With an estimated 3.5 billion fans worldwide, football (or soccer) is undoubtedly the most popular sport on the planet. Nothing else comes close. And one of the reasons we love it so much? The superstars who have graced pitches all around the globe, from Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro to London, Paris, Madrid and beyond – the players who get us off our seats and entertain and excite us every time they pull on their shirts and lace up their boots; the ones who remind us why we fell in love with the beautiful game in the first place. We worship them, we wear their names on our backs and, when we take to the pitch, we try to be them. In Football All-Stars we celebrate the greatest players the world has ever seen, from the midfield maestros who make their teams tick to the dogged defenders who will do anything to protect their goals, from the star strikers whose job it is to score the goals to the goalkeepers who make it their mission to keep them out. Turn the page to discover the fascinating stories of legends from the past, such as Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff, as well as today’s current stars, including Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi and many more. And that’s not all – we’ve also got eight eye-catching posters of your favourite football heroes inside!