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On the RADAR • Spotlight on the players and coaches making waves
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Gilberto Mora • The future of Mexican football arrives just in time for the 2026 World Cup
Claudia Scheunemann • Meet the youngest international footballer in the history of the game
Jiangsu City Football League • The grassroots movement that could offer a different kind of future for Chinese football
OFC Pro League • Oceania finally establishes its first professional football league
FAI Cup • The Irish Cup has had its fair share of fairy tales this season, with the final still to come
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eye witness Tom Kundert reports
Pafos FC’s Champions League debut
Morocco’s emergence as an international football hub
STRIKER FACTORY • How Eintracht Frankfurt’s ability to develop goalscorers took them to the upper echelons of German football
TEENAGE KICKS • Ethan Nwaneri, Arsenal’s youngest-ever player, is flying the flag for the club’s Hale End academy. But is he ready to deliver in the Premier League?
6 of the best Teenage tyros • Nick Bidwell picks out some Under-20s starlets making a name for themselves around the globe
INDIA
“It’s my aim to win the Champions League – Atletico Madrid deserve it” • The Atletico goalkeeper on his quest for the biggest prizes, swapping his individual awards for team silverware, and aiming to take Slovenia to the 2026 World Cup
“Wehavean opportunity to wake up a sleeping giant” • The Kenya head coach on his team’s impressive performances at the recent African Nations Championship and building for the future
“I remember seeing the guys thinking:‘Who the eff is this American?’” • The former Colorado Rapids and Crawley Town midfielder reflects on anomadic career in France, England and the United States
“Pakistan doesn’t have a professional league, so it’s not like you can go on the weekend and watch players” • The former Peru and Newcastle United winger discusses the difficulties of managing the Pakistan national team, and how he and the Pakistan Football Federation hope to help football progress in the South Asian nation
Women’s football • Multi-club ownership groups in North America are increasingly turning their attention to the women’s game, writes Steve Menary
Anew European era begins • Women’s Champions League replicates the men’s format by switching to a league phase, while also introducing a second-tier competition
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