Good morning, analysis fans. We take a break from the usual World Cup stuff today to bring you this.

I am absolutely delighted to unveil this month’s magazine – our 75th edition of the Total Football Analysis Magazine.

As ever, all-access members are able to download the beautifully designed PDF version which looks incredible on a Kindle, iPad, phone or computer screen.

Or, if you prefer, you can read each article through the website – and I am about you take you through all of that below.

This month’s cover piece is on former Manchester United and England midfielder Michael Carrick who, after a short caretaker stint at Old Trafford, is in his first full-time Head Coach role at Middlesbrough. Adam Scully looks closely at what the early signs are telling us, and you can read that here.

Another legendary deep-lying playmaker who has taken a new coaching gig is Xabi Alonso. Akhilesh Ashok goes into detail on how his Bayer Leverkusen team is starting to look.

Liverpool have not hit their levels consistently in the Premier League (yet). Jack Manship dives into the data to look at some of the reasons why.

We love a South American hot prospect at TFA so when Bryant Marques started talking about the “new Kaka” we wanted a report on him – and here is the scout report on Igor Gomes.

There’s not much to be positive about at Juventus currently – except for Samuel Iling-Junior, maybe. Adam Scully provides in-depth analysis of this top talent.

Other pieces this month include a look at FC Goa in the Indian Super League, SK Bevern’s start under their new coach Wim de Decker, a look at Enzo Le Fee who is one of the brightest talents in Ligue 1 – plus more, loads more.

We still believe our monthly membership is some of the best value out there – the monthly magazine PLUS unlimited access to all our daily content AND our full archive which has well over 6500 analysis articles now. All this for just €5.99 a month a year or get two months free if you choose the annual membership here.

Please, do enjoy the December magazine. We understand you might not read until after the World Cup but if you leave it that long, you might not have time to read the amazing project we are working on for January…

Chris // Founder, TFA