Mauricio Pochettino ya bayyana sha'awarsa na kawo komawa Premier League da zarar aikinsa na yanzu da ƙungiyar ƙasar maza ta Amurka ya ƙare — amma ya jaddada cewa hankalinsa na yanzu ya kasance akan aikin da ke gabansa.

Yana magana a keɓe da Sky Sports News, ɗan Argentina ya bayyana cewa, duk da sanya hannu kan sabon kwantiragin shekaru huɗu da Amurka watan da ya gabata, buri dinsa na dogon lokaci ya kasance ƙarƙashin tunanin kwallon ƙafa ta Ingila.

"Mafarkin da nake yi yanzu shi ne kasancewa tare da Amurka shekaru huɗu, amma bayan haka, me zai hana?" ya ce. "Komawa gida kullum burina ne — cin Premier League, kasancewa a Premier League da gina shirin da yiwuwar cin nasara."

Darussa daga gasar cin kofin duniya

Pochettino ya jagoranci Amurka zuwa zagaye na 16 na FIFA World Cup 2026, inda tafiyar ƙasar mai masaukin baki ta ƙare a hannun Belgium. Maimakon yin baƙin ciki kan fita, ya zaɓi yin tunani akan abin da yake koyarwa shi da ma'aikatansa na horo, ciki har da mataimakinsa na tsawon lokaci Jesus Perez.

"Mun fi kyau a matsayinmu na masu horo yanzu," ya ce, yana nanata cewa gasar ta ƙara ƙarfafa sha'awarsa ta ci gaba da bunƙasa. "Duk abu dole ya zama cikakke," ya ƙara da haka, yana nuni ga wahalar shirya ƙungiyar 'yan wasa da ke yin ƙarancin lokaci tare fiye da kowace ƙungiyar kulob.

Gasar ba ta kasance ba tare da cece-ku-ce ba. Lamarin dakatar da Folarin Balogun na ɗan lokaci — da sokewa daga baya — ya yi barazanar rufe labarin wasa da Belgium. Pochettino ya amince da fushi da lamarin ya haifar amma ya ce hanyarsa ta kasance mai sauƙi: "Idan ka kula da hayaniya, za ka zama mahaukaci." Sa'ad da tabbaci ya isa yini guda kafin wasan cewa Balogun yana da 'yancin buga wasa, ya bayyana yanke shawara ta shigar da shi a wasan a matsayin bayyananne.

Balogun, Spurs, da Chelsea

Balogun tun daga lokacin ya kasance cikin labarai saboda dalilai daban-daban — canjin da aka shirya daga Monaco zuwa Everton ya ruguje ranar ƙarshe ta kasuwar 'yan wasa. Pochettino ya ce bai yi magana da dan wasan gaba ba tukuna, yana ba shi sarari da gangan bayan abin da ya kwatanta da yanayi mai wahala. Ya ƙara da cewa da joy ganin Balogun yana buga wasa a Premier League.

Dangane da tsohon kulob dinsa Tottenham Hotspur, an tambaye Pochettino ko an taɓa tattauna dawowarsa ga arewacin London da muhimmanci. "Mutane suna magana kuma wataƙila mun sami wasu kusanci, amma ba ya kusan gaskiya ba," ya ce. Ya taɓa maganar son komawa Spurs wata rana, kuma ya nanata cewa wannan ƙofa ta kasance a buɗe a ka'ida — sai dai ba a wannan lokacin ba.

Ya kasance daidai gwargwado kan dabarar ta yanzu ta Tottenham ta ɗaukar 'yan wasa da suka saba da Premier League bayan kakar wasa biyu na wahala. "Kullum nana fatan alheri ga Tottenham saboda tana cikin zuciyata," ya ce, amma ya ƙara da cewa: "Ba a san ba — muna bukatar lokaci don ganin ko hakan yana aiki ko ba haka ba."

Yana juya ga Chelsea, inda ya yi aiki shekaru biyu da suka wuce, Pochettino ya lura da juyawar kulob ɗin a ƙarƙashin Xabi Alonso zuwa 'yan wasa masu tabbatar da iyawa a matakin koli. Yana ganin kamanceceniya da dabarar Tottenham kuma ya yi imani cewa siyan 'yan wasa na wannan matakin yana nufin "za ka iya sa ran faɗa, zama mai ƙalubalantawa ga Premier League." Ya nemi haƙuri tare da Alonso bayan Chelsea ya sha kashi daga Arsenal a farkon kakar wasa: "Muna bukatar ba Xabi lokaci a kakarsa ta farko bayan wasanni uku na Premier League."

Arsenal a matsayin jagora

Sa'ad da aka tambaye shi game da tseren kambun Premier League, Pochettino bai bar wata shakka ba a kimantawarsa na Arsenal da manajinsu.

"Mikel [Arteta] shine mafi kyawun koci a Premier League a yau," ya ce. "Da sanin abin da ya kamata ya yi, zai zama da wahala a doke su."

Dangane da Pochettino kansa, sha'awar a bayyane ba ta ragewa. Idan ya kammala kwantiraginsa da Amurka zuwa 2030, zai kasance nesa da kwallon ƙafa ta kulob tsawon shekaru shida — amma bai shirya rubuta ƙoƙarin ƙarshe na Ingila tukuna ba.

"Ina son kwallon ƙafa a nan," ya ce. "Samu damar sake shi ɗaya daga cikin burina, kuma ina fata hakan zai faru."