If [those interviewed in this book] are my friends, I prefer to have enemies

Diego Maradona

Burns' forensic skills are to the fore in this deft, perceptive study of politics, corruption, exploitation and the occasional dash of genuine sporting genius

Time Out

An excellent book … The seamy backstairs politics of international soccer have never been more tellingly exposed

Financial Times

The Hand of God is illuminating and atmospheric as it cuts through the web of myth, mystery and full-blooded hypocrisy

Irish Times

Maradona's life is one of grotesque farce ... Gazza's career compared with this looks like Emmerdale sat next to the Borgias

Peter Davies, author of All Played Out

A compelling cocktail of celebration and cheating

Daily Mail