Another season, another football autobiography except this one is a little different. After 20 years in the job, the Premier League table has finally spilled the beans on his time as the true barometer of football's top tier. "Laying My Cards On My Table" will be available to buy next week and OTP has [.

Another season, another football autobiography except this one is a little different. After 20 years in the job, the Premier League table has finally spilled the beans on his time as the true barometer of football's top tier. "Laying My Cards On My Table" will be available to buy next week and OTP has [.

The modern day footballer is not an athlete alone. Oh no, he is expected to be all things to all men, including becoming a sportsbook author. OTP salutes some of the (relatively) shocking prose created when our top footballing stars put pen to paper. Here are six examples of when the normally mundane footballer autobiography [.

Only one name sprang to mind following Milan's Champions League draw with Barcelona last night : IBRAHIMOVIC! Hold your horses because the only thing Barcelona's bookstores should be releasing in two weeks is an extended Catalan edition of Ibra's epic autobiography.

Though they won't come right out and say it, South Korean environmental group "Frogs' Friends" seem to blame Manchester United's Park Ji-sung for the increasing threat to frogs in his native South Korea. In 2006, Park wrote in his autobiography that his farther would give him frog juice to boost his stamina on the pitch.

Tottenham star Louis Saha has claimed that many young footballers use hookers in a bid to stay out of the newspapers. The former Manchester United star is currently doing the media rounds to promote his autobiography. But he claims that many players are so concerned about negative publicity from kiss-and-tell stories that they call upon [.

With his recent move to Tottenham and a recall to the French national team, things are going well for Louis Saha in the tail-end of his career. So, what else would he have to talk about besides the hooker habits of young footballers?

Saha told a French newspaper while promoting his new autobiography (via the Daily Mail):

"Let's be honest: women are the greatest temptation.

There are some seminal moments that all Manchester United players experience in their time at the club. Their first appearance at the wondrous Theatre of Dreams, their first hot yoga session with the ageless Ryan Giggs and, most memorably, a disintegrated eardrum at the hands of a knight of the realm.

The long, long, long dispute between a group of players from Trinidad & Tobago's 2006 World Cup squad and their national football federation reached a new but not yet final phase today when many of the physical assets of the federation were seized by order of the Trinidadian High Court. (The original article is located here.

Our latest book review comes from Tom Bodell, editor of Vital Watford. Tom can be followed on Twitter at @TBBodell and here casts his eye on the autobiography of Richard Lee, one time Hornet and now a Bee. Graduation: Life Lessons of a Professional Footballer By Richard Lee Published by Bennion Kearny August 2010, £9.

John Terry has today been stripped of the England captaincy for a second time following allegations of racism.

Terry allegedly called Anton Ferdinand a "black cunt" in Chelsea's defeat against QPR. In last weekend's Cup game between the two clubs the FA scrapped the traditional handshake ahead of kick-off after it became apparent that the QPR players would snub Terry in support of Ferdinand.

Dietman Hamann will forever be remembered and revered by Liverpool fans for his impact in the Champions League final in 2005, but as the former German International revealed recently, he went into that match thinking it was his last game for the club, and he was even more disappointed to discover that he wasn't even in the starting line-up.

Harry Redknapp has been pleading illiteracy and ignorance of his own tax affairs during his current trial for tax evasion. Prepare yourself for a double dose of irony then when you learn that 'Arry has documented tax advice... in his autobiography. The Spurs boss says he never pays any attention to his financial affairs and [.

One day Robbie Keane will write/dictate his autobiography, and it will be filled with fantastic stories of playing football for some major clubs, living in Italy and the USA and full of scoring goals. Keane marked his full Aston Villa ...
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Xmas gift No.23: Pepe's book

Stuck for a Christmas gift for that special someone? Every day through December we'll help you out by presenting a fantastic festive gift continuing today with Pepe Reina's autobiography.

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It has been eleven years since former defender Dominic Matteo left Anfield, and to this day, he still feels sadness over the way Gerard Houllier 'got rid' of him. The arrival of Christian Ziege in 2000 was the beginning of the end for Matteo's Liverpool career; the Scot saw his first-team chances severely restricted, and he left for Leeds soon after.

Facebook Xmas Comp: Pepe's book

One LFC fan is going to win over 20 great prizes this Xmas including a signed copy of Pepe Reina's new autobiography and it could be you.

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Welcome to the Friday Crackovia Club... a Futbolita special! Bruno Oro, the fantastic Catalan actor who plays Cristiano Ronaldo's character (you know it!) has returned again with a fantastic rendition of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

"Tipoooo! Want a signed copy of my autobiography?" is probably what Ibrahimovic asked good ol' Messi in this photo, after Milan's 2-3 loss to Barcelona last night. Neither side really have anything to worry about they're both through to the second round!

Meet some heroes: Cally on Bold Street, Pepe at Liverpool One

Liverpool legend Ian Callaghan played for Liverpool 857 times, scoring 68 times. Current Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina has played 324 times for the Reds. This week the duo will be signing books at two separate events a quarter of a mile apart on the same evening.

Get your signed copy of Pepe's book

Pepe Reina will be signing copies of his new autobiography at Waterstones in Liverpool One on Thursday evening.

