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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.

IN THIS ISSUE…

In Pictures • The global game caught on camera

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Trent would be a worthy Galactico – but Liverpool must try everything in their power to keep him

Bobby Charlton’s legacy lives on

Iniesta bows out

Club World Cup doubts continue • With limited TV interest, Gianni Infantino’s pet project is at risk of falling apart before it has even kicked off

BOOKS THIS MONTH

OBITUARIES

Rarely prolific, always adored • The career of the late Salvatore Schillaci sums up Italian football’s relationship with its strikers

The Argentina legacy • In the modern game, no country produces international managers like the country of Jose Pekerman, Marcelo Bielsa and Jorge Sampaoli

REPORTS WE COULDN’T MAKE UP

12 MOVES you might have missed… • TRANSFERS ★ LOANS ★ SACKINGS ★ HIRINGS ★ SWITCHES ★ RETIREMENTS

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

ESM XI • EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA

Copa Libertadores • Semi-final stage of South America’s elite club competition throws up an unexpected meeting between two famous old names

Lassana Diarra • Landmark case of former France midfielder brings current transfer rules into question

Algeria • Bosnian coach Vladimir Petkovic has faced a challenging first year in charge of the former African champions

Roma • Sacking of club legend Daniele De Rossi sparks chaos in the Italian capital

PLAY ON • How Sudan’s clubs are continuing to play football despite civil war

Football fan friendships • The supporter alliances that stretch across Europe

WILLIAMS THE YOUNGER • Just like big brother Inaki, Nico Williams has lit up Bilbao’s San Mames. What’s next for the Spanish European champion?

the numbers game

Same family, different countries • Nico Williams and his brother Inaki aren’t the only siblings to represent different countries at international level, as Mark Gleeson reveals…

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AUCKLAND FC • In a new series, Steve Menary takes a closer look at teams under multi-club ownership models from around the world. This month, it’s a brand new club from New Zealand competing in Australia’s A-League…

“We’re not here to just make up the numbers” • NICK BECKER, AUCKLAND FC CEO

WORLD CUP CALLING • A team of foreign-born stars and a South Korean coach are bidding to make history for Indonesia

‘IT’S NOT ONLY ABOUT SIGNING THE STAR PLAYERS’ • The head of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious top flight sits down with World Soccer to discuss the league’s future

“I came into coaching because I want to improve players” • The ex-Premier League midfielder and former manager of Charlton Athletic and Birmingham City discusses his new venture as head coach of CONCACAF minnows Montserrat

IRAN

Japan’s stars shining brightly in the WSL • But there’s still plenty of work to be done in the country’s domestic...