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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.

WorldSoccer issues you may have missed…

IN THIS ISSUE…

In Pictures • The global game caught on camera

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The price of everything: should all players have a release clause?

The Independent Football Regulator • A new era for English football, or another set of ineffective rules?

BOOKS THIS MONTH

It takes two • Why appointing joint-managers is on the rise–and why it’s failed in the past

On the RADAR • Spotlight on the players

In the firing line • The pressure will dial up on international managers as the World Cup inches closer

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

OBITUARIES

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

SUMMER 2025 TRANSFER WINDOW • A selection of done deals in July and August involving European clubs…

Comoros • The team from the Indian Ocean Islands could become Africa’s smallest-ever World Cup qualifiers

Carlos Queiroz • Veteran manager eyeing a record-equalling World Cup qualification after being appointed as Oman head coach

Mjallby AIF • The unlikely village team mounting a shock title challenge and taking Swedish football by storm

Serie A • The prospect of an Italian top-flight fixture being played overseas is inching closer

The Cosmos • The club of Pele and Beckenbauer has been reformed once again

The MLS All-Stars

WHO ARE THE ALL-STARS? • The MLS squad is selected through a combination of fan voting and selections by the appointed manager and league commissioner

101 GREATEST SOCCER RIVALRIES …RANKED!

Big-spending Liverpool aiming for title 21 • The addition of Florian Wirtz and Co. makes Arne Slot’s Reds the team to beat–but Arsenal and Manchester City will be competitive

‘Start of an era’ • The arrival of Xabi Alonso to the Real Madrid dugout adds intrigue to the La Liga title race

Fresh faces in Bundesliga dugouts • Bayer Leverkusen, champions in 2023-24, lead the six clubs with new head coaches going into the new German league season

Wide-open title race • Inter and Napoli, Serie A’s leading contenders, both have their strengths and weaknesses

The untouchables • Even PSG’s main rivals aren’t seriously thinking about usurping them in this season’s Ligue 1

Porto reset again • Club president Andre Villas-Boas prepared to spend big to bridge the gap to their Lisbon rivals

Class of 2010 back in session • Feyenoord and Ajax will be led by members of the Netherlands’ 2010 World Cup squad as they look to knock PSV off their perch

CLUB BRUGGE AND UNION SAINT-GILLOISE SET TO BATTLE FOR TITLE • The teams, coaches and players beyond Europe’s biggest leagues that we’ll be keeping an eye on during the 2025-26 campaign

KOCAELISPOR BACK IN THE BIG TIME

MOUKOKO AIMING FOR COPENHAGEN REBIRTH

HERO’S RETURN FOR TIERNEY

PRESSURE ON MARTIN AT RANGERS

FALKIRK’S TOP-FLIGHT...