Dietmar H. The Didi Man: My Love Affair with Liverpool

2013. - 217 p. English language.Dietmar "Didi" Hamann offers a warm, personal, and highly entertaining story of his time on Merseyside at a football club which will always have a very special place in his heart. Hamann is a complete one-off the foreigner with a "Scouse" accent, the German who now plays cricket for his local village team, the overseas footballer turned anglophile who fell deeply in love with the city of Liverpool, its people, and its eponymous football club. The classy midfielder had a long and distinguished playing career, but it was his seven seasons at Anfield that marked him out forever as a true Liverpool legend. His cult status was secured when he came off the bench at half-time during the 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul to inspire his team to a dramatic comeback and spectacular European glory.