Pep Chavarria ba nau'in ɗan wasan da magoya bayan Chelsea suka saba tsammawa ba ne. Bai fara wasan La Liga ba sai yana da shekara 24, kuma ƙwarewarsa ta farko a ƙwallon Turai ta zo yana da shekara 27 kawai — wasan UEFA Conference League tare da Rayo Vallecano kan ƙungiyar Hacken ta Sweden a watan Oktoba. An kore shi daren nan. Duk da haka, Chelsea yanzu ana rahoton yana kusa da sanya hannu kan ɗan wasan hagu mai shekara 28, kuma tsohon kochinsa yana ganin cewa wannan canja wuri yana da cikakken ma'ana.

Wata hanya daban zuwa sama

Tafiyar Chavarria ba ta kasance mai sauƙi ba. Ya iso Real Zaragoza a shekarar 2020 daga UE Olot, ƙungiya ta ƙungiya ta uku — tarihi wanda zai sa mamaki a yawancin manyan ƙungiyoyi. Amma Jose Ramon Rodriguez, wanda ya horar da shi a Zaragoza, ya ga wani abu nan take. "Mun ga hazaka nan take," Rodriguez ya shaida wa Sky Sports. "Ya iya yin wasa da ƙarfi da ya wuce matakin ƙungiya ta biyu ta Spain."

Rodriguez ya sauri nuna cewa ƙarfin jiki ya kasance a can tun farko — abubuwa na musamman ne kawai suka buƙaci haɓakawa. "Wannan ɗan wasan ya inganta sosai, duka ta fasaha da yanke shawara," ya bayyana. "Ya dole ya gwagwarmaya sosai don isa inda ya isa."

Kalmar da ta fi dawowa lokacin da Rodriguez ke magana kan Chavarria ita ce tunanin ɗabi'a. "Ya kasance ɗan wasan da ya sadaukar da kansa sosai, wanda yake son yin atisaye sosai. Hanyarsa ta horar da kansa ba ta taɓa bugun shi ba. Kullum yana ba da duk iyawarsa."

Hawa zuwa Rayo Vallecano

Chavarria ya shiga Rayo Vallecano a shekarar 2022 ƙarƙashin Andoni Iraola, wani koci mai suna saboda neman ƙarfin da ba ya ƙarewa daga masu tsaron gefen sa — da amfani da su a hanyar harin a matsayin masu wucewa. Ya zama daidai da juna. Ƙarƙashin magaji na Iraola, Inigo Perez, Chavarria ya ci gaba da bunkasa, yana jin daɗi yayin yin wasa ta ciki ko shiga tsakiyar fili, ba kawai gudun zuwa da baya a gefensa ba.

Kakar wasan da ta gabata ta zama kambun nasara ga ɗan wasan da ƙungiyar, yayin da Rayo ta kai wasan karshe na Turai — wani babban nasara ga wannan ƙungiya mai ƙasƙanci ta Madrid. Chavarria ya kasance a tsakiyar wannan nasara, yana da ƙarin taɓaɓɓen 2,000 a La Liga kuma yana cikin ƙwararrun ɗan wasan 12 a gasar don tura ƙwallon daga wasan buɗe ido da kusurwoyin da aka ci. Kuma daidai wannan, ya kasance cikin ƙwararrun ɗan wasan 12 don toshe turawa da cin nasara a ɓangaren tsaro na uku — haɗari na gaskiya a bangarori biyu.

Tambayoyin da dole ya amsa

Shakku na da asali. Chavarria bai taɓa buga wasa a wajen Spain ba, balle a Premier League, wacce ake ganin gaba ɗaya cewa ita ce mafi tsananin gasar cikin gida a duniya. Ana iya cin zarafinsa a ƙasa a kan kwalabe na musamman — raunin da ya ci gaba — a Ingila, ko da yake ya kamata a lura cewa Marc Cucurella, wanda tafiyarsa zuwa Real Madrid ta bude kofa ga wannan canja wuri, ya fuskanci shakku iri ɗaya kuma ya shawo kan su.

Samarwa a harin kuma na buƙatar girma. Cin ƙwallon ban sha'awa kan Atletico Madrid a watan Satumba shi ne kawai ƙwallo ɗaya da ya ci a kakar wasan — kuma a zahiri ya sami katin ja fiye da ƙwallaye, ciki har da an kore shi a ƙarshe a Bernabeu kan Real Madrid. Xabi Alonso zai so karin abu sosai daga mafarin gefen harisa sa a harin, a lura da tasirin da Alex Grimaldo ya yi daga wannan matsayi a lokacin da Alonso ke Bayer Leverkusen.

Me ya sa Rodriguez ke amintarsa

Rodriguez yana ganin tambayoyin ɗabi'a suna amsa kansu. "Shi ɗan wasan ƙungiya ne wanda yana ba da kashi 200 cikin 100 kowace rana," in ji shi. "Shi aboki mai kyau sosai ne wanda ke samar da yanayi mai kyau sosai kuma kowane aboki yana son samun sa a ɗakin sutura." A wani lokaci mai wahala a Zaragoza, Chavarria ne wanda ya ƙi neman uzuri kuma ya tura abokan aikinsa su nemi ƙarin daga kansu.

"Lokacin da ya tafi ƙungiya ta biyu, buƙata ta ƙaru, kuma ta ƙaru kuma a ƙungiya ta farko," Rodriguez ya ƙara. "Wannan tunanin ɗabi'a yana sa ka yi tunanin cewa zai iya kaiwa matakin da ya fi girma." A kowane mataki, Chavarria ya kashe masu shakku. Idan Premier League ita ce mataki na gaba, Rodriguez ba shi da kowane taka tsantsan. "Idan ya tafi Chelsea, to saboda ya cancanta."