He should stop saying this. I know he want to avoid high expectation to put into him and his young players but keep saying this kind of things : "our target is 4th", " inexperienced team cant win scudetto", etc is not a winning mentality we want build into the team. The team must learn to be able to handle pressure, high expextation.
Leverkusen team with Xabi is much more inexperienced. In the game against Bayern, they even not play with a pure striker, they played Adli, Wirtz (young player), and Nathan Tella (young player who played in Championship division before). They played Stanisic a loanee from Bayern in RWB. They lost Boniface, but they still can win the match and have aspiration to win the league. I dont follow Xabi interview so i dont know if journalist asked the same thing to him or not. It means the team can win it. Win this match against Udinese should also be possible