Mbappé or Messi on a sticker? What’s behind the latest World Cup craze.
Alex Vargas is moving with the dexterity of a Las Vegas dealer, talking quickly, as he distributes glossy cards on a table. But it’s not the jack of hearts or ace of spades he is laying down. It’s Gilberto Mora of Mexico and Bukayo Saka of England. A small circle of adults crowds in around him, concentrating intensely, checking names scribbled haphazardly on notepads or typed on propped-up…


















