Planet football

From individual temper tantrums to a whole squad collectively losing their marbles... grab the popcorn.

Qualifying for the World Cup finals was an immense source of joy for all of these tiny nations.

France's squad is so stacked, their second XI would have a good chance of winning the World Cup outright.

The casting choices in Dear England have got everyone talking, with Lewis Hall moonlighting as Cole Palmer.

Just 21 (1.6%) of all the players at this World Cup are younger than 20. That's a staggeringly low number.

Narrowing our ranking down to just 10 names wasn’t easy, but we got there in the end.

As England prepare for the World Cup, Tuchel has left two starters at home... according to the data.

What became of the youngest players who made it to the tournament back in 2022? Read and find out...

It’s safe to say that this lot are less than the sum of their parts when it comes to the beautiful game.

Perez is staying, Mourinho is returning and several big names could be arriving... grab your popcorn.

It’s fair to say most teams wouldn’t build around a 41-year-old, who hasn’t played in Europe since before the last World Cup.

Using WhoScored ratings, this is pretty close to Tuchel's favoured XI. Except with three major curveballs.

Michael Olise has been identified as Florentino Perez’s mystery €150m man, but do the comparisons to prime Ronaldo hold up?

Our score to beat is 88/100. We'll be very impressed if you can do better than that.

These superstars lit up the World Cup in Qatar. But three and a half years later, they'll be watching on with the rest of us.

Florentino Perez says “The €150m deal could be midfielder or forward. He is not from the Premier League. He’s a total Galactic.”

Ahead of the New Zealand friendly, can you name every team England have played in a warm-up game this century?

A total of 736 players went to the 2006 World Cup in Germany, with 32 nations fielding 23-man squads. Just 10 are still going.

Some huge names are unattached to clubs with an opportunity to put themselves in the shop window this summer.

Spain drew with Iraq and France lost to Cote d'Ivoire... but it probably pays not to read much into it.