Playing for England, he obviously knows how to cut (7)
I believe the answer is:
butcher
'to cut' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'playing for england he obviously knows' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'england' could be 'e' and 'e' is located in the answer.
'he' could be 'butch' and 'butch' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'how' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for butcher that I've seen before include "Slaughter" , "Meat supplier" , "Killer" , "More like a man" , "Meat seller" .)