Enzo Maresca ya yi bayani mai gaskiya game da ƙalubalen ɗaukar matsayin Pep Guardiola a Manchester City, yana mai kiran aikin "watakila" mara marar yiwuwa — amma a lokaci guda gata ne — yayin da yake kammala kakar wasansa ta farko ta horar da ƴan wasan karkashin jagorancinsa.

Maresca ya zauna tare da 'yan jarida na Burtaniya da suka yi tafiya zuwa Seoul a lokacin rangadin kafin kakar Manchester City don tattauna abin da ke jiransa. Bajamushen ya taɓa zama mataimakin Guardiola a kakar Treble ta 2022-23 kafin ya koma jagorantar Leicester da Chelsea.

Bin zakara

Guardiola ya bar ƙungiyar a ƙarshen kakar da ta gabata bayan ya lashe lambobi 17 masu daraja a City, ciki har da kambun Premier League shida da nasara a UEFA Champions League. Maresca yana cikakken fahimtar inuwar da yake shiga cikinta.

"Na ce sau da yawa — shi ne mafi kyawun koci a duniya cikin shekaru 15 ko 20 da suka gabata," in ji Maresca. "Da ya fara a Spain, duka suna son wasan kama ta Barcelona. Ya koma Jamus, duka suna son wasan kama ta Bayern Munich. Ya zo Ingila kuma duka suna son wasan kama ta City."

Maresca ya bayyana cewa ya haɗu da Guardiola a Barcelona yini guda kafin ya sanya hannu a hukumance kan kwantiragin sa, suna ɗaukar sa'o'i dayawa suna musayar ra'ayi. Don nuna keɓantattunsa, ya koma ofishin tsoho mataimaki Pep Lijnders — kusa da tsohon ɗakin Guardiola, wanda yanzu an mai da shi ɗakin taro.

"Ina son wani lokaci in shigo ba tare da tunanin komai ba don ganin abubuwa da kaina," Maresca ya ce. "Amma ya kasance nan tsawon lokaci, yana da ra'ayoyinsa. Dole ne ka iso ka ga cikakken hoto."

AI da lokacin rani mai natsuwa

Tsakanin ficewa daga Chelsea a watan Janairun da kuma ɗaukar nauyin City a ƙarshen watan Yuni, Maresca ya yi amfani da wannan lokacin don sake haɗuwa da iyalinsa — matarsa da 'ya'yansa huɗu — da kuma bincika fasahar AI, inda ya kammala masterclass biyu don fahimtar fasahar sosai. "Kowa yana magana game da AI, don haka ina son fahimtar yadda yake aiki," ya bayyana.

Canje-canje a Premier League da bugun fanareti

Maresca ya gano karuwar tasirin bugun daga fanareti da tsarin tsaron mutum da mutum a matsayin mafi girman canje-canjen dabaru a Premier League tun lokacin da yake mataimakin Guardiola shekaru uku da suka wuce. Kakar wasa ta Arsenal da ta lashe gasar ta ƙunshi ƙwallaye 25 daga bugun daga fanareti — 19 daga cikinsu daga bugun kusurwa — kuma City suna neman inganta wannan fagen. Duk da canje-canjen salon wasa, Maresca yana jaddada cewa Premier League har yanzu ita ce "mafi kyawun gasar" da "mafi kyawun ƴan wasa," tare da ƙungiyoyi shida masu iya yin gogayya don manyan taken.

Tambayar kyaftin

Da ficewar Bernardo Silva, Maresca dole ne ya naɗa kyaftin sabon. Ƙungiyar jagoranci a halin yanzu ta ƙunshi Ruben Dias, Erling Haaland, da Rodri — wanda makomar sa ta kasance a bayyane bayan Barcelona ta gaza da ƙoƙarinsu na £38.5 miliyan. Maresca yana son ɗan wasan da aka horar a gida ya kasance cikin wannan kwamitin.

Yana da doka mai ban dariya: City idan ta ci ƙwallo, dole kyaftin ya zo a gefen filin don karɓar umarni maimakon yin murna — sai dai idan kyaftinsa ne ya ci ƙwallon. Da Haaland yana cikin masu takarar kyaftanci, Maresca ya yi barkwanci yana cewa hakan na iya zama matsala.

"Idan Erling ne kyaftin, muna da matsala," ya yi dariya. "A game da Rodri, mu jira mu gani."

Da Community Shield da Arsenal ke gabatowa, Maresca yana fuskantar mafi girman yanke shawarar aikinsa na horar da ƴan wasan har yanzu — ba tare da ya nuna wata alama ta duwawa ƙarƙashin nauyinsa ba.