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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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Did Pep do enough? • Pep Guardiola departs Manchester City with a near-perfect Premier League record – but should he have delivered more in Europe?

A new era for FIFA and FIFPro relations • The governing body and the global players’ union reach a new agreement that could change the way football is run

BOOKS THIS MONTH

Jose Mourinho: an old solution to a new problem • Is the re-hiring of Mourinho as Real Madrid manager destined for failure?

Ebrima TUNKARA (Spain & Barcelona)

OBITUARIES

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

Round-up in numbers • Check out the facts and stats that have caught our eye in the world of football…

ESM XI • EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA

ESM • EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA

NEXT MONTH

Milan • Italian giants clear out their entire senior management after a disastrous end to the season in Serie A

The king’s club • Based in the foothills of Vesuvius and owned by the grandson of Italy’s last king, Savoia 1908 are steeped in history. Now, the club are on the rise

AGF’s historic title win

From the bottom to the top • How newly promoted FC Thun became shock champions of Switzerland

‘A ship without a sail’ • How Nice’s season descended into angry protests, empty stadiums and, in the end, outright apathy

2025-26 SEASON REVIEW

PODOLSKI SIGNS OFF AND MOVES UPSTAIRS

GYOR COMPLETE RISE FROM THE ASHES

LEVSKI SOFIA END LUDOGORETS’ DYNASTY

AUSTRIA’S THIRD CHAMPIONS IN FOUR YEARS

LNZ CHERKASY’S REMARKABLE RISE

QARABAG KNOCKED OFF THEIR PERCH

TORREENSE MAKE HISTORY

SHOWBIZ LE MANS REACH THE TOP FLIGHT

VILLAGE CLUB JOIN GERMAN ELITE

SYMBOLIC CLUB SEALS HISTORIC PROMOTION

FC COPENHAGEN LOOKING UP AGAIN

BUSINESS AS USUAL

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

BACK ON TOP

ANOTHER EXCELLENT EKSTRAKLASA

FANS SPOIL SLAVIA’S TITLE PARTY

JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM EDGE CLOSER TO WORLD RECORD

ASIA’S OTHER INVINCIBLES

AFRICA’S CHANGING OF THE GUARD

APERTURAS WRAP-UP

6 of the best Under the radar coaches • Jamie Evans picks out some notable managerial achievements from the 2025-26 campaign

TWO IN A ROW FOR PSG • French giants see off Arsenal on penalties to seal back-to-back Champions League triumphs

EMERY’S VILLA MAKE HISTORY • Villans taste European glory again for the first time since1982

GLASNER SIGNS OFF IN STYLE • Outgoing Austrian manager gives Crystal Palace fans another unforgettable night in his last game in charge

From Invincibles to Unbreakables • After three silver medals in a row, Arsenal return to the Premier League summit for the first time since 2003-04

Barca best in Spain, Real in disarray • The 2025-26 season saw a clear gap open up between Spain’s two biggest clubs

Inter face down their...