Miguel Delaney is Chief Football Writer at The Independent. He has been in role since 2017, having worked as a football journalist for The Independent and other outlets for 15+ years. He has covered four World Cups, four European Championships and 15 Champions League finals, while distinguishing his work with coverage of all of the sport's major issues from sportswashing to the state of the game. This has seen him nominated for all major sportswriting awards, including British Press Awards sportswriter of the year and Sports Journalist Association football writer of the year.