An accrescent web of intricate politics, football is an increasingly cluttered habitat. Louis Young examines the relationship between football and geopolitics in this three-part series with worldly examples across four continents.

From the potential of an African Super League to Qatari and Saudi Arabian state wealth and how economies have been affected by a state's desire to project a desirable image through football, this series acts as a stream of modern football fan consciousness and, broadly, ruminates over its chief concerns.