Makoto Hasebe is confident his on-field partnership with Hiroshi Kiyotake can make FC Nurnberg a better side.
The 29-year old Japan international has made two appearances for Der Club since arriving from VfL Wolfsburg earlier this month and suggests he is already forming a key understanding with fellow countryman Kiyotake.
"Myself and Kiyo communicate well and that was a factor in some of our interplay today," he said in the wake of last weekend's 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund.
"But I think there's room for us to improve further."
The Blue Samurai duo will again get to test their newfound pairing when 15th-placed Nurnberg travel to ninth-placed Werder Bremen this weekend.