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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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Henry WINTER THE VOICE OF FOOTBALL • Newcastle fans deserve better from their owners

The kindness of King Kev

Keir RADNEDGE THE INSIDER

BOOKS THIS MONTH

Jonathan WILSON TECHNICALLY SPEAKING

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

12 MOVES you might have missed

OBITUARIES

Little One • Franco Baresi’s death was mourned not only by Italian football but around the world

King Kev • Kevin Keegan was a footballing superstar who never forgot his roots

Return of Wisla Krakow adds to exciting Ekstraklasa

The Lazio supporters willing to walk away

COMING SOON • For more reaction to the 2026 World Cup and lots of other exciting content, don’t miss these annuals on sale later this year…

Gunners eyeing back-to-back titles • Arsenal are the standout candidates for the Premier League crown

Barca and Real turn back the clocks • The arch-rivals and Spain’s two biggest clubs are feeling nostalgic for 2010

Can Bayern be beaten? • A familiar question faces the German top flight as another league season begins

Inter aiming for dominance • Last season’s double winners haven’t defended a Scudetto since 2010, but this could be their year

Deja vuall over again • Will it be the same old story in Ligue 1, or can anyone change the script?

Sporting reset • Portuguese champions in 2024 and 2025, Sporting have rebuilt their squad in the hope of catching last year’s winners Porto

Wanted: title challengers • Can anyone prevent PSV from cruising to yet another Eredivisie title?

Normal service set to resume • A repeat of last year’s three-horse race looks unlikely after Rangers’ raid of Hearts

EXCITING TITLE RACES ON THE HORIZON

MAJOR CLUBS MAJOR REBUILDS

‘There are swords being sharpened and scores waiting to be settled’

‘A meticulous winner’

‘Even the greatest Portuguese manager of all time could not halt the slide’

Amorim:‘I’m not here to play but to win’

‘In the boardroom and on the pitch, Juventus have made significant moves’

‘Successfully replacing Guardiola will be a tough ask’

‘Revamp on the pitch, transition off the pitch’

Cruyff: ‘Ajax need to win titles’

ROMANIA

LIGUE 3 • French domestic football has undergone a restructure

FROM THE CHURCH TO THE PREM • How a kid from a worn-out pitch in Split became Brighton’s record signing

“It’s only a short career so I want to try to get the most out of it” • At just 24 years old, the English centre-back has played in four different countries, represented two different international teams at youth level and worked with the likes of Frank Lampard, Cesc Fabregas and Thierry Henry

“The club was about to fold–it was a very unattractive place” • Europe’s youngest top-flight manager discusses the Welsh Premier League, rescuing...