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Stop, stop, stop. Just before this big interview begins, I need to tell you about a new book being published by Backpage, The Good Guys, The Made Guys, who published my two books on Barso and Spain and who also

thank the Lord for them, produce this podcast. Football 2.0, how the world's Best Play the Modern Game by Grantwall, is in all good bookstores.

What does that mean to you?

Well, Grantwall sits down with superstars such as Manuel Neuer, Vincent Company and Chabby Alonso.

And thanks to extensive interviews with players in every key position on and of the pitch, he explains the technical and tactical revolution which has transformed

modern football. This book is packed with insights that only those at the very top of the sport can offer.

In the words of my good friend Gabriel Marcotti,

Grant Wall is an expert storyteller

who has managed to get some of the best in the world

to share the secrets of their trade.

So big interview listeners. That's your World Cup reading sorted. Well, this is getting to be a habit. For a time in Spanish football, certainly in several

recent crucial years the concept of a fantastic final flourish

a wave of the hand a raising of the eyebrow a friendly smile and leaving the stage wasn't the territory

of the greats in Spanish football.

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