Wasu daga cikin manajan da ke da tasiri mafi girma a Ingila a yau suna da wata mahaɗa ta ban mamaki — ƙaramin kulob daga yankin Basque na Sipaniya wanda 'yan mutane a wajen yankin suka taɓa ji labarinsa sai kwanan nan.

Mikel Arteta, Xabi Alonso, da Andoni Iraola kowannensu ya bar tasirinsa a mafi girman matakan ƙwallon ƙafa na Turai. Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, da Bournemouth — ƙungiyoyi uku masu maƙasudin da kasafin kuɗi mabambanta — duk ana sarrafa su ne da mutanen da tushen ƙwallon ƙafansu ya koma kan wannan kusurwa ɗaya ta arewacin Sipaniya.

Alaƙar Basque

Basque Country, yanki mai miƙewa tsakanin arewacin Sipaniya da kudu maso yammacin Faransa, tun daɗewa ya kasance filin tashe na wani nau'in tunani na ƙwallon ƙafa — mai ƙarfi, da tsari, mai buƙatun dabaru, kuma ya dogara sosai kan asalin gama-gari. Ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa manajan da suka fito daga wannan yanayi suna ɗaukan waɗannan ƙimomi zuwa aikinsu.

Arteta, wanda ya canza Arsenal zuwa mai gasar gaskiya don taken Premier League, ya girma yana nutse cikin al'adun ƙwallon ƙafa na Basque kafin ya yi suna a matsayin ɗan wasa a kulob-kulob ciki har da Real Sociedad da Everton. Falsafancinsa ta horo — danna mai ƙarfi, ladabin matsayi, da shirye-shiryen dacewa — ta ɗauki alamun wannan tarbiyya.

Alonso, a nata bangaren, ya jagoranci Bayer Leverkusen zuwa tarihin taken Bundesliga ba tare da an yi masa nasara ba a lokacin 2023-24, inda ya sami karbuwa a ko'ina a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan kwakwalwar dabaru a wasanni. Hanyarsa mai natsuwa, da dogara kan riƙe ƙwallon, ta jawo kwatancen da wasu daga cikin al'adun horo na Basque na zamanin da.

Iraola, wanda ya fi ƙanƙanta da shahara a duniya daga cikin uku, a hankali ya gina ɗaya daga cikin aikin manajoci mafi burge a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila. Aikinsa a Bournemouth ya samu yabo na dindindin saboda ƙwarewarsa ta dabaru da haɓaka 'yan wasa fiye da abin da ake tsammanin.

Wata falsafa da aka fitar a duk faɗin Turai

Abin da ya haɗa waɗannan mutum uku ba ƙasa kawai ba ne — yana da tarayyar jerin ƙa'idojin ƙwallon ƙafa da aka ƙera a cikin wannan yanayin al'adu da wasanni. Hanyar Basque ta wasan ƙafa ta jaddada tsari, asali, da kula da abubuwa na kusan da tilastawa da ke fassara sosai a matakin koli.

Nasarar Arteta, Alonso, da Iraola a ƙungiyoyinsu sun haifar da ƙara sha'awa tsakanin kulob-kulob da ke neman ɗaukar shugaban kocin su na gaba. Gaɓar tekun arewacin Sipaniya, wanda a baya ana yi watsi da shi don ƙarin mafiya shaharan wuraren ƙwallon ƙafa, yanzu yana a kan taswira da ƙarfi a matsayin tushen fitattun manajoci.

Ko a cikin Premier League, Champions League, ko a matakan duniya, al'adar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Basque tana ci gaba da samar da manajan da ke iya fafatawa — da cin nasara — a mafi girman mataki.