Jonathan Wilson
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963 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 2d ago
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And if Xavi can get them playing well, then why not?
Almost nothing, which is the incredible thing.
I mean, there was definitely a school of thought in Spain that he was a clappy hands manager, which I think is probably a bit unfair.
I think there's more going on than that.
But equally, his greatest strength seemed to be his aura, that he is Zidane.
He has that great charisma.
I think the fact he doesn't say very much, certainly in public, probably adds to that.
It's very hard to know what he thinks.
When I was doing that piece, I went back through old interviews, and there's an interview he did for FIFA.com where he said, oh, yeah, I've remained true to my philosophy.
And you sort of think, well, yeah, what is it?
It's never followed up in the interview.
So I genuinely don't know what his footballing philosophy is.
I think we probably will see...
more of that with France.
As I was saying before, you have more autonomy as national manager, so there's less superstructures there governing things.
I think it's really interesting that there was this sort of culture and it became sort of a bit of a catwalk that the players who like to dress up will make sure they're wearing sort of a simple knot on what you're wearing.
So that suggests a degree of seriousness which
maybe comes as a bit of a surprise after his fairly laissez-faire approach at Real Madrid.
I think the fact he called up seven or eight new faces, told them in advance of the main squad announcement he was going to bring them in, that suggests he is looking to change things.
I mean, I don't think there's much need to change a lot of it.
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