Wesley Fofana ya sha kuka, zargi na jama'a, da cin zarafin wariyar launin fata a lokaci mai wahala a Chelsea — amma wannan mai tsaron baya na Faransa yana da cikakkiyar yakinin cewa kwanciyar hankali a ƙarƙashin Xabi Alonso zai buɗe "mai ban mamaki" na gaba don kulob din.

Mai shekaru 25 ya zo daga Leicester City a shekara ta 2022 da kudi naira miliyan 75, ɗauke da manyan bege. Shekaru uku bayan haka, ya tsaya a matsayin ɗan wasan filin wasa mafi tsayi aiki a Chelsea — wata lissafi da ta nuna yadda aka sauya 'yan wasa a Stamford Bridge cikin sauri.

"Ƙwallon ƙafa haka yake. Yana tafiya da sauri, amma lissafi ne mai kyau," in ji Fofana. "Gare ni, wasu shekaru sun yi wahala, amma yanzu na dawo. Ina wasa, ina da lafiya."

Yaƙi da raunuka

Wannan lafiyar ba ta zo ba da sauƙi. Fofana ya karya ƙafar sa yayin lokacin sa a Leicester City kafin ya sami rauni a ƙwayar gwiwa kuma ya yi tiyata a tsokoki a Chelsea. Ya yaba wa ƙananan canje-canje a yadda yake kula da jikinsa don ya kasance a filin wasa akai-akai a kakar da ta gabata — wata kakar da yake bayyana ta hanyar mutuncinsa na kawai zama mai lafiya.

Hatta yana iya dariya game da wani cikas: mai tsaron ƙofar Filip Jorgensen ya buge shi ba da gangan ba yayin wani faɗa na sama, wanda ya hana shi samun cikakken lafiya. "Na gode, Filip," in ji Fofana da barkwanci.

Yarda da suka, ƙi wariyar launin fata

Chelsea ta ƙare ta 10 a Premier League kakar da ta gabata kuma ta fita daga UEFA Champions League bayan babban asara ga Paris St-Germain a watan Maris — asarar da ta taɓarɓare ta hanyar hotunan da suka yi kama da Fofana yana dariya a kujerun 'yan benci, wanda ya jawo fushi mai yawa.

Fofana bai musanta cewa hoton ya yi muni ba, amma yana kare cewa waɗanda ke cikin ɗakin sutura "sun san hali na." Yana yarda da cewa ɗan wasa da aka saya da naira miliyan 75 zai jan zargi lokacin da sakamako ya zama mara kyau.

"Kulob ya sayi ni da babban kuɗi. Na zo da nufin zama mafi kyau a matsayi na kuma taimaka wa ƙungiyar. Don haka, lokacin da abubuwa suka yi muni, na yarda zama mutumin [da ake zargi]," in ji shi.

Duk da haka, akwai iyaka da zai ƙi a wuce. Fofana, wanda yake Musulmi kuma mahaifinsa asalinsa ne daga Ivory Coast, an ɗauke shi cin zarafin wariyar launin fata a Instagram kakar da ta gabata kuma haka a watan Maris 2025. Ya zaɓi fallasa waɗannan saƙonnin a bainar jama'a kuma yana cewa ba zai taɓa daina yin haka ba.

"Ba babban abu ba ne fallasa mutanen da suke yin haka," in ji shi. "Muna buƙatar ilimantar da mutane. Ina ganin mutanen da ke bayan Instagram dole su yi aiki a kan haka. Ba ƙwallon ƙafa kaɗai ba — ina ganin duniya tana da ɗan halin haka kuma yana da sauƙi sosai a faɗi wasu abubuwa."

Fofana ya kuma lura cewa wasu masu cin zarafi ba su ɗauki kansu masu wariyar launin fata ba — suna aika saƙonnin cin zarafi cikin haushi bayan asara, sai su ƙarfafa shi makon mai zuwa. Ya yi magana da ƙananan 'yan wasa da suka sami irin wannan cin zarafi ba tare da sun yi komai ba, kuma yana ƙarfafa su su yi magana.

Rashin kwanciyar hankali kakar da ta gabata

Matsalolin Chelsea kakar da ta gabata sun zarce fagen wasan. Alƙalin horo Enzo Maresca ya tafi bayan sabani da shugabancin kulob, kuma magajinsa Liam Rosenior ya jagoranci wasanni biyar ba tare da nasara ko kwallon ƙafa ba kafin ya rasa goyon bayan ɗakin sutura a cikin watanni huɗu a ofis.

Amma Fofana baya jefa alhakin waɗannan canje-canjen alkalan horo. "Ba shakka za mu iya amfani da wannan a matsayin hujja, amma ina ganin matsalar tana kan 'yan wasa," in ji shi. "Ba mu ba da dukan iya mu ba. Kowa ya duba kansa a madubi."

Kallon gaba tare da Alonso

Zuwan Xabi Alonso ya fasa sabon imani a cikin ƙungiyar. Fofana ya fito a cikin duk wasanni uku da Alonso ya tsara filin wasansa mafi ƙarfi a ciki a lokacin shirye-shiryen kafin kakar — alama mai ƙarfi na amincewa daga sabon manajan.

Fofana ya girma a Marseille yana goyon bayan Chelsea, yana ƙarfafawa ta hannun tsohon ɗan gaba Didier Drogba, kuma yana cewa so nasa na zama a kulob ɗin na gaske ne. Yana maraba da shigawar tsoffin 'yan wasa Jordan Henderson, ɗan shekara 36, da Danny Welbeck, ɗan shekara 35, yana yin imani cewa ƙwarewarsu ta nasara za ta ɗaga matakin horon da kuma cikin ɗakin sutura.

Chelsea ta kuma ɗauki Maxence Lacroix, kuma kulob din a halin yanzu yana da masu kare ƙofar tara a cikin jerin sunayen sa. Fofana ba ya cikin lissafin 'yan wasa da hukumar ke ɗaukarsu "ba za a sayar da su ba" — gaskiyar da yake yarda da ita da gaskiyar dabi'unsa.

"Idan kulob ya ce ba sa bukata ni kuma, to haka ne. Ba shakka zan yi baƙin ciki amma wannan ƙwallon ƙafa ne. Ba za ka iya cewa: 'Ina wurina kuma na tabbata zan wasa,'" in ji shi.

Duk da rashin tabbas, Fofana yana ganin cewa mabuɗin farfaɗowar Chelsea a sauƙi yake. "Ina ganin kowa ya san muna buƙatar kwanciyar hankali," in ji shi. "Mun yi magana kakar da ta gabata tare da daraktocin kuma sun faɗi irin wannan abu. Muna buƙatar kwanciyar hankali."