''Adrenaline: My Untold Stories'' ( it, Adrenalina: My Untold Stories) is the second autobiography by the Swedish footballer
Zlatan Ibrahimović
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La Gazzetta dello Sport
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History and profile
''La ...
'' journalist Luigi Garlando and first published in Italy in December 2021. The book has been translated into other languages, including an English version to be released by
Penguin Books
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Manchester United
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, describing them as having a "small, closed mentality" despite their wealth and prestige; he alleges they docked one pound from his wages for drinking a juice from a hotel minibar. He considers Paris Saint-Germain to have lacked discipline, and says that he offered to replace
Leonardo
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The given name and surname originate ...
as their
sporting director
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Hakan Çalhanoğlu
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exploited a tragedy to move to rivals
Inter Milan
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, namely the opportunity opened up by Christian Eriksen's cardiac arrest in 2021; he considers both Çalhanoğlu and
Ante Rebić
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He began his senior career at RNK Spli ...
to be players who can only play well with him on their team.
Release
''Adrenaline'' topped the bestsellers list in Italy in December 2021, ahead of releases by
Ken Follett
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and
Donato Carrisi
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He made his directorial debut with the film ''The Girl in the Fog'' (2017), based on his novel of the same name. He won a David di Don ...
. In the same month, it was released in Sweden by Albert Bonniers Förlag and topped the non-fiction charts ahead of a biography of deceased Swedish DJ
Avicii
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