Kendry Paez ya dawo Cobham bayan da River Plate suka kawo ƙarshen lamunin sa a Argentina, amma manajan Chelsea Xabi Alonso ya bayyana cewa ɗan shekara 19 ba zai kasance wani ɓangare na tsare-tsaren ƙungiyar farko ta Blues ba kafin Janairu.

Alonso ya tabbatar da wannan shawarar sa'ad da aka tambaye shi kai tsaye game da damar Paez a ƙungiyar farko. Ya ce wa The Athletic: "A'a, a'a. Bai kasance wani ɓangare na tsare-tsare ba. A halin yanzu, bai kasance wani ɓangare na tawagar ƙungiyar farko ba."

Chelsea ta yi niyyar sake aika Paez a lamuni don kakar 2026/27, amma kulob ɗin bai samu damar kammala yarjejeniya ba kafin a rufe taga canja wurin Burtaniya. Bisa ga maganar Alonso, lamuni a Janairu — a wannan karon a Ingila — yanzu yana ganin ya zama hanyar da ta fi dacewa.

Lokaci ƙarami tare da River Plate

Paez ya taka rawar minti 469 kawai a River Plate a cikin 2026, inda ya bayar da gudummawa guda biyu a cikin kwallaye. Bayyanarsa ta ƙarshe ga kulob ɗin ta kasance a ƙarshen Mayu — maye gurbi na mintuna 13.

Ɗan wasan Ekwador bai buga wa Chelsea ba tun lokacin da Blues suka rattaba hannu a kansa a watan Yuli 2025 akan kuɗi da ya wuce £17 miliyan. Kafin lamunin River Plate, ya shafe lokaci a lamuni a Strasbourg na Ligue 1, inda ya fito a wasanni 20 tare da jimlar minti 711 kuma ya zura kwallo ɗaya.

A FIFA World Cup 2026, Paez ya samu mintuna a cikin shan kashi na Ecuador da Mexico a zagaye na 32, kodayake bai fito ba a duk wasannin matakin rukuni uku.

Raunukan tsakiyar filin sun ƙara matsin lamba

Shawarar Alonso na ajiye Paez daga ƙungiyar farko ta zo a wani lokaci mai matuƙar tsanani ga Chelsea. Moises Caicedo da Jordan Henderson duk suna a gefe saboda rauni, suna barin Blues ba su da isassun zaɓuɓɓuka a tsakiyar filin wasa.

Caicedo ya sake fara horarwa, amma Alonso ya ki gaggauta dawowar ɗan uwansa Ba-Ekwador zuwa gasa. Henderson kuma bai samuwa ba bayan ya ji rauni yayin zagayen pre-season na Chelsea a Arewacin Amirka.

Chelsea za su koma fafatawa da dare yau a Carabao Cup, suna karɓar bakuncin Leeds United da karfe 8 da dare ta BST.