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Many kids come from council estates, but not many came from a council estate in Camden Town, when Britpop was at its peak. It was the ’90s, Oasis were huge and Noel Gallagher would go to the boozer wi

You were subbed on and off in 11 minutes on your Blackburn debut, then scored the winning penalty in a League Cup tie in your second game. That must have been a whirlwind? Blackburn are my hometown cl

In the summer of 2023, Liverpool paid RB Leipzig £60 million to sign Dominik Szoboszlai. Since then, the Hungary talisman has won a Premier League title, been used in a variety of positions by two different managers, captained his country at a European Championship, and become a father. In October, the 25-year-old sat down with World Soccer to discuss all of that and more

You worked with the great Brian Clough at Sunderland, Derby and Nottingham Forest. How was your relationship with him? Initially, I was in his bad books. When I joined Sunderland as an apprentice, he

You don’t usually join Chelsea halfway through a Club World Cup. And you definitely don’t normally land at the tournament, lace up your boots, then immediately win the thing. Joao Pedro, apparently, d

The South Africa head coach reflects on an eventful World Cup qualifying campaign and looks ahead to next year’s finals, AFCON and retirement