Moody Blue: The Story of Mysterious Marco - Hardcover

**Nominated as International Autobiography of the Year at the 2016 Cross Sports Book Awards**

"Rangers had more than their fair share of expensive crocks in the 1990s. But easily the strangest tale was that of Marco Negri. Readable. Diverting. Good on the grotesque culture-clash stuff that characterises books by foreign imports in British football." --When Saturday Comes

"A brilliant read." --Glasgow Is Blue

"That the Parliament congratulates Jeff Holmes, who is an author from Eastwood, on being shortlisted for the Cross Sports Book Awards 2016 in the International Sports Autobiography of the Year category for his book, Moody Blue." --Scottish Parliament motion lodged by Jackson Carlaw MSP

Marco Negri was born to score goals - though little did he know that 13 years after cutting his teeth with Serie A side Udinese, he would become a cult hero in Scotland. When Walter Smith shelled out GBP3.5million, snatching the 27-year-old from the grasps of the Italian superpowers, Rangers fans were in for a mighty shock. Negri smashed in 33 goals in his first 29 games, breaking goalscoring records galore in tandem with Gascoigne and Laudrup. A match made in heaven? Perhaps not, as an eye injury was soon to halt this goal-grabbing juggernaut. Frustrating injuries, reports of unrest and loan deals ruled the remainder of his time at Ibrox. Neverthless, Marco Negri's name was already written in Rangers history, his cult status as inevitable as fans' tantalising tales of what might have been. For the first time, here is the astonishing story of one of football's most enigmatic characters.