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FROM THE ASSISTANT EDITOR

2024 Calendar

The burning issues for 2024 • Keir Radnedge identifies the questions that football will face in the year ahead

BOOKS THIS MONTH

Barcelona’s attempt to wind the clocks back • But Joan Laporta is perhaps misguided in hoping to recreate the success of his first spell at the club

REPORTS WE COULDN’T MAKE UP

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE • 37 Moves That Caught Our Eye This Month

The month in numbers • The facts and stats that have caught our eye in the world of football this month…

Back at Wembley • The UEFA Champions League final heads back to Wembley for a record-extending eighth time

ESM XI • EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA

Frightening future for relegated Santos

Here comes the Cavalry • 2024 is set to be a big year for Canadian Premier League side Cavalry FC

A NEW DAWN FOR CONCACAF CLUBS • The newly reformatted CONCACAF Champions Cup begins in February

AFRICA’S NEARLY MEN • Mali are finally ready to convert youth-level promise into senior success

TRENT 2.0 • Former Liverpool right-back and Reds academy mentor Rob Jones discusses the evolution of Trent Alexander-Arnold

Football’s 50 WONDERKIDS • Nick Bidwell and Tim Vickery profile 50 talented youngsters set to make a real name for themselves in 2024

The BIG stories of 2024 …before they happen • Nick Bidwell casts his eye over the major football stories of the upcoming year

“I thought my first call-up was spam” • Born in Dublin to a Cape Verdean father, the Shamrock Rovers defender is heading to his second AFCON finals

“A frican football is at the best level it’s ever been at” • The former Brighton manager talks to World Soccer about his role as the head coach of Ghana’s national team

Change afoot for UEFA Women’s Champions League • Change is on the horizon for Europe’s elite club competition as this season’s Champions League group stage approaches crunch time

In the next issue

End of an era • Manchester City win the final FIFA Club World Cup in its current format ahead of a revamped competition in 2025

Botafogo blow it, Palmeiras pounce • More than the race that Palmeiras won, the 2023 Brazilian league season will almost certainly go down as the one that Botafogo threw away

Historic triumph for Rosario Central • Rosario Central lift the Copa de la Liga Profesional in rare title win, while Boca Juniors have a new club president

SOUTH AMERICAN LEAGUES REVIEW

America return to the top • Mexico’s most successful club lift their first league title since 2018

CAF Champions League • After four group stage games, this season’s competition is still wide open

Saudis dominate Champions League group stage • Saudi Pro League teams barely miss a step in western groups, while an underdog tale emerges in the east

The road to Paris...