Xabi Alonso yana barin babban ra'ayi a kan 'yan wasan Chelsea a lokacin ziyarar gasar kafin kakar wasa a Ostiraliya — kuma ba kawai daga kusurwar filin wasa ba. Manajan mai shekara 44 yana shiga cikakke a zaman horaswa a Sky Park, gidan horaswa na Sydney FC, yana rarraba gajeren wucewa masu daidaito sannan yana harba gicciyen sa na dogon fage wanda ya ayyana aikinsa na wasa. Difan tsakiya Levi Colwill ya yarda yana jin "kishi" yana kallonsa manajansa na sabon lokaci yana aiki.

Hanyar da aka gina a gida

Hanyar Alonso zuwa horaswa an ƙirƙira ta kafin ya riƙe takarda. Mahaifinsa, Periko Alonso — tsohon ɗan wasa na Spain kuma tsohon ɗan wasan Real Sociedad da Barcelona — yakan shirya zaman horaswa a gida yayin da ƙaramin Xabi ya tsaya kusa da shi a dafawar.

"Hanya ba ta zama kasada gare ni. Na gan ta a gida," Alonso ya ce a hira a wani ɗaki a Darling Harbour na Sydney. "Ban ce an ƙaddara ba, amma dole in gwada. Ina son gwadawa, amma ba kai tsaye zuwa matakin sama ba. Na fara da ƙarƙashin shekara 14 kuma haka na so. Ya ji na zahiri, ba gaggawa ba."

Wannan hanyar jinkiri ta yi masa aiki sosai. Bayan ya kai Bayer Leverkusen ga tarihin nasara biyu na cikin gida a 2024 — farkon taken Bundesliga da DFB-Pokal na farko tun 1993 — an yabi Alonso a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu horaswa na matasa a wasan. Ya bayyana wannan nasara a matsayin "mai ban mamaki na ban sha'awa."

Rauni na Real Madrid

Lokacinsa a Real Madrid, wanda ya fara a watan Mayu na shekarar da ta gabata, ya ƙare da wuri da ake tsammanin. Ya bar ta bisa yarjejeniya ta haɗin gwiwa bayan rahotannin rikici da manyan mutane na kulob, ciki har da Vinicius Jr. Ga mutum da ya tara manyan taken 15, wannan ya kasance wani abu mai raɗaɗi da ba kasafai ba.

"Sa'aukacin, ba da yawa na tabo a aikin na," Alonso ya ce. "Na sami tabo, yanzu ya warke kuma na ƙuduri aniyar jin daɗin wannan matakin na gaba kamar yadda na yi lokacin da na fara a Madrid. Don abubuwan da ba su yi aiki ba, na kasance mai tsananin zargi ga kaina, ina tunani abin da zan iya yi mafi kyau. Kana koyo daga takaicin abubuwa."

A cikin watanni huɗu tsakanin barin Real Madrid da shiga Chelsea, Alonso ya mai da hankali kan abin da ya bayyana a matsayin sake saita makamashi kafin yin ƙuduri ga kalubalen sa na gaba.

Gina wani abu a Stamford Bridge

Alonso ya gudanar da jerin tarurruka na sirri a London da garinsa na San Sebastian a tsawon makonni uku a watan Mayu don ƙayyade ko Chelsea shine zaɓi mai dacewa. Duk da hasashe da ke danganta shi da tsohon kulob dinsa Liverpool FC, babu tayin hukuma da ya zo daga Anfield.

"Ina da ra'ayin Chelsea daga waje. Zan iya ganin kyakkyawan abin da na damun, don haka na magance su. Muna da ra'ayoyi ɗaya, nazarin ɗaya, don fara gina ƙarfi tare," ya ce, yana bayyana yadda tattaunawarsa da manyan daraktocin wasanni na kulob suka yi daidai da ra'ayinsa.

Wannan ra'ayi ya riga ya samar da babban aikin canjin 'yan wasa. Chelsea ya tabbatar da ɗan wasa mai ci Morgan Rogers daga Aston Villa kan £117 miliyan duk da gasa daga zakara na Premier League Arsenal. Bakan gaban Marco Palestra kuma ya isa daga Atalanta, yayin da tattaunawar ke ci gaba da Rayo Vallecano game da zaɓin hagu Pep Chavarria.

Juyin juya halin manyan 'yan wasa

Chelsea ya kammala kakar wasa ta ƙarshe a matsayi na 10 a Premier League, kamfen wanda aka ɗauke shi azaman gazawa. Amma, Alonso yana ganin halin ainihin ya fi alama da ƙarshen matsayi suka nuna kuma ya ɗauki matakai don magance rashin gogewa da jagoranci a cikin ƙungiyar.

Ana sa ran mai ci Danny Welbeck, shekara 35, zai shiga ƙungiyar gasar kafin kakar wasa don ba da murfin ga Joao Pedro kuma ya kawo gogewa ta dakali. Anana tsakiyar fagen Jordan Henderson, shekara 36, ana sa ran zai isa ma, yana cika matsayin jagorancin mai magana wanda Alonso ya gano shi mahimmanci — kama da aikin da Alonso kansa ya taka ƙarƙashin Pep Guardiola a Bayern Munich.

"Kana buƙatar daidaituwa ta daidai na mutumtaka da matakan balaga, tare da 'yan wasa a farkon shekarun 20, farkon shekarun 30 da komai a tsakanin," Alonso ya ce game da falsafar tsara tawagar sa.

Al'ada, kamar yadda ya jaddada, ta yi muhimmanci iri ɗaya. Ya zana daga zuriyarsa ta Basque, Alonso ya yi magana game da shigar da ɗan takaddama na haɗin gwiwa wanda ya wuce 'yan wasa kawai — har ya ba da taimako biyu a wasan ma'aikatan kafin tafiya zuwa ƙasashen waje.

"Halin ba ya muni kamar yadda ya yi a ƙarshen kakar wasa ta ƙarshe," Alonso ya ce. "Akwai ƙarfin ingantawa mai yawa kuma bari mu ga tsawon lokaci da zai ɗauka."

Wata ɗaya bayan fara aikinsa, Alonso yana da ƙarfin gwiwa wajen ganin shirye-shiryen sa sun fara ɗaukar siffa. Da aka tambaye shi abin da a ƙarshe ya sa shi karɓar aiki, ya nuna farko ga kirjinsa, sannan ga cikinsa: "Dole ya fito daga ciki. Na ji lokacin ya dace da kulob kuma lokacin ya dace da kaina."