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Clear the bookshelves, Zlatan and Pepe (and others), Chelsea's Fernando Torres has (another?) literary masterpiece of his own coming out (again?): 'Fernando Torres: Number 9′.

Let us put aside the stupid non-highlighted-because-I'm-growing-out-my-roots look Fernando is trying to bring back into favour and talk about the levels of hotness that were sizing us up (yeah right) at today's autobiography presentation in Madrid.

Today's profile is penned by Ian Rands. Ian a is a regular visitor to our pages; most recently penning a review of Alan Biggs' new autobiography. Here he looks at perhaps the brightest of Sheffield United's crop of teenage sensations: It has been a whirlwind last 6 months for 18 year old Sheffield United defender Harry Maguire.

There may have been no action on the field last week, however, there was still much talk off it. We can thank the release of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's autobiography for this; it hit the shelves on November 11. Before being published, AC Milan supporters and football fans in general were impatiently waiting for the release date.

Love him or hate him, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is undoubtedly one of the best strikers in the world. The Swedish International has in the past few weeks been in the spotlight for revealing personal details about his professional relationships in some of the world's biggest clubs.

Ibrahimovic who is scheduled to launch his autobiography in the next few days, continued with his shocking remarks on Wednesday during an interview with La Gazetta Dello Sport.

For Jack Taylor, the referee for the 1974 World Cup final, handling players was much like handling the clientele at the Wolverhampton butcher shop he worked at throughout his career.

"I think my experience behind the counter at the butcher's shop helped because it made me fairly good at chatting people up," he wrote in his 1976 autobiography, Jack Taylor: World Soccer Referee.

AC Milan's Swedish forward, Zlatan Ibrahimovic may be hard to like because of his abrasive character, but could his new Swedish autobiography finally reveal some 'secrets'? / via AP

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Don't call us, we'll call you Fulham encouraged their players' extra-marital dalliances by providing them with mobiles to contact their mistresses, according to a new book. Former Danish tennis star Frederik Fetterlein, aged 41, makes the allegation in his new autobiography. He now works as a model and claims to have a friend within the [.

When he's not breaking ribs at A.C. Milan, Oguchi Onyewu travels back in time to break Bruce Lee's ribs in Game of Death.

Seemingly celebrating the first anniversary of his altercation with Sporting Lisbon defender and U.S. international Oguchi Onyewu, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has released an autobiography that briefly details the fight (among other, far less interesting self-aggrandizement).

It was a fight that we didn't hear many details about, but given the players involved, it figured to be a serious scuffle.

Now we know just how serious.

Just days after the one-year anniversary of the Oguchi Onyewu-Zlatan Ibrahimovic fight, details have surfaced about the highly-publicized brawl that left one of the combatants with a broken rib.

Listen up everyone, it's story time with Zlatan! Image via Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko.

Zlatan and Pepe are about to unleash their inner Shakespeares, Kickettes.

It seems like Zlatan has all sort of secrets & gossip hidden under that hideous ponytail. His autobiography, which will be released in Sweden and Italy in two week's time, already has people talking after a few choice outlets were given an advance copy.

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina admits the stability brought by Fenway Sports Group restored his faith in the club.
Reina revealed in his autobiography that he considered leaving Anfield for Arsenal in the summer of 2010 only for former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett to block the transfer fearing it would send out the wrong message to any potential buyers.

AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is no stranger to controversy and judging by his recent remarks, the Swede is far from burying his hatchet with Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola.

Ibrahimovic was traded to Barcelona in the summer of 2009 after it became apparent that striker Samuel Eto'o had become surplus to requirements in the Catalan dressing room.

Pepe to sign books at Anfield

Pepe Reina will sign copies of 'Pepe My Autobiography' at the Anfield Club Store from 3-5pm on Thursday.

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In his autobiography, Pepe Reina implicitly criticised Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher for not speaking out against the Liverpool's owners at the time, Tom Hicks and George Gillett. Gerrard has now explained why he kept silent.
In his book, Reina states:
"The way I saw it, Stevie and Carra are the two principle members of our squad, the ones who the people love and if they had said something maybe it would have put Hicks and Gillett under real pressure.

QUIZ: Name the footballer or manager by the title of their autobiography

Take a look at the titles, have a guess whose books they are, then click on the link to see the answers

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Fill 'er up Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina has problems. In his new autobiography, the Spaniard has revealed the lengths he goes to in order to satisfy his pre-match superstitions. These unusual quirks are not uncommon in footballers, who often have OCD tendencies or insist on putting one shin pad on before the other.

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina has revealed the details of an explosive row he had with Anfield stalwart Jamie Carragher, which spilled over into the dressing room after beginning on the pitch.
Reina and Carragher, both mainstays of the Reds rearguard since the Spanish shot-stopper joined the club in 2005, clashed in an unnamed game because of a disagreement about passing options.

Exclusive chapter of Pepe's book

Liverpoolfc.tv brings you an exclusive chapter from Pepe Reina's new autobiography in which he explains how Rafael Benitez pestered him into joining the Reds and reveals that he was already a Liverpool player during Istanbul.

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