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FROM THE EDITOR

THEWORLD THIS MONTH

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

FIFPro’s voice in the wilderness

BOOKS THIS MONTH

Nagelsmann’s European shortcomings cost him his job

REPORTS WE COULDN’T MAKE UP

THEWORLD THIS MONTH

On the RADAR • Spotlight on the players and coaches making waves

ESM XI • EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA

Bayern Munich • Thomas Tuchel’s uninspiring start hints at bigger problems in Bavaria

Mateo Retegui • The Argentine-born striker making headlines for Italy

Didier Digard • Nice’s inexperienced temporary coach has hit the ground running

Spakenburg • Amateur club stun Dutch football by reaching cup semi-finals

Gift Orban • Nigeria’s latest striking sensation

Kecskemeti • Underdog club chasing history just a few years after nearly going bust

Rasmus Hojlund • The great new hope of Danish football

Operation Rebuild • A former Basel player is attempting to restore the club to the top of Swiss football

The CSL and New York’s thriving soccer scene

NEW YORK SOCCER CLUBS

GOODBYE UEFA? • Russian football could be ready to embark on a new era in Asia after flirting with this summer’s CAFA Championship

CAFA CHAMPIONSHIP ONES TO WATCH

THE MASKED ASSASSIN • Napoli’s march to the Scudetto has been led by their unstoppable masked centre-forward

From the archives • In our March 2021 issue, Emmanuel Amuneke, Nigeria’s coach at the 2015 Under-17 World Cup, told World Soccer all about working with Osimhen…

Victor Osimhen • the numbers game

Talentscout

HOST HUNTING • After Indonesian football suffered another huge blow by having the hosting rights for this year’s Under-20 World Cup stripped, FIFA was forced to look elsewhere…

THE DRAW

Venues

U20 World Cup: stars to watch • With it not being part of the senior FIFA calendar and clubs under no obligation to cooperate, it’s a battle to the wire to get players released for the Under-20 World Cup. Tim Vickery, Mark Gleeson, John Duerden and Nick Bidwell pick out some of the youngsters who, if released, should be well worth watching in Argentina…

MULTI-CLUB OWNERSHIP [PART TWO] • In May 2021, World Soccer investigated the rising trend of multi-club ownership models. Since then, a lot has changed…

“It’s a big chance for us to qualify for the first time and write some history” • The Swiss-born coach has taken the Central African Republic to the brink of their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations finals

“Here, you see talent everywhere” • The former Chelsea, West Ham United, Portsmouth and Ghana manager speaks to World Soccer to discuss his new role in charge of the Zambia national team

Reality check for England • Finalissima trophy fails to mask concerns for the European champions ahead of the World Cup,...