Romeo Lavia ya ce yana shirye ya rubuta sabon labari a Chelsea — ya samu 'yancin kai daga raunuka, yana ƙara ƙarfin gwiwa, kuma yana ƙwazo don barin tasirinsa a matakin mafi girma.

Ɗan wasan tsakiya ɗan Beljiyam mai shekaru 22 yana kusa da cimma abin da zai zama tsawon lokaci mafi tsayi da ya yi lafiya a cikin aikinsa da Chelsea. Idan ya cika minti 60 a wasan Juma'a da Brentford, zai zarce rikodinsa na baya na minti 518 masu jere ba tare da rauni ba, adadi da ya haɗa da wasannin kafin lokacin.

Tafiya ta kasance mai wahala. Lavia ya buga wasa guda ɗaya kawai a kakarsa ta farko a kulob din bayan ya samu rauni mai tsanani a cikin tendons na baya. A kakarsa ta biyu, ya rasa wasanni 33 — wanda ya inganta daga 42 da ya rasa a shekara ta baya — kuma kawai a kakar da ta gabata ya fara bayyana a kusan rabin wasannin Chelsea. Ya kasance yana samuwa a cikin duk lokacin kafin kakar da farkon makonni na kakar yanzu.

Karya shinge na tunanin rai

Lavia ya danganta ingantacciyar lafiyarsa da shiri mai kyau, yana gaya wa BBC Sport cewa yana bin jerin daki-daki don tabbatar da yana cikin mafi kyawun yanayi kafin kowane wasa. "Akwai abubuwa da yawa da ke faruwa a bayan fage," ya ce. "Tsari ne mai girma amma muna kyau a wannan lokaci."

Manajan Xabi Alonso ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tura Lavia fita daga yankin jin daɗi, yana ƙarfafa shi ya shawo kan "shinge na tunani" game da kammala minti 90 a wasa na abota kafin lokacin da AC Milan a watan Agusta.

"Na koya cewa kana iya tafi nisa fiye da yadda kake tunanin za ka iya," in ji Lavia. "Kana iya tura iyakarkaa kullum, musamman idan kana jin kamar duk abin yana tafiya a kaninka. Yana da sauƙi kullum a yi tunani game da yin watsi — amma sa'an nan, da taimakon 'yan wasan, ma'aikata, da mutane da ke kusa da ni a wajen ƙwallon ƙafa, mun sami damar ƙirƙirar wani nau'i na kumfa inda kake mai da hankali kawai a kan abin da zaka iya sarrafawa."

Ƙara muhimmanci a Stamford Bridge

Lavia ya zama muhimmin ɗan wasa a tsakiyar filin Alonso, yana wasa tare da kyaftin Reece James, wanda ya canza daga matsayin ɗan wasan dama zuwa matsayin zurfi. Muhimmancinsa ya ƙaru musamman bayan Moises Caicedo ya ƙuntata zuwa minti 14 kawai wannan kakar, kuma Enzo Fernandez ya tafi zuwa Manchester City a cikin canja wuri na £125m a ranar ƙarshe ta kasuwar ƙwallon ƙafa.

Yana ɗaukan wahayi daga 'yan wasan Reece James da Wesley Fofana, waɗanda dukkansu sun shawo kan dogon lokaci na raunuka don sake kafa kansu a kulob din, kuma yana da niyya ƙarƙashin bin wannan hanya.

"Samun wannan alhakin ba matsala ba ce — gata ce," in ji Lavia. "A haƙiƙa ina rayuwa a cikin mafarkin. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa ka kasance yana wasa da horarwa tsawon waɗannan shekarun, don haka je ka more."

Chelsea mai sabon sura cikin kyakkyawan yanayi

Chelsea ya canza harin ta hanyar kawo Morgan Rogers — kuɗin rikodin kulob din na £117m daga Aston Villa, wanda ya haɗu da Lavia a cikin makarantar Manchester City — ya haɗu da Cole Palmer da Joao Pedro don ƙirƙirar layin gaba mai ƙarfi. Blues sun ci kwallaye 18 a wasanni shida a dukkan gasar.

"A zahiri abu ne mai ban mamaki," in ji Lavia game da uku na gaba. "Kawai yadda Morgan ya zo kuma dukkansu sun haɗu a gaba — wani lokaci na so in zauna a taron 'yan kallo in more kallon. Yana sauƙaƙa aikin ka."

Duk da haka Lavia yana yin hankali cikin fata sa, yana amincewa da cewa Chelsea ya kasance "ƙarami sosai" a wasu lokuta kuma dole ya kasance "mai gaskiya" game da tsarin zama ƙarfin da kowa ya yi imani da cewa za su iya zama.

Lokacin 'yanci

Muhimmin nasara ta sirri ta zo ne lokacin da Lavia ya ci kwallonsa ta farko ta Chelsea a cikin nasara 4-3 akan Brighton, wani lokaci da ya bayyana shi a matsayin cakuɗe na saukin kai da farin ciki.

"Ya ji kamar duk aikin da kake yi yana biya lada sa — lokaci ne mai ƙwaƙƙwaran motsin rai," ya ce. "Na so in canza labari. Kwallona ta farko ta Premier League ta kasance da Chelsea [don Southampton a 2022], don haka kullum ya ji ɗan baƙo. Na ga duk 'yan wasan sun ci, don haka na kasance ina jiran lokatina, kuma lokacin da ya zo na yi farin ciki sosai, sosai. Na so in bayyana shi da yiwuwa da mahagarta kuma na ƙaunace shi sosai."