{"product_id":"9781837731428","title":"The Trillion Dollar Conman : The Astonishing True Story of the Most Audacious Fraud in Sport","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Robinson, Ben \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 24\/10\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781837731428,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the hit BBC 5Live podcast series, The Trillion Dollar Conman is a tale of audacious international fraud that is stranger than fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 2009, Notts County FC were struggling to survive in League Two when they were taken over by a mysterious company supposedly backed by the Bahrain royal family. The club was promised millions of pounds' worth of investment and marquee players, including Sol Campbell and Kasper Schmeichel, were signed by former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, who had been appointed to take the club all the way to the Premier League.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e However, within months, the dream turned into a nightmare as it transpired that the club, the players and the fans had been duped by a convicted fraudster called Russell King.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The world's oldest professional football club found itself at the centre of one of the most outlandish frauds in sporting history, which spanned the globe from Nottingham to North Korea, involving fake sheikhs, fast cars, broken promises and a trail of destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56778515546485,"sku":"9781837731428","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781837731428.jpg?v=1771838849","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781837731428","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}