Chelsea sun kammala sanya hannu kan ɗan wasan hagu Pep Chavarria daga Rayo Vallecano a cikin yarjejeniya mai darajar kimanin £16.3m, tare da karin £1.7m na ƙarin bonase, suna daure ɗan wasan mai shekara 28 zuwa Stamford Bridge na shekaru biyar.

"Ina matukar farin cikin fara aiki," in ji Chavarria. "Wannan mafarki ne a gare ni domin Chelsea yana daga manyan kulake a duniya. Wannan babbar dama ce amma ina shirye kuma zan yi aiki tuƙuru don taimakawa tawagar ta samu nasara."

Dogon hanya zuwa babban mataki

Hanyar Chavarria zuwa ɗaya daga cikin manyan kulake na Turai ba ta kasance mai sauƙi ba. An haife shi a Figueres, a lardin Catalonia a arewa maso gabashin Spain, ya haɓaka ƙwarewarsa a ƙananan rabe-raben ƙwallon ƙafa na Spain kafin canjinsa zuwa Real Zaragoza a shekarar 2020 ya ba shi ɗanɗanar farko ta sana'a a kulak ɗin mafi girma.

Bayan kakar wasa biyu a rabi na biyu na Spain, ya sami damar hawa zuwa La Liga tare da Rayo Vallecano a shekarar 2022 — yana da shekara 24, shekarun da yawancin 'yan wasa suka riga sun kafa kansu a mafi girman matakin.

A cikin kakar wasa huɗu a Vallecas, Chavarria ya buga wasanni 125 kuma ya zama ƙwaƙƙwaran ɗan wasan hagu a babbar ƙungiya, yana haɗa ta'azzarar tsaron gida da ƙarfin jiki da ake buƙata a matsayin. A kakar wasa ta ƙarshe ya zura kwallo ɗaya kuma ya samu taimaka uku a dukkan gasa, yana ƙirƙirar damar 27 daga buga wasa buɗe a La Liga. Ya kuma fara wasa a wasan karshe na Conference League, inda Rayo suka sha kashi 1-0 a hannun Crystal Palace.

Makasudin Alonso

Canjin Chavarria zuwa Chelsea yana da yawa darajar kocin Xabi Alonso, wanda ya fuskanci ɗan wasan hagu a kakar wasa ta ƙarshe a lokacin da yake jagorantar Real Madrid. A wasan da ya ƙare 0-0 a Vallecas a watan Nuwamba, Chavarria ya nuna aikin tsaron gida na ban mamaki, yana magance matsalar abokan gaba masu ƙwarewa da natsuwa da horo — ya bar ma Alonso ƙwaƙƙwaran ra'ayi.

Da zarar an nada Alonso a matsayin kocin Chelsea, Chavarria ya zama fifikon fifiko a cikin jerin burin Alonso. Tare da sabon ɗan wasan dama Marco Palestra, wanda ya shiga Chelsea da £47m daga Atalanta a watan Yuli, zuwan Chavarria ya ba Alonso kayan aikin sake gina tsarin wing-back wanda ya taimaki Bayer Leverkusen lashe Bundesliga a shekarar 2024. Sa hannunsa kuma ya cika giɓin da Marc Cucurella ya bar, wanda ya tafi Real Madrid a watan Yuni da £51.8m.

Yarjejeniya mai wuyar kammalawa

Tabbatar da Chavarria ba ya da sauƙi. Rayo Vallecano da farko sun dage cewa Chelsea dole ne su cike ƙudin sari ɗin sa na £42.4m cikakke, kuma majiyoyi da yawa na BBC Sport sun bayyana tattaunawar a matsayin "mai rikitarwa." Kulak ɗin Madrid ya yi imani cewa wannan adadi yana da hujja, yana jayayya cewa ƙididdiga na Chavarria suna sa shi a matakin da ya yi kama da Cucurella.

Juriyar Rayo ta kuma sami goyan bayan ƙarfin kuɗinsu. Tsarin ciniki na 'yan wasan su ya samar da riba akai-akai, yana ba kulak ɗin damar ƙin amsawa ga tayin a hanya da ake alakanta da manyan kulake na gargajiya na Spain — Real Madrid, Barcelona, da Atletico Madrid. Ƙarin matsalar ita ce duk riba daga sayar da ɗan wasan za ta ja haraji na kashi 25 cikin ɗari, wanda zai rage darajar da za a samu yana ƙarfafa matsayin Rayo a tattaunawar. A ƙarshe, Chelsea sun sami tsarin da ya yi aiki, suna tara ɗaya daga cikin mafi daidaiton bek na La Liga a ƙaramin ƙashin kitan ƙudin sari ɗin sa.