Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds United were unique. His system elevated individuals beyond their usual standard, maximised their strengths, and created a platform where players could look like world-beaters almost overnight.
When we played them a month ago, I was just blown away by how good they were. Every team has a different set of circumstances. The Celtics sure aren't used to being an afterthought and they kind of were before the season with Jayson's injury and the departures of Kristaps and Al Horford.
Jashari seemed like being the statement signing to help the post-Reijnders rebuild, and yet by the time the summer window closed, he found himself jostling with the likes of Luka Modric, Adrien Rabiot, Youssouf Fofana and Samuele Ricci. The injury really did not help the settling in process, and more on that is to come, but the idea was probably always that the first season would be about learning behind Modric, one of the best to ever play the role of midfield metronome.
I do not hide this. Flick was the person who changed me. Not the mentality because I've always had it, but he changed my belief of knowing where I could get. [He showed me] Where I could get as a player and how to evolve as a person. I always say it, he changed everything for me and I don't hide.