Is the life of a football writer as glamorous as we all think it is? Marca in English and La Liga Lowdown's Sam Leveridge - the first official 'friend of the pod' - gives us the lowdown (pun fully intended).

Sam discusses how Rafa Benítez helped him get into Spanish football, the pros and cons of Madrid and Barcelona, the power of the David Beckham brand, the increasing popularity of tactical analysis (inspired by his work for totalfootballanalysis.com), the weird world of Spanish football commentary and plenty more!

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