Bribes, Burger King babies, the world's richest footballer, how to avoid your cousin in Iceland, losing on purpose and unfair fairplay feature in part one of the story of the tournament we hated to love, the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Joining James Cook (@jamesecook) and Paul Savage (@comedysavage) is writer and co-host of the Football Book Club podcast, Jack Bernhardt (@jackbern23).

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