Yet the policy had its detractors, and according to certain critics in the Spanish press, McManaman and several other players became "victims" as the policy was based more on marketing and revenue generation, and sometimes meant players were picked not according to form, but because of their money-making potential off the pitch. McManaman never spoke ill of the "Galáctico" policy's effects on him during his tenure, only critiquing the policy and ultimately describing it in his autobiography "El Macca" (a work that was shortlisted as one of the Sunday Times Books of the Year and William Hill Sports Book of the Year), in 2004 as the "Disneyfication of Real Madrid" upon his departure from the club.