Rodri’s footballing IQ is not insignificant, so when FourFourTwo were in his company for an exclusive interview in Madrid our tactics expert Adam Clery made sure to pick the best player in the world’s brains. During a fascinating conversation, that will soon be available to watch on ...

Alan Shearer hadn’t scored for England in 21 months. It was summer 1996, he was in the prime of his career and on the verge of becoming the world’s most expensive footballer.Yet as soon as he pulled on an England shirt, the goals stopped. There were calls for England manager Terry Venables to ...