In football Germany, one often listens to men who sit in German TV studios (it works for you, Lothar Matthäus!).

So let's hear what a man sitting in a foreign TV studio has to say.

"If he were coaching Manchester United, they would have won," said Paul Scholes, who became a winning expert as a midfielder in Manchester (1993 to 2013).

He was referring to Diego Simeone, the Argentinian Atlético Madrid coach whose side won 1-0 in Manchester in the Champions League round of 16 and knocked United out of the competition.

You don't have to like Simeone - and sometimes even condemn it.

But that doesn't change anything about Scholes' statement.

Since being hired by Atlético – a club not at the bottom of the European food chain – in the summer of 2011, Simeone has won the Europa League final twice and reached the Champions League final twice.

His teams, who defend spectacularly, don't just win.

His teams win in style.

He has a football idea that is modern and suitable for the title.

He has what Ralf Rangnick lacks.

In football Germany you don't listen often enough to the women and men who sit in foreign TV studios.

So let's hear what else Paul Scholes has to say.

"I don't know how he became manager of this club," he said.

Scholes meant Ralf Rangnick, the German coach of Manchester United.

One should not forget how important Rangnick was in Germany as a thought leader for football - and at the same time not ignore how he is perceived abroad.

"He did interesting but unimportant things," said Italian coach Fabio Capello.

This criticism may be unfair.

But it's not another: With his radical against-the-ball football, Rangnick has only won one important title in Germany: the DFB Cup with Schalke - when he took over the team before the final against the second division club Duisburg.

It is questionable whether his game idea still meets the most modern requirements.

In his homeland, however, the support - including among sports journalists - is so great that even in these days when English and Spanish teams are dominating European competitions, one thing can be observed in German football: men staring at Rangnick.