The transfer window may be long closed, but we’ve signed some new signings to give us a boost for this issue.
first, world football The stalwart Steve Menary has launched a new feature taking a closer look at multi-club ownership groups, starting with A-League new boys Auckland FC.
Then, the first in a series of columns, from our friends sweeper Watch the weird and wonderful from the world of podcast football.
Jamie Evans, Managing Editor
World this month
12 Henry Winter The Voice of Football
14 Care Radnage Doubts about the Club World Cup
16 Cremation
17 Jim Holden Shilachi Tribute
18 Jonathan Wilson Argentina’s coaching legacy
We could not report 19
20 moves you might have missed
Months in 21 numbers
22 ESM XI
Headliners
24 Copa Libertadores The shock semi-finalists
25 Lasagna diarra Landmark legal case
26 Algeria The battle of the new coach
27 Roma Chaos in the Italian capital
eyewitness
32 England Football club fan friendship
characteristics
28 Special Report The Sudanese Civil War
38 player biographies Nico Williams
46 6 Best Same family, different country
50 eyes on MCOS The new boy of the A-League is Auckland FC
54 Spotlight Indonesia’s World Cup dream
68 League Focus Iran
Interview
58 Saudi Arabia Pro League Chief Executive Officer Omar Mugharbel
62 facing Lee Boyer, Montserrat manager
98 is my biggest game Hans Krankl
Women’s Football
70 Japanese stars shine brightly
71 UEFA Champions League
World Service
74 South America Copa Libertadores Update
76 South America Copa Sudamericana Update
78 Africa CAF Champions League Preview
80 Australia A-League preview
82 United States US Open Cup Review
84 Canada Canadian Championship Review
86 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup Update
88 Basque Country
89 Sweeper
