Tributes paid to 'innovative, vibrant' Venables

General view outside of Tottenham Hotspur StadiumFormer England defender Gary Neville, who played under Terry Venables at Euro 96, wrote on X: "So sorry to hear the news of my very first England coach, Terry Venables. A man who gave me a chance to play for my country and became without a shadow of doubt my number one England coach in my whole career. There were three things that were important to me about Venables.

"The first is when we hear people that play for Pep Guardiola now say that he can call the outcome of a game in training a few days before the match arrives, Terry Venables had that very same capability, he’d come through the Barcelona system. In Euro 96 as a right back, I played…