Atlético Piauiense · Piauiense · Midfielder · #0 · Brazil · 18 yrs
After two comparative surprise packages at international level, Luis De La Fuente and Lionel Scaloni, won the last Euros and World Cup at the expense of more established names, Miguel Delaney finds out what national teams are really looking for and the process behind picking a manager
2026 WORLD CUP PREVIEW: The biggest World Cup of all time finally starts today. In so many ways, from Iran and visa issues to 48 teams and 16 venues, it is an unprecedented tournament. Miguel Delaney, on the ground in New York, delves into the details behind the immense scale of ‘United 2026’
COMMENT : After Somalian referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan had his ‘dream’ of officiating at the World Cup denied by the host nation on the eve of the tournament, Fifa is forgetting its own rules, and values. By Miguel Delaney
The news is out: the only player to win three tournaments tops our greatest players of all-time World Cup leaderboard. And as Chief Football Writer Miguel Delaney explains, nobody epitomised the World Cup and what it stood for more than the Brazil legend
