Andoni Iraola ya bayyana babban burinsa a Liverpool: gina ƙungiya da abokan gaba za samu wahala sosai su doke. Yana magana da 'yan jarida a Chicago kafin rangadin kakar turaɗi na kulob ɗin a Amurka, sabon babban koci na Liverpool ya nuna a fili cewa ya fahimci abin da magoya bayan ke buƙata.

"A gare ni yanzu, yana game da ƙirƙira wata ƙungiya mai wuyan doke sosai," in ji Iraola. "Ƙungiyar da nake tunanin ta — idan muka zama wannan ƙungiyar — ina tsammanin za mu yi nasara. Amma dole ne ka yi aiki. Dole ne ka gina ƙungiya, ka inganta ta, ka sami mafi kyaun matsayi ga kowane ɗan wasa."

Ya kasance bayyananne daidai game da abin da ke da mahimmanci a ƙarshe: "Mutane suna son ganin ƙungiyar ta buga kyau kuma ta kawo sakamako mai kyau. Na san wannan shi ne 90% na aikina."

Naɗawa mai saurin aiki

An tabbatar da Iraola, mai shekaru 44, a matsayin babban koci na Liverpool bayan korar Arne Slot a ƙarshen Mayu, bayan kakar wasannin da Liverpool ta ƙarasa ta biyar a Premier League kuma ta sha 20 shan kashi a dukkan gasar — rikodin kulob ɗin. Koci ɗin daga Ƙasar Basque ya bayyana cewa tafiyarsa zuwa Merseyside ta ɗauki saurin ban mamaki.

"Ya faru da sauri sosai," in ji shi. "Shi ne mako na farko ko na biyu bayan kakar ta ƙare. Liverpool sun tuntuɓe ni, kuma bai ɗauki lokaci mai tsawo ba [don cewa a'a]."

Liverpool suna a Chicago yanzu a rangadin ƙarshen kakar a Amurka. Jadawalin ya haɗa da wasan abokantaka da Sunderland a Nashville ranar Asabar, sa'an nan wasanni da Wrexham a New York da Leeds United a Chicago.

Kamanceceniya da Athletic Club

Iraola ya yi kakar wasanni 12 a matsayin ɗan wasa a Athletic Club — kulob ɗin garinsa — kuma ya jawo kwatancin tsakanin ƙungiyar Bilbao da Liverpool. Shahararren manufar Athletic Club na ɗaukar ɗan Basque kaɗai, wanda ke iyakance daukar maza ga 'yan wasa da aka haifa ko koyar da su a Ƙasar Basque, na buƙatar al'adun sadaukarwa na musamman daga kowane ɗan ƙungiyar.

"Dole ne ka ɗauki kowane ɗan wasa a cikin ƙungiyar da mafi kyaun amfani," in ji Iraola. "Hanya ɗaya tilo da wannan manufa za ta yi nasara ita ce ka ba da 100%. Wannan yana ƙirƙira haɗin kai — kuma kana ganin suna cin nasara. Ba a taɓa sakar su ƙasa ba."

"Ina ganin abubuwa da yawa masu kama [da Liverpool]. Wannan jin daɗin mallakar wani abu, na zama ɗan bambam. Haɗin kai da 'yan wasa daga kwalejin tare da Anfield da ita kanta. Wannan ɗaya daga cikin manyan kulob ɗi a duniya."

Abin da ke faruwa da kocin Basque

Iraola ba shi kaɗai ba koci ɗan Basque da ke cin nasara a saman kwallon ƙafa na Ingila. Mikel Arteta, Unai Emery, da Xabi Alonso sun kasance a cikin kocis huɗu na asalin Basque waɗanda suka jagoranci ƙungiyoyi zuwa goma na farko a Premier League a kakar da ta gabata. Iraola ya danganta wannan nasara ga zurfin da ke cikin hankalin jama'a na gama-gari.

"Spain ba ta taɓa samun mafi kyaun 'yan wasanni ta ɗaiɗaikun mutane ba," in ji shi. "Amma a wasannin gama-gari — ƙwallon ƙafa, kwando, ƙwallon hannu, hockey — sukan yi kyau sosai. Kullum muna sanya ƙungiya a gaba."

Ya nuna wa Rodri a matsayin babban misali: "Bai ci kwallo ba kuma bai yi wani taimako ba, amma a ƙarshe sun lashe Kofin Duniya kuma ya lashe kyautar mafi kyaun ɗan wasa na gasar. Sanya ƙungiya a gaba kullum ya kasance wani ɓangare na yadda aka rebe mu."

Iraola kuma ya ƙalubalanci ra'ayin cewa kwallon ƙafa ta Spain an ayyana ta kawai da riƙe ƙwallon. "Har ma a Kofin Duniya za ka iya ganin su suna matsa sosai, suna matsa a sama. A'a, sun sarrafa wasan da ƙwallon — amma ɓangaren ɓoye shi ne, ba tare da ƙwallon ba, inda kowa yana yin aikinsa. Yin aiki da kyau ba tare da ƙwallon ba."