Guardiola, Klopp, Ancelotti, Arteta and others have all been wowed by Leverkusen's Bundesliga-winning coach.
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00:00 If you ask me the job what he is doing, honestly, wow.
00:04 A guy who gives everything to win, a guy who shines, who gives his team everything.
00:13 He knows what we need for success, what the team needs for success.
00:21 He is very focalised, focused, he is very analytical, he is very strong and the players follow him.
00:29 He has already played as a footballer, so you don't need a lot of imagination to imagine that he can be a top coach.
00:38 Xabi is doing an incredible job there. Liverpool has a good team, probably will keep the team together. I think that's possible this year as well.
00:47 Really impressive, really happy for him, the way he has developed the team.
00:52 He was such an incredible top class player, otherwise you cannot play Liverpool, Madrid, and after Bayern Munich, you cannot play in these teams if you are not a top class player, intelligent ones, skilled and so on.
01:07 He put an idea on the pitch and they stick to it and they are incredible. On top of that, they created a mentality which is really special.
01:16 His intelligence, his passion for the game, he is capable to understand. He had five or six of the best coaches in the world in his career, that's as well a massive ingredient.
01:26 I was incredibly fortunate to have him for one year and a half, two years, two seasons. He is such an intelligent player.
01:35 He has his own things, he has a lot of personality, a lot of experience and that's a really good mixture.
01:40 He took good decisions and I am so happy for him. He deserves it, he is a lovely, lovely guy.
01:45 Obviously Xabi can have the profile of being a coach of Madrid. Also because he knows the house very well, he is very loved here, he has made a fantastic career as a player.
01:58 So one day I think he has the profile to be a coach of Madrid.
02:04 He becomes one of the best managers in the world. He is doing a fantastic season, not losing a single game. So the future is bright.
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