Fabian Hurzeler ya kai Brighton & Hove Albion a matsayi na biyu a Premier League, yana amfani da farawa sha ɗaya da aka saya kawai da fam miliyan 150 — kuma hakan yana nuna koyo wanda bashi da sha'awar barin inda yake.

Ko da yake yana da shekara 33 kawai, an riga an haɗa sunan Hurzeler da kulake mafi arziki, ciki har da Manchester United, amma shi mai hankali ne sosai ya bar abin da yake gina a gabar tekun Sussex. Tsohon koci na Brighton, Graham Potter, ya yanke wannan shawara ya samu wahala fiye da yadda ya zata. Hurzeler ya koya daga wannan kuskure.

Manufofinsa na yanzu sune lashe UEFA Europa Conference League da samun wurin a UEFA Champions League — nasarori da za su ƙara ƙimar sa a kasuwa a lokaci ɗaya da nuna cewa zai iya cim ma manufofinsa inda yake.

Mutumin da ke bayan dabarar

Waɗanda suka zauna tare da Hurzeler sun kwatanta koci wanda ƙaramin jikinsa ya ɓoye halayya mai ƙarfi. Yana haɗa tawali'u na gaske da sha'awar mutane da ƙarfin imani a ra'ayoyinsa — haɗuwa da ke sanya masa amincin 'yan wasan. Aikinsa a matsayin ɗan wasan bai yi ba da yawa, kusan ya ƙunshi lokaci a ajiyar Bayern Munich da wasu wasannin ƙungiyar matasa ta Jamus, amma sha'awarsa, hukunci mai haske, da shirye-shiryen wasa masu kyau sun mai da shi shugaba wanda ƙungiya take yin komai domsa.

Brighton na cim ma wannan nasara ba tare da Kaoru Mitoma ba, wanda yana warkewa daga rauni na dogon lokaci a hamstring kuma ba a sa ran ya dawo har bayan hutu na ƙungiyoyin ƙasa. Duk da haka, Seagulls sun doke Manchester City waje da gida (1-0) da Arsenal a gida (3-0), tare da hasarori biyu kawai a hannun Chelsea da Liverpool waje da gida.

Kulob ɗin da aka gina a kan tushe mai ƙarfi

Nasarar Hurzeler ba ta faruwa a wuri mara komai ba. Gudanarwar mai kulob ɗin Tony Bloom da shugaba Paul Barber tana wakiltar mafi girman ƙa'idoji na gudanarwa a Premier League. Sa'ad da Hurzeler ya sha wahala da nasara ɗaya kawai a cikin wasanni 13 a kakar da ta gabata — ciki har da kashi mai raɗaɗi a gida a hannun Crystal Palace — hukumar ta tsaya a bayan sa ba tare da wata shakka ba.

Reshen binciken fasahar ƙima na Bloom, Jamestown Analytics, na ci gaba da aiki. Mai tsaron gida Bart Verbruggen, wanda aka kawo daga Anderlecht da fam miliyan 16 a shekarar 2023, ya ci gida ba tare da jefa kwallo ba sau 12 a wasanni 15 a wannan kakar yana da shekara 24 kawai. Dan wasan tsakiya Pascal Gross, mai shekaru 35, ya dawo kulob ɗin a Janairu da fam miliyan 1.5 kuma na ci gaba da mulkin wasanni. Madafin baya Luka Vuskovic, 19, ya zo daga Tottenham Hotspur da fam miliyan 46 a lokacin rani kuma yana girma da sauri zuwa ɗaya daga cikin mafi cikakken madafin baya a gasar.

Sababbin 'yan wasan tsakiya suna ba da labarin iri ɗaya. Diego Gomez, Bafaraguai mai shekaru 23, ya shiga daga Inter Miami a Janairu 2025 da fam miliyan 11 kuma ya riga ya ci kwallayen ban mamaki. Yasin Ayari, Baswid mai shekaru 21 wanda ya nuna tsarin danna Brighton, ya zo daga AIK da fam miliyan 3.5 kawai. Baƙon ƙasar Spain Chema Andres, kuma mai shekaru 21, ya zo daga Stuttgart a watan Satumba da fam miliyan 15.5 kuma ya daidaita da sauri.

Me ya sa 'yan wasan ke bunƙasa a Sussex

Wannan sauƙin daidaituwa ba haɗari ba ne. Brighton suna ɗaukar lokaci da hankali wajen karɓar kowane ɗan wasan sabon, ciki har da kula da iyalansu. 'Yan wasan da suka girma a kulob ɗin kamar Lewis Dunk da Jack Hinshelwood suna taimakawa wajen ƙirƙirar ɗakin tufafi mai ɗauke da karbuwa ta gaske, yayin da sauƙin kusanci na Barber ya tabbatar da cewa sababbin 'yan kwangilar suna jin kamar gida daga farkon rana.

Wuraren horarwa na farko ne a ajinsu, Hove wuri ne mai dadi na zama, kuma Amex Stadium yana samar da yanayin gaske a kwanakin wasa. 'Yan wasan da koci duk suna fahimtar cewa Brighton wurin farawa ne mai kyau don bunƙasa aikin su — kuma Hurzeler, fiye da kowa, ya san cewa duk abin da ke kewaye da shi an shirya shi domin nasaransa.