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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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IN THIS ISSUE…

In Pictures • The global game caught on camera

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Football must never forget Diogo Jota

What could have been • Saudi Arabia have achieved the kind of influence over football that China once aspired for

BOOKS THIS MONTH

Keep ball • How Chelsea dethroned Champions League winners PSG

On the RADAR • Euro Under-19 stars

OBITUARIES

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

SUMMER 2025 TRANSFER WINDOW • A selection of done deals since the summer transfer window re-opened in mid-June…

101 SOCCER RIVALRIES…RANKED!

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

DIOGO JOTA • 1996-2025

THE ADOPTED SCOUSER • Diogo Jota will be sorely missed on Merseyside, writes Paul Hassall

THE ANTI-STAR • Diogo Jota was the humble hero of Portuguese football, writes Tom Kundert

Football Remembers DIOGO JOTA

A year from now • The Club World Cup in the USA painted a picture of what next year’s jointly-hosted FIFA World Cup could look like

The beautiful game on the edge of the world • Despite its tiny population, the Faroe Islands has cultivated a football culture all of its own, rooted in rugged landscapes, local rivalries and community spirit

The two Yokohamas

Slovakia’s perennial champions

The rise and fall of Artmedia Bratislava

FRENCH FOOTBALL’S TRANSFER REVOLUTION • In the face of a TV rights crisis and a summer of financial uncertainty, Ligue 1 clubs are rethinking the transfer window

“I am nothing special–but here I am treated like CristianoRonaldo” • The Australian-born Iraq international sits down with World Soccer to reflect on a football journey that has taken him from Sweden to Brighton to Kurdistan

“It does you the world of good, going out and seeing different types of football” • The 27-year-old English coach has already enjoyed a unique career. Here, he talks about his journey thus far and future aspirations…

Euro Under-21 starlets • While some of Europe’s best young talents spent the summer in the US for the Club World Cup, there were plenty of other standout stars in action at the European U21 Championship, says Lukas Vrablik…

Red Bull • The most prominent multi-club ownership group in the world has evolved significantly since embarking on its footballing journey 20 years ago, writes Steve Menary

Club partnerships on the rise

Ups and downs of the WSL • An overview of the women’s domestic game ahead of the WSL embarking on its 15th season

Round-up

WorldSoccer • Global football intelligence

World Service • Exclusive reports from our worldwide network of correspondents

Champions of the world • Chelsea show signs of their intent with victory in the United States

Thrills and spills in knockout rounds

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