Patrick was joined by Financial Times Journalist Simon Kuper to talk about his recent book, The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making–And Unmaking–Of the World’s Greatest Soccer Club. Simon chatted to us about the incredible success of the club and the contribution of Johan Cruyff and Lionel Messi to this success. Also discussed was the current problems at Barcelona and the prospects for the club over the next few years. Simon also chatted a little about his upcoming book Chums How a tiny Caste of Oxford Tories took over the UK.

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