Monchi, daraktan wasanni wanda ake masa yabo game da sauya Sevilla zuwa ƙarfi na nahiyar Turai, ya bayyana cewa ya kusan shiga Arsenal a shekara ta 2018 — kuma yanke shawarar barin ya haifar da ɗan rikici tsakaninsa da ɗan takarar tasa na tsawon lokaci Unai Emery.

Yana magana da Mucho Deporte, tsohon mai tsaron raga da ya zama darakta ya bayyana cewa Emery ya tuntuɓe shi bayan Monchi ya yanke shawarar barin Roma, huku Arsenal ta yi sha'awar haɗa su biyun a kulob ɗin bayan tafiyar Arsene Wenger bayan shekaru 22.

Kiran waya da bai iya ƙi ba

"Da zarar na yanke shawarar barin Roma, Unai ya kira ni game da zuwa Arsenal," in ji Monchi. "Na kusan zuwa. Amma a cikin hayaniyar musayar kwangilomin da Arsenal, Pepe Castro ya kira ni. Kamar yadda ya taimaka mini tafiya Roma lokacin da na roƙe shi, ban iya cewa a'a ga wannan kiran waya ba."

Tsoma baki na Castro ya dawo da Monchi Sevilla don wani lokaci na biyu — wanda ya bayyana a matsayin "mai ƙima sosai" duk da kasancewa "shekaru huɗu masu wahala da rikitarwa."

"Ya haifar da ɗan rikici da Unai," Monchi ya yarda, "domin ya yi farin ciki sosai, ni ma haka, game da zuwa na Arsenal."

Lokacin Emery a Arsenal da bayan haka

Ba tare da Monchi a gefensa ba, Emery ya yi ƙoƙari Arsenal. Ya ƙare na biyar a kakarsa ta farko kuma ya rasa wasan ƙarshe na UEFA Europa League 4-1, kafin a kore shi a watan Nuwamba na kakarsa ta biyu. Daukar 'yan wasa a wannan lokaci ya kasance karkashin Raul Sanlehhi da Sven Mislintat.

Yanayin Arsenal ya inganta daga ƙarshe a hannun Mikel Arteta, yayin da Emery ya sake gina shaharar tasa — farko ta hanyar lashe gasar UEFA Europa League tare da Villarreal, sannan ya maimaita wannan nasara a Aston Villa, inda Monchi zai sake haɗa kai da shi a matsayin daraktan wasanni.

Yabo na Monchi ga Emery

Duk da rikicin da ya fara, Monchi ya yi magana da ƙauna game da ci gaban kocin. "Unai da na sani daga Sevilla bai yi kama da Unai da na san shi a Birmingham; shi ne Unai mai kyau sosai, domin shi ne mutum mai neman ci gaba koyaushe," ya ce.

"Yana da sha'awar zurfafawa game da ƙwallon ƙafa — yana da sha'awar binciken bidiyo, hotuna, da shirye-shiryen wasan — kuma koci ne wanda ya yi nasara kusan koyaushe."

Tare a Sevilla, Monchi da Emery sun taimaka wajen lashe taken UEFA Europa League sau uku a jere, suna gina haɗin gwiwa — da tsarin gano hazikan 'yan wasa — da kulob ɗin Turai suka yi gaggawar kwaikwaya tun daga lokacin.