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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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The marathon FA Cup tie, 50 years on

Looking ahead to 2025 • The big talking points that will come under the spotlight in the year ahead

BOOKS THIS MONTH

Spain’s second golden age • Spanish football is at the forefront of the global game more than ever before

2025 Calendar

OBITUARIES

MUST READ, DON’T MISS…

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

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Saudis set for 2034

Paris’ other club • Red Star FC may not have Paris Saint-Germain’s glamour or Paris FC’s top-flight aspirations, but it is seeped in history

Working smarter, not harder: the rise of FC Midtjylland

DON’T MISS

Football’s 50 WONDERKIDS • Nick Bidwell, Tim Vickery, Mark Gleeson, John Duerden and James Nalton earmark 50 young talents who are set to make their mark in 2025

THE RISE OF JORDAN • After a remarkable year for Jordanian football in 2024, what’s next for the West Asian minnows?

POSTER BOY • As the most expensive player in the history of the Canadian Premier League, Kwasi Poku is a walking advert for his country’s domestic football scene

“We should always be competing for places in major tournaments” • Parachuted into the role as Botswana interim head coach with just two 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers remaining, the 44-year-old South African guided the country to the AFCON finals for only the second time in their history

Scotland • Until recently, Scottish clubs have been resistant to multi-club ownership groups. But, as Steve Menary explains, things are beginning to change…

MCO round-up • More news from the world of multi-club ownership…

Daunting draw for Euro 2025 debutants • Wales and Poland were fired to this summer’s European Championship by their respective lodestars – but now the real test begins

European leagues round-up

World Service • Exclusive reports from our worldwide network of correspondents

Real Madrid add another trophy to 2024 haul • Spanish and European champions lift the FIFA Intercontinental Cup after underwhelming inaugural competition in Qatar

Botafogo lay 2023 demons to rest • Rio club make up for previous season’s collapse by adding domestic league title to historic Copa Libertadores triumph

Velez Sarsfield hold their nerve in final-day showdown • El Fortin defeat Huracan to seal league title, but miss out in two other cup finals

SOUTH AMERICAN LEAGUES REVIEW

LA Galaxy return to top spot • Major League Soccer’s most famous club produces remarkable turnaround to claim the 2024 MLS Cup

Hat-trick of titles for Club America • Mexican giants make history with their third consecutive Liga MX trophy

Vissel Kobe crowned J. League...