Is Spain's tiki-taka era over?

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World Cup, Premier League, Champions League, Sports, Soccer,

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🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Having grown synonymous with their tiki-taka style of play, Spain have so far shown another side at Euro 2024, in beating both Croatia and Italy.

So why have Spain moved away from their patient, possession-based approach and will this summer's transfer window see clubs take advantage of the release clause in the contract of one of their most promising stars Nico Williams?

Michael Bailey is joined by The Athletic's Pol Ballus, who's in Germany covering Spain during the Euros as well as our La Liga writer Dermot Corrigan.

Host: Michael Bailey

With: Pol Ballus and Dermot Corrigan

Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead

Producer: Guy Clarke

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1:12.1	Having grown synonymous with their Tickey Taka style of play, Spain have so far shown another
1:17.3	side at Euro 2024.
1:19.5	Petri moving it across, Famir Ruiz, checking back.
1:23.1	Brilliant!
1:26.0	It's special.
1:27.7	It's Spain. Fabian Ruiz. So why have Spain? It's special. It's Spain.
1:29.3	Fabian Roy's.
1:30.5	So why have Spain moved away from their patient possession-based approach?
1:34.3	And will we see clubs taking advantage of the release clause in the contract of Nico Williams,
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