“We lacked winners.”
Chicago Fire sporting director Georg Heitz didn’t mince words when he was asked about his philosophy regarding rebuilding the club’s roster during the off-season.
In Xherdan Shaqiri, Heitz has not only a superstar, but also a player whose roster is littered with some of the sport’s biggest championship trophies—the Premier League, the Bundesliga, and the UEFA Champions League twice, to name a few.
“To have not only Xherdan, we have other players who are winners, but Xherdan definitely has one quality: he’s a winner,” Heitz said at a news conference unveiling Shaqiri.