Quotes About Bundesliga

Playing for Pep has certainly lived up to the expectations. I knew him from the Bundesliga and saw him coaching Barcelona when everyone saw an excellent manager who is able to get players to improve. He is a great personality and a very nice guy.

Pep Guardiola was very good for the Bundesliga.

I was with Bremen in a good situation in the Bundesliga. I was the captain and was involved in everything to do with the club.

I played a lot at Bayer Leverkusen. I played in the Champions League and in the Bundesliga. I have played a lot of games, and it was a very good decision to go to Leverkusen.

I don't think you would find any player in the Bundesliga who would say that they would not at all be interested. Chelsea would have been very interesting for me. You don't get a chance like that very often in your life.

Only Bayern Munich really have some sort of a guarantee to win if they only catch a good day. All the others need really good days to win. I like that.

I want the good players of other clubs to stay in the Bundesliga.

Of course you want to coach in the Bundesliga when you move into coaching.

We had a rule-breaker at Mainz - the club manager Christian Heidel, who had the courage to make me a Bundesliga coach.

Basically... I think moving abroad would be good for my professional and personal well-being. Eventually, I'd like to leave the Bundesliga.

There is definitely a big difference from the Bundesliga to the Premier League: it is completely different, and that is why I think we need a bit of time in the beginning to get used to the league.

The Premier League has the power to spend more money on players than the Bundesliga. This is very, very important for players.

I've said a few times the Bundesliga is closer to the Premier League than the Liga.

Of course, as a young boy it was always my dream to either go to the Premier League or the Bundesliga.

If players from our national team are playing in the Bundesliga, it for me shows that it is at least as strong and attractive as the Premier League or La Liga.

I'm liking the Bundesliga. There's a lot of top, top defenders that you come across.

Guardiola disappointed me - he did not treat me with respect. He did not let me become the top scorer in the Bundesliga. For me things were twice as good when Jupp Heynckes was in charge.

Obviously, it's my goal to be the top scorer in the Bundesliga, but it wouldn't be a disaster if I didn't achieve that.

The Bundesliga is much quicker; it's more physical than the Liga, which is more technical.

Sure, the Bundesliga would interest me. Why not?

I know that there are coaches in the Bundesliga that have said in team meetings, 'Provoke Xhaka; he will eventually go ballistic.' I think that is sad. That, in my view, has nothing to do with football.

Mistakes happen, but if you make them in the Bundesliga, you will be punished.

You can see that mistakes in the Bundesliga are punished harshly and that we can have problems against every opponent if we don't play at the limit - even if it is the bottom of the table.

I know lots of Korean players, Heung-Min Son from Tottenham Hotspur of course, there are also lots in the Bundesliga. They have a great mentality and are very quick.