Xabi Alonso ya bayyana cewa lokaci — ba rashin ƙaunar tsohon kulob ɗinsa ba — shine ya sa ya karɓi aikin Chelsea maimakon komawa Liverpool a matsayin manaja.

An gabatar da manajan ɗan shekara 44 a hukumance ga kafofin watsa labarai ranar Litinin, makonni bayan an naɗa shi a watan Mayu da farkon zaman horar da ƙungiyar makon da ya gabata. Hakan ne ya ba 'yan jarida damar farko ta tambayar me ya sa mutumin da ya ɗaga kofin Champions League tare da Liverpool a shekara ta 2005 ya zaɓi hanyar daban.

"Lamarin ya shafi lokaci," in ji Alonso wa BBC Sport. "Ina nan yau a ranar farko ta zama a Stamford Bridge, ina magana da ku. Ina jiran wannan ƙalubale mai girma, kuma Chelsea yana daga cikin manyan kulob-kulob, kuma ina jiran cin nasara a nan."

Yanayin Liverpool

BBC Sport ta rigaya ta ruwaito cewa Alonso bai kasance a tuntuɓe da Liverpool ba a cikin makonni kafin a naɗa shi a Chelsea. An yi tsammani Liverpool za ta ci gaba da manaja Arne Slot lokacin da Alonso ya sanya hannu wa Chelsea, amma kulob ɗin daga baya ya yanke shawarar raba da Slot bayan kakar wasa ta biyu ba tare da kofin nasara ba.

Wanda ya gaje Slot, Andoni Iraola, abokin Alonso ne tun yarinta — dukansu sun girma a San Sebastian — kuma suna da wakilin guda ɗaya.

Manaja, ba kawai shugaban kocin ba

Alonso ya zama manajan dindindin na shida na Chelsea a cikin shekaru huɗu ƙarƙashin masu shi 'yan Amurka BlueCo, karkashin jagorancin Todd Boehly da Clearlake Capital. Magabatansa biyu na kusa — Enzo Maresca da Liam Rosenior — sun ɗauki taken shugaban kocin. An ba Alonso taken manaja cikakke, bambance-bambancen da mutanen cikin gida ke cewa yana da ma'ana ta gaske, ko da yake har yanzu zai haɗa kai da ƙungiyar daraktocin wasanni guda biyar akan shawarwarin canja wuri.

Da aka tambaye shi ko taken ya da muhimmanci game da iko, Alonso ya amsa: "Abin da nake so shi ne mu yi aiki tare kuma mu duka muna cikin shawarwarin da muke ɗauka, mu duka muna jin alhakin hakan. Babban burin a sarari yake, kuma a gare ni, haka ya kamata ya kasance."

"Muna da kwarin gwiwa cewa muna yin abubuwa daidai ta hanyar da ta dace. Yuwuwar ta nan. Ina ganin akwai tushe mai ƙarfi da ƙungiya mai kyau a can. Muna buƙatar ƙarfafa ta ta hanyar da ta dace da ɗaukar shawarwari masu kyau."

Palmer da gina ƙungiyar daga sabo

Chelsea ta kammala a matsayi na 10 a Premier League a kakar wasa ta karshe — ta rasa lasisi na Turai bayan ta sha kashi a Sunderland a ranar ƙarshe — sakamakon da ke da tasiri a kan tsare-tsaren ƙungiyar kuma ya tilasta kulob ɗin la'akari da rage girman rundunarsa.

Wannan kamfen ɗin mai takaici kuma ya hana taurari Cole Palmer da Joao Pedro a kira zuwa ƙungiyoyin ƙasashensu don Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. Duk da haka, Alonso ya ce Palmer ya dawo wa horon gabanin kakar wasa da himma bayan da ba a zaɓe shi don England ba.

"Har zuwa yanzu mun kasance tare na 'yan kwanaki kuma ya shigo da tunani mai kyau da ruhun farin ciki. Yana son jin daɗin wasan kwallon ƙafa," in ji Alonso. "Ɗan wasa ne na musamman, ajin daban da ingancin daban, kuma idan muka taimake shi ta hanyar gina ƙungiya a kewaye da shi da ke barin hazakarsa ta haskaka, za mu kasance kusa da nasara. Ina da yakinin hakan."