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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.

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Editor’s Note

In Pictures • The global game caught on camera

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Going global • Jurgen Klopp and Arsene Wenger’s current roles are a waste of their expertise

Denis Law’s Italian job • The Scottish legend’s year at Torino offers a stark reminder of how much football has evolved

BOOKS THIS MONTH

More games, more teams – but no more quality • Have UEFA’s reforms to the Champions League improved the competition?

Anderson TALISCA

OBITUARIES

UEFA knockout round draws • The fixtures, schedule and road to the final for Europe’s three elite club competitions

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

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

ULTIMATE GUIDE TO MLS

6 of the best January signings • Jamie Evans examines some of the standout deals from the January 2025 transfer window

FOOTBALL IN SYRIA • A country torn apart by civil war is daring to dream of a brighter footballing future

ALLCHANGE AT TRES GRANDES • Moving parts in Portuguese football make for an unpredictable future for the Big Three

TURNING 30 • As Major of its 30th season, Jon Arnold reflects on the last three decades of top-flight soccer in the United States League Soccer welcomes its 30th club ahead

Ones to watch •  Nick Bidwell picks out the players to keep an eye on in the knockout stage of European football’s elite club competition

Ones to watch •  Nick Bidwell highlights 12 stars that could light up the Europa League knockouts

Ones to watch • Nick Bidwell outlines the players that will help define the Conference League knockouts

THE ULTIMATE UNDERDOGS • How French minnows Brest became the story of this season’s Champions League

OLD AND NEW • Lyon new boy Thiago Almada is an interesting mix of nostalgia and modernity

SINGAPORE

Clermont Foot • The French second-tier club is the centre-piece of an ambitious Multi-Club Ownership portfolio

Face to face

RIGHT TO DREAM: PART TWO • In September 2021, World Soccer examined the work of the Right to Dream academy in Ghana and Denmark. Now, more than three years on, the project has expanded even further…

FISHING FOR SUCCESS • Ambitious young English coach Charlie Trout has high hopes for the Puerto Rico national team

“Football has the power to heal a war-torn country” • The Ukraine legend, now in his role as president of the Ukrainian FA, discusses how the country is using football as a symbol of unity and hope amid the ongoing devastating effects of war

“I’m dreaming of being the coach that will win the World Cup with an African country” • The Nigerian talks about breaking new ground as a title-winning coach in Europe, his managerial aspirations, and the coaching opportunities available for African managers on the continent

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