Babysitting George

"A Sunday in early August. Celia Walden, a young reporter, receives an unusual phone call from her editor. She is to drop everything, travel immediately to Malta, track down a legendary footballer and global superstar and keep him away from the press."@en
""In 2003 Celia Walden, a young reporter, receives a phone call from her editor. She is to drop everything, travel to Malta and track down legendary footballer George Best. When Celia does discover him, in an Irish bar drinking countless white wine spritzers, he isn't exactly delighted to see her. But the unlikey friendship that develops between George and Celia reveals an intelligent, funny, wild and complex human being." -- Back cover."
"Celia Walden, a young reporter in Great Britain, is charged with staying close to soccer icon George Best, but ends up in an unlikely friendship with the aging and sickly athlete. This is their story."@en