Football lies at the heart of popular culture in both England & Italy. It is played watched written about & talked to death by millions virtually every day of the year. But how do the characteristics of England & Italy affect the game in these two footballing nations? Do the national stereotypes of Italians as passionate stylish lotharios & the English as cold-hearted eccentrics still hold true when they kick a ball around? In The Italian Job" for the first time a footballer of the first rank Gianluca Vialli in conjunction with sportswriter & broadcaster Gabriele Marcotti tackles this debate head on. Uniquely positioned across both the English & the Italian games they provide a fascinating & highly controversial commentary on where football is now & where its headed. & they have invited some of the biggest names in the sport to join in their discussion. Sir Alex Ferguson Jose Mourinho Arsene Wenger Sven Goran Eriksson Fabio Capello & Marcello Lippi amongst others add their not inconsiderable weight to the highest-profile symposium on football ever convened. Gianluca Vialli & Gabriele Marcotti explore every aspect of football be it tactical & technical or cultural & sociological. Stuffed full of controversial opinions & gripping revelations " The Italian Job" takes you on a journey to the very heart of two of the worlds great footballing cultures."