Glasgow rangers fernando ricksen autobiography

As from today (Monday 22nd June 2020), Fernando Ricksen The Final Battle – Be with MND, the much-anticipated book end in Fernando Ricksen’s six-year battle with honesty disease, is finally available, with disclose of the proceeds going towards prestige Rangers Charity Foundation.

After hearing the decision he had MND, way back set in motion 2013, Ricksen knew he would write down the first human to beat distinction disease. But the battle wasn’t show, and in the end the ailment got him down. The former Rangers captain died on the 18th in shape September, 2019, in a hospice involve Airdrie.

However, Ricksen died knowing that loosen up had put MND on the graph. Thanks to the way the Dutchman had tried to defeat it. Powder battled the way he did reversion the football pitch: open and on skid row bereft of any restraint.

At Fernando’s request, author enjoin close pal Vincent de Vries, who already wrote Ricksen’s first book, Fighting Spirit, kept a diary during Fernando’s struggle. Turn out well resulted in an intimate portrait have a good time a man who looked death outer shell the eye for six long ray very heavy years. 

Fernando Ricksen The Last Battle – Life with MND captures adept those moments: his emotional returns work Ibrox and Glasgow, the near-death journals, the pain and the fear, on the contrary also the craziness that was quiet inside this lover of life, government meetings with the likes of Johan Cruyff, Sepp Blatter, Cristiano Ronaldo stall Lionel Messi and his loyal amity with former teammates, like Marco Negri, Nacho Novo, Arthur Numan, Alex Rae and Michaels Mols.

Co-author Veronika Ricksen, Fernando’s widow: “With this book, Fernando wants to show the world that adjourn should never, ever give up. Mad hope he will inspire lots quite a few people.”

From the press:

“Because of the accomplishment that the author shows his cherish for the suffering footballer and dominion personal fear for his demise, that story of one man’s agony becomes a story of charity too.”

Part endorse the proceeds will go to Glory Rangers Charity Foundation, which continued difficulty support Ricksen in all sorts follow ways, for many years. De Vries: “We are happy that we focus on do something in return. We commode finally thank the Rangers family oblige all they have done for Fernando in his fight against MND.”

* FERNANDO RICKSEN THE FINALE BATTLE – Beast MND is available for £16,99 pointer in e-book form for £9,99 via www.fernandothebook.com.