Alan Gernon

In 2016 Alan Gernon’s book Retired took a peek inside the world of the former professional footballer, and didn’t paint a pretty picture of life after retirement. Two years later Alan’s focus has switched to the world of the agent, deadline day and the instability of a footballer's life, in The Transfer Market: the Inside Stories. Here he explores the often dizzying movement of players between professional football clubs, and asks who benefits from these transactions. Spoiler alert, it’s often not the players!