>>116672388Xanatos respected, and probably admired Goliath.
Here was someone from a very different time that he could not buy, he couldn't control, and he couldn't directly threaten unless he meant to carry it out right then and there.
To then see this person, while lacking his overall intelligence, is likewise not a brutal, but actually calculating, and cunnning?
Its no wonder why Xanatos so readily calls Goliath the "Greatest Warrior Alive."
Hell, the fact he asked Goliath to be his bestman, even if its to make a stable timeloop, means that he likely considers him to be a close friend.
