World Soccer

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

Home nations managers pay tribute to the Queen

Benzema voted UEFA Men’s Player of the Year

The month in numbers • Eye-catching facts and stats from the world of football this month…

MOST EXPENSIVE DEALS IN SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW

Denmark and football fairy tales: 40 years of World Soccer

United for sale? Not likely

BOOKS THIS MONTH

The ever-enduring Louis van Gaal

REPORTS WE COULDN’T MAKE UP

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

Marcus EDWARDS

World Soccer Presents

Barcelona • How Barca president Joan Laporta helped guide the Catalan giants through a hectic summer

Charles De Ketelaere • Belgium’s wonderkid and next big hope ready to enhance his reputation at Milan

Iran • Preparations for Qatar have been thrown into disarray following the re-hiring of Carlos Queiroz as coach to replace Dragan Skocic

Dwight Yorke • Former Trinidad & Tobago striker embarks on his managerial career in Australia

Marko Livaja • Former prodigy finally hitting his potential ahead of the World Cup

A long time coming

Nordic nearly men

The Braut dynasty

The world’s most isolated major football club

SENEGAL’S MAIN MANE • After firing Senegal to the AFCON trophy and World Cup qualification, Sadio Mane has plenty more to achieve with his country in 2022

Timeline

WORLD CUP ONES TO WATCH • Nick Bidwell takes a closer look at 50 World Cup wild cards to keep an eye out for at this year’s tournament in Qatar

In the next issue

“That first World Cup created my legacy” • Australia legend Tim Cahill sits down with World Soccer to discuss his playing career, the Aspire Academy and the upcoming 2022 World Cup

FELIX’S FAIRYTALE • In little over a year, Felix Afena-Gyan has gone from playing amateur footballer in Ghana to lifting a major European club title

THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL • On the 150th anniversary of England and Scotland’s first-ever meeting on a football pitch, Keir Radnedge looks back at the historic match

PLAYER POWER • How football’s international players’ union can be a force for good in the game

World Cup qualifying round-up • Twenty-five teams have confirmed their places alongside hosts Australia and New Zealand

Round-up

Word Service • Exclusive reports from our worldwide network of correspondents

Brazil eyes another double • For the second year in a row, Brazilian clubs could win both the Copas Libertadores and Sudamericana

Morocco change hands ahead of Qatar • The Atlas Lions enter a new period under coach Walid Regragui

FIFA lifts ban on Indian federation • Initial suspension lasts only nine days

Palestine establish themselves as a solid Asian power • Middle Eastern nation reach third consecutive Asian Cup despite huge challenges for team

Big names light up A-League •...