Adam Lallana: 'I've been told I don't play like an English footballer – I'm proud to have Spanish blood in me'
Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter
Graham Hunter
4.5 • 863 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:35.0 | This is Ryan Fraser. |
| 0:36.0 | This is Troy Deney. |
| 0:37.0 | This is Adam Lallana. |
| 0:38.0 | This is your club and you are listening to the big interview with Graham Hunter. Hello there everybody welcome to a new year of the big interview and we're back |
| 1:00.9 | with one of the best episodes we've ever recorded. |
| 1:05.0 | We were with Adam Lallana, or is it Layana? Yes, everything will be revealed. |
| 1:12.0 | We went to Brighton on a day when the sea was angry and |
| 1:16.3 | grey the rain lashed down but we received nothing but warmth at Brighton's |
| 1:22.1 | training ground. In part one of this episode we talk |
| 1:27.3 | about Adam's admiration and affection for Moruzzio Poitino and he gives a really first-hand explanation of what makes the Argentinian |
| 1:39.4 | special as a man-manager. There's an explanation to of Adam's Spanish background, where the name comes |
| 1:46.7 | from, where his grandfather was born, and this Brighton footballers huge affinity with the Spanish football and culture. |
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