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Your life made easier - every day. The unrivalled authority on the game of soccer around the world, World Soccer calls upon journalists from the globe's great soccer capitals. The best writers, analytical features and the ability to deliver the inside-track on domestic and world football have made World Soccer an institution. With stunning images and a website delivering up-to-the-minute global results and authoritative insights into the players, politics and power-struggles, the brand constantly looks behind the score-lines. Its insightful writing reaches to the heart of the triumphs, scandals and controversies that constantly emerge in the greatest international sport of them all.

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FROM THE EDITOR

Barcelona return is a “dream come true” for Xavi

Blatter and Platini charged with fraud

HEROES & VILLAINS

On the RADAR

ESM XI • EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA

Time is ticking for football at the Olympics

BOOKS THIS MONTH

Eddie Howe faces a uniquely difficult task

REPORTS WE COULDN’T MAKE UP

All the federations should be trying to persuade as many players as possible to get vaccinated

NEW! From the publishers of WorldSoccer World Soccer Presents

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

Algeria • North African side are in record-breaking form ahead of January’s Africa Cup of Nations finals

Ohi Omoijuanfo • This season’s unlikely contender for the European Golden Shoe

Daniel Maldini • The son of Paolo and grandson of Cesare is the latest Maldini to make his mark for Milan

Hwang Hee-Chan • The forward’s early-season form has helped rebuild his reputation in his home country

Josip Stanisic • Promising defender the latest in long line of foreign-born Croatian internationals

Mohamed Aboutrika • The Egyptian legend is living in exile, having been branded a “terrorist” by his home country

MSK Zilina’s exceptional academy

From refugees to AFCON stars

The UK’s biggest fan-owned club

THE FUTURE OF THE CLASICO • Pedri and Eduardo Camavinga are carving out their careers as future midfield lynchpins for Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively

A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN • After a turbulent couple of years across European football, talks of a merger between the Belgian and Dutch top flights have increased. Samindra Kunti and Klaas-Jan Droppert report from the two countries to assess the likelihood of a new league being formed…

The view from BELGIUM

The view from the NETHERLANDS

“We are not going to the finals just to participate” • Ahead of Malawi’s first AFCON since 2010, and only the third in their history, manager Meke Mwase sits down with World Soccer to discuss his team’s preparations

“Maybe I’mnot cut out to be in the UK” • Few British players have had a career quite like Ryan Gauld’s. Sean Cole sits down with the man once labelled the “Scottish Messi” to reflect on the journey so far…

FROM NORWICHTO TORONTO • Dom Dwyer discusses his career, from being released by Norwich City to one of the most prominent strikers in MLS…

“THEYPUTAGUN TO THE BACK OF MY HEAD AND TOOK ME OUT TOTHE DESERT TO KILL ME” • Craig Butler, the father and agent of Leon Bailey, describes the extraordinary journey and sacrifices that he made for his son’s career

The road to Australia & New Zealand 2023 • One-sided World Cup qualifiers demonstrates the imbalance of women’s game

2023 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING UPDATE

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