Former Basel coach Heiko Vogel believes Granit Xhaka was the best player he saw at Basel, surpassing even Xherdan Shaqiri and Mohamed Salah.
Xhaka is among the many talented players who have come through the Swiss giants in the last decade, featuring in the first team for two seasons before moving on to Borussia Monchengladbach and later, Arsenal.
He came through the first team a year after Shaqiri, who had already set a high bar according to Vogel, following a season in which the current Liverpool man played a huge role in helping Basel secure the domestic double.