Adam Lallana: ‘I’ve been told I don’t play like an English footballer – I’m proud to have Spanish blood in me’

Adam Lallana’s grandfather hailed from Madrid, and the elegant attacking midfielder’s Latin blood might explain why he bonded so closely with Mauricio Pochettino at Southampton. The Argentine boss was like a second father to Adam, the man manager supreme.

Also in part one of this one-of-the-best-ever Big Interviews, why if you are going to lose a Champions League final, you might as well lose it to the mighty Real Madrid. And why Luca Modric is pound for pound the best midfielder in the world.

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