Rafael Benitez, tsohon manajan Real Madrid, ya yi imanin cewa Andoni Iraola yana shiga aikinsa na Liverpool yana da fifita ta gaskiya a kan abokin hamayyarsa na Chelsea, Xabi Alonso — kuma wannan fifita ita ce sanin Premier League da kyau.

Yana magana da Sky Sports, Benitez ya yarda cewa manajan sabon nadi biyu suna da babbar ƙarfi, amma ya yi amfani da shekaru uku da Iraola ya yi a Bournemouth a matsayin babban gaba a farko ga ɗan ƙasarsa, yayin da yake karɓar jagorancin ɗaya daga cikin manyan kulob din Ingila.

Sanin gasar shi ne bambanci

"Iraola ya yi aiki sosai a Bournemouth. Na bi shi lokacin da yake Rayo Vallecano kuma na yi mamaki. Yanzu yana da kalubale daban a Liverpool," Benitez ya shaida wa Sky Sports.

"Liverpool kulob ne mai girma. Amma na yi imanin yana da fifita domin ya san gasar. Ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba a zo Premier League daga wasu ƙasashe."

Benitez ya yi kwatancen bayyane da Alonso, wanda ya zo Chelsea bayan lokacin da ya yi nasara a Bayer Leverkusen — lokaci da ya ƙare da cin kofin tarihi na Bundesliga — amma wanda ba ya da gogewa wajen koyar da ƙwallo a Ingila.

Ƙarfin Alonso ba shi da tambaya

"Xabi ƙwararren koci ne. Ya yi aiki sosai da Leverkusen; wancan ya yi kyau sosai. Mun san daga gogewa cewa koyar da Real Madrid aiki ne mai wuya sosai. Yana da sanin Premier League a matsayinsa na ɗan wasa, amma wannan shi ne karon farkonsa na koyarwa a nan," Benitez ya ƙara da cewa.

"Wancan zai zama kalubale, amma yana da ƙwarewar yin nasara."

Benitez kansa ya jagoranci Liverpool tsakanin 2004 da 2010, ya lashe UEFA Champions League a kakarsa ta farko, sannan ya karɓi jagorancin Real Madrid — wannan ya ba shi hangen nesa na musamman game da matsin lamba da manajar biyu ke fuskanta yanzu.

Ana kallon Iraola da Alonso duka a matsayin wasu daga cikin manyan gwanaye na koyarwa mafi alƙawari a kwallon ƙafa ta Turai, kuma issowarsu a lokaci ɗaya zuwa Premier League tana iya sa kakar zuwa ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban sha'awa a ƙwaƙwalwar zamani.