Monchi, daraktan wasannin Espanyol, ya yi kira ga kulob ɗin Spain da su kara kula da Championship ta Ingila, yana mai bayyana gasar a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mahimman wuraren neman hazikan biya a duniyar kwallon ƙafa, da kuma kasuwar dabarun da kulob ɗi kamar nasu za su iya amfani da ita duk da ƙuntataccen tattalin arziki.

Gasar da ta cancanci mutunta ita sosai

"Ina tsammanin Championship ɗaya ce daga cikin gasashin da ba a fahimce ta sosai ba," Monchi ya gaya wa BBC Sport. "Da na zauna Ingila shekara biyu kuma na yi aiki da Aston Villa, kuma yanzu ina ci gaba da bibiyar gasar saboda Burnley, zan iya cewa akwai 'yan wasa masu kyau sosai a can."

Monchi, mai shekara 57, ya koma Spain bayan ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban ayyukan wasanni a Aston Villa, inda ya kasance daraktan wasanni a Sevilla da Roma a baya. Espanyol — ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffin kulob ɗi a Spain, da aka kafa a shekarar 1900 kuma ta kammala matsayi na 11 a La Liga a kakar da ta wuce — tana raba kungiyar masu mulki, karkashin jagorancin Alan Pace, da Burnley, abin da ke baiwa Monchi alaƙa ta kai tsaye da ci gaban ɓangaren na biyu na Ingila.

Yana nuna Morgan Rogers a matsayin babban misali na ɓoyayyiyar darajar Championship. Rogers ya koma Aston Villa daga Middlesbrough a shekarar 2024 bayan lokaci a mataki na biyu, ya sami karɓuwa ta duniya tare da England, kuma wannan lokacin rani ya kammala canja wuri na £117 miliyan zuwa Chelsea. "Wannan misali ɗaya ne kawai, amma zan iya ba da misalai da yawa," Monchi ya ce.

Espanyol sun riga sun aiwatar da wannan imani. Tyrhys Dolan ya zo daga Blackburn Rovers a watan Yuli 2025 bayan kakar wasanni biyar a Championship, yayin da Quilindschy Hartman — ɗan ƙasa na Netherlands — ya shiga a matsayin aro daga Burnley.

Yin gogayya da hikima, ba da arziki ba

Ga Espanyol, Championship tana wakiltar amsa ta hankali ga gaskiyar tattalin arziki. Kulob ɗin Spain suna aiki ƙarƙashin iyakokin farashin ƙungiyar La Liga, yayin da kulob ɗin Premier League ke da ƙarfin kashewa da ya fi su yawa. Monchi yana ganin cewa kulob ɗi a matsayin Espanyol dole ne su gano kasuwannin da aka ƙyale don a ƙyale wannan rata.

"Ba za mu iya yin duk abin da muke so ba, amma muna yin abin da za mu iya," ya ce. "Gaskiya ne cewa muna cikin rashin daidaito idan aka kwatanta da wasu kulob ɗin Spain, kuma musamman idan aka kwatanta da kulob ɗi a Ingila, Italiya ko Jamus. Koyaya, dole mu zama masu ƙirƙira, mu yi aiki tukuru kuma mu nemi madadin."

"Ba zan iya kaucewa kiyaye idona a Ingila ba," ya ƙara da cewa.

Abin da Aston Villa ya koya masa

Lokacinsa a Aston Villa ya kuma sake tsara yadda yake tunani game da yadda ya kamata a gudanar da kulob ɗin zamani. Abin da ya fi burge shi shi ne rarrabuwa ta fili tsakanin sassan wasanni da kasuwanci, da ingancin alaƙa tsakanin masu kulob, ma'aikata, da masu goyan baya.

"Akwai bambanci bayyananne sosai tsakanin ɓangaren kasuwanci da ɓangaren wasanni," ya ce. "Akwai kyakkyawar haɗin kai a duk faɗin kulob, alaƙa mai ƙarfi da masu kulob, da kuma kusancin da masu goyan baya."

Lokacin da ya fi burge shi ya zo a kakarsa ta farko, 2023-24, lokacin da Villa suka sami cancantar UEFA Champions League a karo na farko a kusan shekara 40. Villa kuma sun kai zagaye na huɗu na Conference League a wannan kakar, kafin su kai semi-final na FA Cup da kuma zagaye na kusa da karshe na UEFA Champions League a kakar da ta biyo baya.

Bayanai da AI suna canza yadda ake neman 'yan wasa

A tsawon sama da shekara 25 a matsayin daraktan wasanni, Monchi ya ce babban sauyi a gano 'yan wasa shi ne hauhawar bayanai da artificial intelligence. "Ba mu dogara kawai ga rahotannin masu gano 'yan wasa da kimantawa na sirri ba, amma kuma kan tallafin da big data, artificial intelligence da nazarin bayanai gaba ɗaya ke bayarwa," ya ce.

A Espanyol, hakan yana nufin haɗa bincike mai dogara da bayanai da ilimin kasuwa da ya gina a tsawon aikinsa a Spain, Italiya da Ingila — da nufin gano 'yan wasa da za su iya inganta ƙarfin gasar kulob ɗin da kuma a hankali su rage fa'idar tattalin arziki ta abokan hamayyar masu arziki.

Espanyol — ma'auninta ta kanta

Monchi yana da fayyace daidai gwargwado cewa Espanyol bai kamata su bayyana kansu game da abokin hamayya a birnin, Barcelona ba. "Barcelona babban kulob ne kuma ƙungiya mai muhimmanci, amma ban yi imani cewa ci gaban Espanyol ya kamata a auna shi da Barcelona ba," ya ce. "Abin dogara na Espanyol dole ne ya zama Espanyol kanta."

Burinta shi ne dawo da kulob ɗin zuwa matsayin da tarihinsa na shekara 125 ya nuna ta taɓa mamaye shi — daga cikin kulob ɗin da suka fi muhimmanci a Spain. A gajeren lokaci, makasudin shi ne a inganta matsayi na 11 a La Liga da ta samu a kakar da ta wuce da kuma ƙarfafa aikin, mataki ɗaya a lokaci guda.