🇺🇿 How the daughter of a dictator put Uzbekistan on course for World Cup qualification

Abdukodir Khusanov is at the vanguard of the country's new generation!

Abdukodir Khusanov could make his Manchester City debut this weekend.

This would make the 20-year-old the first Uzbek to play in the Premier League. It would be a landmark moment for a country that is on the rise as a football nation.

The way Uzbekistan are going, they could be one of the surprise packages of the 2026 World Cup. The White Wolves have never qualified for a World Cup as an independent nation, but are on course to do so this time.

Khusanov’s arrival at City will thrust more attention on Uzbekistan’s improvement, but their story bizarrely starts with the daughter of a dictator.