Fulham sun naɗa Alvaro Arbeloa a matsayin sabon manajan su, suna ba shi kwantiragin shekaru uku a Craven Cottage.

Arbeloa, wanda yake da shekaru 43, ya maye gurbin Marco Silva wanda ya bar kulob ɗin don karɓar ragamar Benfica bayan shekaru biyar na nasara a yammacin London.

"Girmamawa ce ta gaske a gare ni don fara wannan sabon matakin a Fulham FC, kulob ɗin da ya fi tsufa a London," in ji Arbeloa. "Ina jin babbar alhakin kuma na yi godiya sosai ga Mr. Khan da Tony Khan don amincewar da suka bana a Fulham a Premier League."

Shugaban kulob Shahid Khan ya yabi naɗin, yana jaddada ƙwazon Arbeloa, sani da zurfinsa na hanyoyin ƙwallon ƙafa na matakin koli, da kuma sha'awarsa ga makarantar samarwa ta kulob. "Na ji daɗin jin hakan daga Alvaro, haka kuma niyyarsa ta buga ƙwallon ƙafa na farmaki," in ji Khan.

Shaidu ƙarfi da sauri bincike

Naɗin Arbeloa an ƙarfafa shi da kyawawan shaidu daga shugaban Real Madrid da aka sake zaɓa, Florentino Perez, da kuma sabon manajan Jose Mourinho — wanda Arbeloa ya taɓa buga ƙwallon ƙafa ƙarƙashinsa a Santiago Bernabeu a matsayin beki na gefe.

Neman magajin Silva bai kasance mai sauƙi ba. An haɗa sunan tsohon manajan Tottenham da Brentford, Thomas Frank, da gurbin, yayin da aka ruwaito an kori tsohon manajan Ipswich Town, Kieran McKenna, saboda dalilan farashi — an kiyasta diyyatarsa kaɗai ta £8 miliyan, ba tare da ƙidaya albashinsa da kuɗaɗen ma'aikatansa ba.

Mataimakin shugaban Tony Khan ya bayyana watan da ya gabata cewa Silva ya "nuna yana son zama" kafin ya ba hukumar mamaki ta canza yankewarsa. Tafiyar Mourinho daga Benfica zuwa Real Madrid ta haifar da jerin abubuwa wanda a ƙarshe ya jawo Silva zuwa Lisbon, duk da ƙoƙarin Fulham na riƙe shi.

Daga kocin matasa zuwa benci na Bernabeu

Arbeloa yana aiki a matsayin koci ga ƙungiyar matasa a Real Madrid kafin a ɗaukaka shi zuwa manajan wucin gadi bayan ficewa Xabi Alonso a watan Janairun. Ya jagoranci kulob ɗin a wasanni 28 na ƙarshe na kakar, yana kai su matsayi na biyu a La Liga, yayin da tafiyarsu a UEFA Champions League ta ƙare a matakin kusa da na karshe lokacin da Bayern Munich ya kawar da su.

Yan wasa da ake sa ran su bi shi London

Arbeloa yana da sha'awar kawo 'yan wasan Real Madrid da yawa zuwa Fulham. An fahimci cewa mai kai hare-hare Franco Mastantuono, beki na gefe Fran Garcia, da dan gaba Gonzalo Garcia duk suna cikin jerin burinsa yayin da yake neman sake tsara tawagar kafin kakarsa ta farko a Premier League.