Thanks to the exploits of Amr Zaki, the Abu Dhabi United Group and Huwar Mullah Mohammed this season, the influence of the Middle East in European football is becoming greater.

So, James Montagues book When Friday Comes (the title is a clever play on the name of the British football magazine When Saturday Comes) is timely as it sheds light on a region of football crazies.

Over the last few years there have been some exceptional books on football on various places in the wo