Wasan farkon Litinin dare na msimu 2026-27 na Premier League ya kai Chelsea zuwa Craven Cottage — wasan maƙwabta na yamma London da ke kawo masu horo biyu da suke raba gaskiya mai ban mamaki: dukkansu sun shafe watanni shida suna jagorantar Real Madrid kafin su zo Premier League wannan lokacin rani.

Xabi Alonso ya karbi kujerin horon Chelsea bayan rabin msimu mai wahala a Bernabéu. Ya shiga Real Madrid makonni biyu bayan ya bar Bayer Leverkusen, inda ya gina gado mai ban mamaki — yana cin Bundesliga, lambar gida biyu, kuma ya kammala dukkan msimu na gasar ba tare da sha kaye ba. A Real Madrid, Alonso ya lashe wasanni 24 daga cikin 32 amma ya bar ta yarjejeniyar biyun gefe a watan Janairu, tare da kulob din yana bayan Barcelona da maki 4 a tsakiyar msimu.

Fuskar da aka sani a kujerar baƙo

Wanda ya gaje Alonso a Real Madrid shi ne Alvaro Arbeloa — manajan ƙungiyar B ta kulob din kuma, mafi muhimmanci, abokin wasa mafi yawan lokaci na Alonso yayin wasansa. Arbeloa ya kula da wasanni 19 na gasar a Bernabéu kafin ya bar a ƙarshen msimu, shi ma yana bayan Barcelona da maki 4. Tun daga lokacin an naɗa shi manajan Fulham, wanda ya sanya wasan da dare na yau zama sake haduwa mai halaye na musamman.

Lokacin Arbeloa a Real Madrid ya fi damun Alonso. An sami rahotanni na tashin hankali a ɗakin ɗan wasa, ciki har da rikici tsakanin Federico Valverde da Aurélien Tchouaméni, da kuma zargin rigima ta jiki da ta shafi Antonio Rüdiger da Alvaro Carreras. Rashin amincewa da bayyananniyar Kylian Mbappé game da Arbeloa ya sanya tafiyar ɗan Sipaniya kamar ba makawa tun kafin a tabbatar da ita.

Farawa daban, amma hanya ɗaya

Abin da ke rarrabe masu horo biyu a farkon wannan msimu shi ne nauyin shaida da ke bayan kowannensu. Alonso yana shiga Chelsea tare da kambun Bundesliga da msimu na gida ba tare da kaye ba tare da Bayer Leverkusen a rijistarsa. Waɗannan kwarewa suna ba shi tushe wanda Arbeloa — wanda tarihin wasansa a matsayin mai horo ya iyakance ga Real Madrid B da ƙungiyar farko — bai iya daidaituwa da shi tukuna ba.

Chelsea ta bayyana manufofinta a sarari. Kulob din ta karya tarihin canja wurin Biritaniya ta hanyar sayen Morgan Rogers kuma ta danƙa wa Alonso aikin dawo da ƙungiyar zuwa UEFA Champions League a farkon ƙoƙarin. Kowane sakamako da ya ƙasa karshen huɗu zai yiwu ya kawo ƙarshen mukaminsa kafin ya fara da gaske.

Fulham na fuskantar ƙalubale na wata hanya daban. Rayuwa bayan Marco Silva ta fara tare da tafiya na ɗan wasa mashahurai — Harry Wilson da Raul Jimenez sun tafi ba tare da kuɗi ba — da tambayoyi game da ko kulob din ta maye gurbinsu yadda ya kamata. Ƴaƴa Gonzalo Garcia da Cesar Palacios sun bi Arbeloa daga Real Madrid, ɗan wasa mai shekaru 19 Jonah Kusi-Asare ya zo daga Bayern Munich, kuma ɗan tsakiya Shea Charles ya shigo daga Southampton. Duk da haka, sayar da Sasa Lukic da Issa Diop ga Ipswich Town na iya zama mafi nauyi fiye da yadda Fulham take so idan ba ta kula ba.

Bernabéu a baya

Yanke hukunci mai ƙarfi game da ƙwarewar mai horo daga lokacin wata shida a Real Madrid wani aiki ne mara hankali — matsayin yana cinye ko manyan mutane masu kwarewa kuma yana ba da samfuri mai kyau da wuya. Abin da msimu 2026-27 ke bayarwa, ba tare da matsin laɓari na musamman na Bernabéu ba, hoton hoto mai bayyanawa ne na inda Alonso da Arbeloa suke a gaskiya a cikin matsayin masu horo.

Sun hadu da dare a ƙarƙashin fitilolin Craven Cottage tare da manufofi mabanbanta amma da lokaci ɗaya na farawa a kalandar. Zuwa watan Mayu mai zuwa, Premier League za ta fitar da hukunminta nata.