Three-time European Footballer of the Year. One-time World Footballer of the Year. Three European Cups, two Intercontinental Cups, a UEFA Super Cup, European Champion with the Dutch national team in 1988 and numerous national championships with both Ajax and AC Milan. Marco van Basten is one of the greats of the game, but he remains a mystery to many, an enigma, someone who seemed to never let his guard down. Intelligent, analytically strong, articulate, but outwardly unmoved.

Basta is the raw, honest, but above all revealing autobiography of Marco van Basten. The complete story about his childhood, the complicated relationship with his parents, his career - the madness in Italy, the European Championship '88, the failed World Cup '90 - his relationship with Johan Cruyff, the painful saga of the ankle injury, financial setbacks, countless successes and just as many lows. It is the incredible story of one of the greatest strikers the game has ever seen.