oconnell-9781801507059","title":"The Ajax Way: How One Football Club Defines the Modern Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1894 a group of friends had an idea and it led to the creation of Ajax, a football club for the people of Amsterdam. More than one hundred years later and that club has become an institution for youth development, a school of ideas that underpins the modern game and a club synonymous with the Total Football ideal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dutch superpower created a way of playing that is now accepted as the norm by European titans AC Milan, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United - as well as a host of national teams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ajax Way\u003c\/i\u003e tells the full history of the club while looking at the reaches of Total Football: the way of playing perfected by Rinus Michels and Johan Cruyff. It traces the club's rise as a social hub for the people of Amsterdam to the creation of a team that would win three consecutive European Cups in the early 1970s; and added a fourth in 1995 under Louis Van Gaal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt reveals a host of footballing greats - players and coaches - who have been undoubtedly influenced by Ajax, from early day pioneers through to current day icons Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp. Packed with tactical insight and social history, it is a story that spans three centuries and stretches across the globe, but at its core is Ajax Amsterdam and their roster of stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dylan O'Connell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1801507058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781801507059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pitch Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Dylan O'Connell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49097077293311,"sku":"9781801507059","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ajax-way-dylan-oconnell-9781801507059","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}