In Financial Times, Simon Kuper compared the biography to Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint and drew parallels between the main characters' experiences as minority members and outsiders struggling for recognition and acceptance in mainstream society, calling it "The best footballer’s autobiography of recent years".
A number of guest writers have also written for the magazine, including Cris Freddi, Nick Hornby and Simon Kuper.
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Simon Kuper called the 2008 European soccer championship (UEFA Euro 2008) "the first postnational" European Championship.