Conor Gallagher bai ɓoye sha'awarsa ta kafa kansa a Tottenham Hotspur ba — kuma yana da yakinin cewa zuwan babban kocin Roberto De Zerbi ya ba shi dandalin da ya dace don cimma hakan.

Dan wasan tsakiya ya shiga Spurs a watan Janairun da ya gabata daga Atletico Madrid da £35 miliyan, amma watannin farko da ya shafe a kulob din sun kasance mawuyaci sosai. An maye gurbin Thomas Frank da Igor Tudor jim kadan bayan Gallagher ya isa, kuma dan wasan ya yarda a fili cewa Tudor "ba ya son ni" a cikin tsarensa, yayin da kulob din ke fafutukar guje wa faduwa daga Premier League.

"Lokaci ya yi na ƙoƙarin nuna wa masu goyon baya abin da zan iya yi," Gallagher ya shaida wa Sky Sports. "Ina son kasancewa a mafi kyawun yanayin da zan iya don taimaka wa kulob ya kai inda ya kamata ya kasance. Ina fatan wannan shine kawai farkon aikina a Spurs."

Wani koci wanda ya sake gina kwarin gwiwarsa

De Zerbi ya zo Spurs a watan Maris kuma, a cewar Gallagher, ya canza sa'arsa kusan nan take. Kocin nan dan ƙasar Italia ya mayar da kwarin gwuiwar dan wasan tsakiya kuma ya ba shi mintuna masu yawa a fagen wasa — haɗuwa da ta yi tasiri sosai wajen tsayar da Tottenham.

"A gare ni, yawanci ya shafi kwarin gwiwa ne kuma kadan na zahiri, wanda kake samun ta hanyar buga wasanni da yawa," in ji Gallagher. "Maneja ya ba ni dawo da kwarin gwiwa kadan kuma na fara buga mintuna mafi daidaito a fagen wasa. Yabo da yawa ga maneja — amma a gare shi ma, wannan farko ne kawai."

Ya kuma yarda cewa kaifin De Zerbi ya ɗan ba shi mamaki a farko. "Ya yi kamar mai tsanani kadan, musamman a lokacin farkon haduwa, amma bayan ɗan lokaci ba haka bane," in ji Gallagher. "Shi mutum ne mai kyau sosai, amma ka sani ba za ka iya wasankewa ba. Dole ne ka yi abubuwan da suka dace, ka horar da kyau kuma ka ba kashi 100 na ƙoƙari."

Girmamawa ta kasance ta ɓangarori biyu. A lokacin gasar horarwa da aka gudanar a Sydney, De Zerbi ya ce idan Gallagher yana a mafi kyawun yanayin sa, to kamar yadda Tottenham ke da ɗan wasa ƙari — yabo mai ƙarfi ga wanda watanni kaɗan da suka gabata ba ya samun lokacin wasa.

Buri na Spurs a lokacin rani

Tottenham sun goyi bayan aikin De Zerbi sosai a wannan lokacin rani, tare da kashe kusan £200 miliyan kan 'yan wasa sabbi — duk da ƙwarewa a Premier League. Farkon isowar sabbi ciki har da Sandro Tonali, Mateus Fernandes, da Andy Robertson ya ba su lokaci na gina jituwa a cikin tawagar kafin fara sabuwar kakar.

A wajen fagen wasa, De Zerbi yana ba da daraja ga haɗin kai na ƙungiyar daidai gwargwado. "Muna da ƙungiya mai kyau sosai ta mutane da 'yan wasa," in ji Gallagher. "Babban kocin yana son haka — cin abincin dare na ƙungiya da abin sha kaɗan da dare na ƙarfafa haɗin kai."

A fagen wasa, burin De Zerbi bai ƙasa bayyana ba. Wasan horarwa da aka yi da Chelsea — wanda ya ɓarke a wasu lokuta, ciki har da takunkumin ƙarfi na Gallagher a kan Dario Essugo — ya ba da ɗan gani na kaifin da babban kocin ke bukata.

"De Zerbi yana son ya mamaye komai," in ji Gallagher. "Yana son a sami ƙwallon kuma a sarrafa wasanni. Yana da yakinin za mu iya mamaye kowane tawaga da muka fuskanta idan muka buga daidai da ɗabi'a mai kyau."

Bayan samun matsayin 17 a jere a Premier League, tambayar yadda Tottenham za ta tashi a karkashin De Zerbi ta zama ɗaya daga cikin labarun da suka fi ban sha'awa na sabuwar kakar. Ga Gallagher, ƙwarin gwiwa na sirri ne kamar yadda yake na gama gari. "Yana jin dama sosai a nan," in ji shi. "Ina jin kamar waɗannan su kasance shekarun birjikina."