From the editor The summer of 2016 saw perhaps the highest turnover of high-profile managers that European football has ever seen. The Premier League saw the biggest changes: Jose Mourinho returned to England to replace Louis van Gaal at Manchester United and, in doing so, reignited his rivalry with Pep Guardiola who began his reign ..read more

Yann SOMMER (Internazionale, 7 votes) Dani CARVAJAL (Real Madrid, 7 votes) BREMER (Juventus, 3 votes) Virgil VAN DIJK (Liverpool, 4 votes) Josko GVARDIOL (Manchester City, 3 votes) Jude BELLINGHAM (Real Madrid, 4 votes) RODRI (Manchester City, 4 votes) Hakan CALHANOGLU (Internazionale, 3 votes) Lautaro MARTINEZ (Internazionale, 9 votes) Artem DOVBYK (Girona, 3 votes) VINICIUS Junior (Real ..read more

From the editor Sometimes it’s hard to be a football fan. Yet, as the sport increasingly moves away from its roots and feels consumed by greed and cynicism, this issue of World Soccer is filled with things to help restore your faith in the good of the game, including cup upsets and underdogs, a club built by its ..read more

From the editor In an Adidas advert, released during the 2006 World Cup, two kids on a Barcelona street agree to a game of football. When it comes to picking their team-mates, there are no limits. “Kaka,” says one. “Zidane,” responds the other. As the two Ballon d’Or winners jog over, the team building continues: “Beckham ..read more

Yann SOMMER (Internazionale, 7 votes) Trent ALEXANDER-ARNOLD (Liverpool, 9 votes) Jonathan TAH (Bayer Leverkusen, 3 votes) Virgil VAN DIJK (Liverpool, 5 votes) Federico DIMARCO (Internazionale, 3 votes) Jude BELLINGHAM (Real Madrid, 5 votes) RODRI (Manchester City, 4 votes) FLorian WIRTZ (Bayer Leverkusen, 4 votes) Mohamed SALAH (Liverpool, 6 votes) Harry KANE (Bayern Munich, 5 votes) SON ..read more

From the editor In the last issue of World Soccer we looked back over the events of 2023, so it feels only natural that this time we should look ahead to 2024. It is a year filled with both excitement and trepidation. On the one hand, we have four continental championships to take in (the ..read more

From the editor As an impressionable young football fan in the mid-’90s, I have some wonderful memories of Terry Venables and his Euro ’96 England team. After the Three Lions had failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup, my first memory of watching England in major tournament action was at the 1996 European Championship ..read more

From the editor As an impressionable young football fan in the mid-’90s, I have some wonderful memories of Terry Venables and his Euro ’96 England team. After the Three Lions had failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup, my first memory of watching England in major tournament action was at the 1996 European Championship ..read more

Marcin BULKA (Nice, 4 votes) Jeremie FRIMPONG (Bayer Leverkusen, 2 votes) Ronald ARAUJO (Barcelona, 2 votes) Odilon KOSSOUNOU (Bayer Leverkusen, 3 votes) Alex GRIMALDO (Bayer Leverkusen, 8 votes) Jude BELLINGHAM(Real Madrid, 7 votes) RODRI (Manchester City, 2 votes) Antoine GRIEZMANN (Atletico Madrid, 4 votes) RODRYGO (Real Madrid, 7 votes) Harry KANE (Bayern Munich, 11 votes) Kylian ..read more

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