Most people think footballers are thick. Some might be, academically, but they can see the game, strategically, tactically, in every way.
Ibrahimovic is a very intelligent player and there are very few strikers like him in world football.
Bielsa knows everything about everything.
The fans know their football, you can't kid them.
Football's always been cerebral. The most important thing is thinking fast.
I had a good football intelligence. I didn't need 10 games to get used to a position. I could go out and do a job.
I think that's awesome to have a former player in the GM role, somebody that not only understands the game of football but has played the game of football.
You have to just have football knowledge. Without football knowledge, it doesn't matter how much skill you have.
