Akwai sabon jin kwarin gwiwa a Borussia Dortmund kafin fara sabon kakar Bundesliga. Babban koci Niko Kovac, yayin da yake magana daga filin horar da kulob din, ya bayyana tawagar da ba a sake ginawa kawai ba — ana sake ƙirƙira ta daga sabon tsari.

"A gaba ɗaya, muna haɗa ƙungiya mai kyau," Kovac ya ce. "'Yan wasa huɗu sun tafi. Mun saya sabbin 'yan wasa masu hazaka da kuma ɗan wasa ɗaya mai ƙwarewa. Don haka mun riƙe kashin bayan ƙungiyar, 'yan wasa masu ƙwarewa, mai tsaron raga, ɗan baya na tsakiya, ɗan tsakiya. Yanzu muna ƙoƙarin sake ƙirƙirar BVB, zan ce, na da."

Dawowar kwallon kafa mai ban sha'awa

Wannan hangen nesa yana nufin matsawa mai ƙarfi, makamashin wasa, da nau'in wasan kai hare-hare wanda ya ayyana Dortmund a zamanin Jurgen Klopp — kwallon kafa ta ji da rai, ba ta sarrafawa kawai. A shekaru da suka gabata, kulob din ya yi nesa da waɗannan ƙa'idodi, yana dogara ga tsufa a siyan 'yan wasa da tsari mai hankali domin tabbatar da gurbin Champions League. Wannan ya yi kama da saɓa wa komai Dortmund ke tsaye a kai.

Ɗan wasan da Kovac ke magana a kai shi ne Joey Veerman, ɗan tsakiya ɗan shekara 27 da aka sayo daga PSV Eindhoven. Amma siginar da ke haddasa mafi yawan sha'awa sune kanun biyu na Girka: Giannis Konstantelias da ɗan shekara 18 mai hazaka Konstantin Karetsas.

A Franz Beckenbauer Supercup, Signal Iduna Park ta ƙone da murna Konstantelias ya shigo a rabi na biyu kuma ya fara gudu kai tsaye zuwa tsaron Bayern Munich. Dortmund sun yi kusa sosai da juya sakamako bayan sun rasa ƙwallaye biyu, kuma martanin magoya baya ya nuna komai game da sha'awar wannan sabon alkibla.

Ɗan bayan Norway Julian Ryerson ya ba da goyon baya mai hankali bayan wasan. "Yana kama da tabbas, eh. Muna da kyawawan 'yan wasa ma a bara amma ina fata zai ɗauke mu zuwa sabon matakin, tabbas. Ina fata kuma ina tsammanin muna kan hanyar daidai," ya ce.

Cike gurbin 'yan wasa da suka tafi

Ƙalubalen yana da gaske. Karim Adeyemi da Julian Brandt — waɗanda suka tabbatar da gudummawarsu a rigar Dortmund mai baƙar fata da rawaya — dukansu sun tafi. "Muna buƙatar maye gurbin waɗannan ƙwallaye, hakan a bayyane yake," Kovac ya amince. "Tabbas, ka siyi sabbin 'yan wasa, ba ka taba sanin ko zai yi aiki ko a'a."

Duk da haka, wannan rashin tabbas bai rabu da sha'awar da ake ji ba. "Maƙasudinmu na sama ne saboda mun ga cewa, musamman 'yan wasan da ke farko, ɗin biyu na Girka, suna da hazaka mai girma," Kovac ya ce.

Kovac: masanin sabuntawar ƙungiyar

Kovac ya zo Dortmund a ƙarshen Janairu 2025 yayin da kulob din ke zaune a rabin ƙasan teburin Bundesliga, ba tare da asali ba, kuma dacewar cancanta ta Turai tana kama da nisa. Da sauri ya sauya daga tsaro na huɗu zuwa na biyar, ya sake nazarin ƙarfin jikin ƙungiyar gaba ɗaya, sannan a hankali ya ceci kulob din daga gefen rami.

Babban daraktan kula da kulob Carsten Cramer ya yi bayanin a fili game da muhimmancin wannan tsoma bakin. "Ka yi tunani abin da ya faru lokacin da muka dauke shi shekara ɗaya da rabi da suka gabata. Muna yankuna da bai kamata mu taɓa kasancewa a ciki ba kuma ya dawo da mu Champions League," Cramer ya ce. "Yana maƙaƙƙe. Yana son yin aiki wa kulob din. Baƙi da rawaya sun fi dacewa da shi, zan ce, fiye da jan da fari ko kore da fari. Ina tabbaci kashi 100 cikin 100 cewa shi ne mutumin da ya dace a lokaci da ya dace."

Dortmund sun kammala rabin kakar farko na Kovac a matsayi na huɗu, sannan suka hau zuwa na biyu a kakar da ta gabata — duk da cewa tazarar da Bayern Munich ta kai har ma zuwa maki 16. Gasar gaske don taken ƙungiyar na iya kasancewa babbar buƙata. "Don rufe wannan gibin, abubuwa da yawa dole su faru," Kovac ya amince, yana mai nuni da cewa Bayern Munich ma zai buƙaci faɗuwar matayinsu na al'ada.

Tunanin zafi na 2023 — Dortmund sun ɓata taken a ranar ƙarshe — da ganin Bayer Leverkusen ya kawo ƙarshen dogon mamayar Bayern Munich na cikin gida a 2024 bai yi kome ba sai ƙara wasan ƙishirwa. A wannan karon, Dortmund suna fatan haɗakar tsarin horo na Kovac da saurayin matasa masu ban sha'awa zai ƙirƙiri dama na gaske.

Kovac, a nashi ɓangare, yana son aiki ya fi magana. "Ba ni son magana da farko sannan in yi aiki," ya ce yana murmushi. "Ina tsammanin hanyar kishiyar ita ce mafi kyau."