Match of the Day is Britain’s best-selling football magazine. We bring our youth audience closer to their heroes with an action-packed version of the iconic TV programme. Facts, stats and gossip provide our audience with the knowledge they need for playground banter, while glossy posters, quizzes and cartoons allow them to celebrate the game they’re obsessed with. Parents and teachers say it’s sometimes the only thing boys will read. A huge compliment.

HAPPY TRANSFERS!

HOW TO UNVEIL A NEW SIGNING… THE OLD WAY • Forget dropping a mad video or creating a sick social-media reveal to announce a signing – here's how they did it back in the day!

MOST EXPENSIVE PLAYER OF ALL TIME £ 199m BARCELONA TO PSG NEYMAR

TRANSFER TEASERS! • Can you match each of these ballers to their transfer tale?

MOST EXPENSIVE BRITISH PLAYER EVER £ 85m TOTTENHAM TO REAL MADRID BALE

TOP 25 MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS IN WORLD FOOTBALL! • We’ve looked into the numbers, the tek and the future to rank the ballers worth the most money in the game today!

HOW WE WORKED IT OUT…

MAN. CITY’S RECORD SIGNING £ 64.3m BENFICA TO MAN.CITY DIAS

20 THE TOP TRANSFERS EVER! • These ballers shattered records, broke budgets and changed footy forever. MOTD mag counts down the most expensive transfer deals of all time!

MOST EXPENSIVE TEAM… EVER! • These guys are the most expensive players in their position in footy history – we’re talking crazy money!

LIVERPOOL’S RECORD SIGNING £ 75m SOUTHAMPTON TO LIVERPOOL VAN DIJK

THE STORY OF A SIGNING! • Here’s a six-step guide to how a transfer actually happens!

WHO’S WHO IN A DEAL? • These are the key people in a transfer – and how you can spot them!

TRANSFER MADNESS!

MOST EXPENSIVE ENGLISH PLAYER EVER £ 80m MAGUIRE LEICESTER TO MAN. UNITED

THE BIG QUIZ! • It's time to take on an adult - to see who the transfer champ is in your house!

THE TRANSFER SPY UPDATE! • MOTD MAG’S GOSSIP GURU SPILLS THE BEANS ON ALL OF THE LATEST RUMOURS!

£ RECORD SIGNINGS! • Every Premier League club’s most expensive player – revealed!

£ 149m CHELSEA TO REAL MADRID HAZARD

Tekkers • The sickest advice with MOTD expert Stobbsy!

THE NEW CLUB! • Signed for a new team? Here are the best ways to get started!

THE INSPIRATION! • Your tekkers can’t always be at 100 – but your work rate can!

BALLER ALERT! • Watch, study and learn more about one of the January transfer window’s top targets!

EPIC FM TRANSFER SIM!

THE FUTURE OF FOOTY! • Twelve other crazy footy predictions from the sim!

£ 99m REAL MADRID TO JUVENTUS RONALDO

£ 300K WOLFSBURG TO CHELSEA HARDER

IN YOUR NEXT ISSUE

THE TRANSFER DICE! • Use these two dice to see which club you’re going to sign for, how much you’ll move for and how your time there goes!