Milner: Are players thinking for themselves on the pitch now?

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Download the Sky Sports app There is no right or wrong way, he insists, and that same principle applies to how Milner views the changes that he has witnessed in football. The best managers that he has worked with, such as Klopp, are able to cultivate them."You need to get that connection and you have to earn the right to do that.

You play the conditions so that has had a big impact on the development of goalkeepers."At Brighton, he has played alongside Jason Steele, a goalkeeper who he claims "could easily play as a No 6 if he wanted to" and that was a huge element under Roberto De Zerbi. "It changes the game because it gives you an extra man when they are pressing," he says.Milner describes the approach of De Zerbi as "very different" to what he had been used to under Klopp, but he learned from both.

"He wanted each player in this exact position and to time their movements," he explains."Finding that free man and how you do that is something that you have maybe done a lot in your career but not realised you were doing it. So, when he does retire, is there a future in coaching beyond Warley?"I have done my badges and there is definitely stuff that appeals to me." But he is not totally convinced.