Shekaru goma bayan Victor Moses ya sake ƙirƙira kansa a ƙarƙashin Antonio Conte don taimaka wa Chelsea lashe lakabi a Premier League, wani dan wasan da aka canza daga winger zuwa wing-back yana bunƙasa a Stamford Bridge — kuma a wannan karo, Pedro Neto ne ke cikin wannan canji.

Neto ya zura kwallaye biyu daga matsayi na wing-back na dama yayin da Chelsea suka doke Everton 2-0 a Hill Dickinson Stadium ranar Asabar, yana ɗaga jimlarsa zuwa kwallaye huɗu da taimako ɗaya a cikin wasanni tara a wannan kakar. Wannan adadi ya ninka fiye da sau biyu adadin kwallaye da ya samu a duk lokacin da yake Wolverhampton Wanderers da farkon zamansa a Chelsea kafin zuwan Xabi Alonso.

Bazara na rashin tabbas

Hanyar da ta kai ga wannan bai zama sauƙi ba. Chelsea ba su ɗauki Neto a matsayin wanda ba za a iya sayar da shi ba kafin a buɗe tagar siyar da 'yan wasa na bazara, duk da cewa sun sa farashin kimanin £100 miliyan. Rashin tabbas game da makomar sa ya ci gaba har zuwa lokacin da aka rufe tagar.

Neto yana cikin 'yan wasan da suka kasance cikin rashin nutsuwa a ƙarshen kakar da ta gabata — kakar da ta ƙare da Chelsea a matsayi na goma a ƙarƙashin Liam Rosenior, wanda ya ɗauki kusan watanni huɗu kawai bayan maye gurbin Enzo Maresca. Barin Maresca a ranar Sabuwar Shekara ya kasance babbar wahala ga Neto, domin dukansu suna da dangantaka ta kut da kut.

Zuwan Alonso ya canza komai. Kamar Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro, Reece James, da Moises Caicedo — waɗanda duk suka sanya hannu a kan sabon kwangiloli — Neto ya ƙarshe yarda da sabon shirin Chelsea. Watan da ya gabata, ya rattaba hannu kan kwangilar da zata daure shi da kulob din har zuwa 2032.

Ƙididdiga da ke ba da labari

Lambobi suna bayyana yadda Alonso ya canza wasan Neto sosai. Duk da ayyukansa na wing-back, yana samu matsakaicin taɓawa 5.3 a cikin yankin hukunci na abokin hamayya a kowace minti 90 a wannan kakar, idan aka kwatanta da 3.6 a kakar da ta gabata. Nasarar dribble dinsa ta ƙaru daga kashi 43.5 zuwa 52.6 cikin ɗari, kuma damar da yake ƙirƙirawa a kowane minti 90 ta tashi daga 1.8 zuwa 2.0.

A bangaren tsaro, ingantawa ta yi fice daidai. Tacklinsa a kowane minti 90 ya ƙaru daga 0.7 zuwa 2.0, yayin da ƙwallayen da ya dawo da su suka ƙaru daga 2.9 zuwa 3.9. Wannan yawanci ya samo asali ne daga gwanintarsa ta jiki, wanda Neto ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya samo shi daga tasowa a cikin iyali na ƴan wasa roller hockey.

Alonso yana amfani da tsarin da ba shi da daidaito, yana ɗora ƙarancin alhakin kai hari kan wing-back ɗinsa na hagu — yawanci Jorrel Hato ko Pep Chavarria — wanda ke ba Neto 'yanci mafi girma don tunkaho a gefen dama. Sakamakon ya kasance mai ban mamaki. A wasan karshe na Club World Cup na 2025 wanda Chelsea ya doke Paris St-Germain da 3-0, Neto ya kusan bibiyar Achraf Hakimi a duk tsawon wasan.

Ra'ayin Alonso