How did Helenio Herrera – football’s first celebrity coach – end up on trial for manslaughter in 1969 at the height of his fame?

'HH' as he was known, or 'His Holiness' as Gabriel García Márquez called him, was an enigma. No one knew if he was from Buenos Aires or Casablanca or what year he was born. He was a philanderer, a charlatan, a trash-talker with an outrageous personality, and a guarantor of success...

HH surrounded himself with sinister men, including Dezsö Solti, a former kapo for Dr Josef Mengele in Auschwitz. He was distrusted by his peers like Santiago Bernabéu and Bill Shankly. The public, though, was fascinated by him, a coach more famous than Alfredo Di Stéfano, the greatest player of his era.

HH is a story about cheating and intrigue, bloodshed, sex and glorious football during its golden age. Included are interviews with those who knew him, including Capello, Sandro Mazzola and Denis Law and set against the backdrop of the Franco dictatorship in Spain and la dolce vita in 1960s Italy.