Ziyarar horar da yanayi mai dumi ta Tottenham Hotspur a Marbella satin da ta gabata ta sa tsohon manaja Tony Pulis ya yi tunani a kan hanyoyinsa nasa na gina haɗin kai a cikin ƙungiya — hanyoyin da suka bambanta sosai da wuraren hutu masu zafi na wasan zamani.

Wani lokaci na haɗin kai

Pulis ya yi imani cewa manufar tafiyar da 'yan wasa zuwa wani yanayi sabon wuri har yanzu tana da ma'ana. A matsayinsa na manaja na Stoke, ya kasance yana tafiyar da ƙungiyarsa zuwa Austria kafin lokacin wasa akai-akai, yana amfani da waɗannan tafiye-tafiye don gwada ƙarfi na jiki, kallo ɗabi'ar 'yan wasa, da gina haɗin gwiwa da ya ga yana da mahimmanci don tsira daga mawuyacin farkon yakin neman zaɓe na Premier League.

Ya rubuta yana cewa: "Na kasance ina imani da gina haɗin kai kamar iyali a cikin ɗakin canza tufafi," yana mai nuni da cewa ganin 'yan wasa suna ƙulla dangantaka yayin horar da kuma a lokacin cin abinci ya ba shi fahimta game da kowane mutum — ƙarfinsa, rauni, da halinta — a filin wasa da wajen filin wasa.

Yana goyan bayan gabaɗaya abin da manaja na Tottenham Roberto de Zerbi yake yi. Da sabbin 'yan wasa da yawa da suka isa wannan lokacin rani, wasu a ƙarshen taga ƙaura, Pulis ya ce lokacin zama tare a wani muhalli mai annashuwa amma mai buƙata shine daidai abin da De Zerbi yake buƙata don fahimtar ƙungiyarsa da kuma dasa ka'idodinsa na dabarun wasa.

Giya, yashi, da gadaje a Blackpool

Bambancin da kwanakinsa na wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, duk da haka, ba zai iya zama mafi girma ba. A matsayinsa na ɗan wasa matashi a cikin shekarun 1970, shirye-shiryen kafin lokacin wasa ga Pulis ya ƙunshi kwana uku a Blackpool — zama a gidan masaukin baki, raba gadaje, gudu a bakin teku kowace safiya, da wasan bakwai a kowace gefen a filin wasa na gida wanda ya fara buƙatar tsabtatawa.

Dare suna da 'yanci, 'yan wasa ana ba su izini fita don sha kwalabe kaɗan na giya ba tare da dokar dawowar da aka tsara ba — muddin suna ƙasa kuma suna shirye don bakin teku da ƙarfe 8 na safe. Haka shi ne abin da 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Biritaniya suka kira zaman haɗin kai. Babbar al'adar sha ta ratsa wasan a cikin shekarun 1970 da 1980, daga ƙananan gasar zuwa manyan kulob-kulob — Liverpool, Manchester United, da Arsenal a cikinsu — waɗanda suka mamaye ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila da Turai.

Sansanonin soja da gundumomi ƙarƙashin ruwa

A matsayinsa na matashi a matsayin manaja, Pulis ya tura iyakokin gina ƙungiya zuwa gaba tukuna, yana tafiyar da ƙungiyoyi zuwa sansanonin soji masu buƙatu mai tsanani ta jiki da ta tunani. Wata tafiya ta kai Stoke Exmouth, inda 'yan wasa suka kammala zagaye-zagayen ƙetare-ƙasa a cikin sanyin da ake zuba ruwa mai ɗaurin jini, ciki har da hawa da iyo a cikin wani tanago mai duhu ƙarƙashin ruwa — ƙalubalen da Pulis ya yi tare da ƙungiyarsa.

La'asar a sansanin an sadaukar da su don ayyukan haɗin kai a ciki: ƙungiyoyin suna da mintoci 20 kusan don ketare wani yanki ta amfani da ganga da allunan itace ba tare da taɓa ƙasa ba. Da dare, 'yan wasa suna kwana a gadon bene da filla ta filastik a kan matattara da kumfa ɗaya mara kauri. Tsaurara, Pulis ya yarda — amma kowa ya shiga cikinta da ɗaurin rai.

Alfarmar tsaunuka — da Real Madrid

Da sana'arsa ta ci gaba da kasafin kuɗi ya ƙaruwa, Pulis ya gano Irdning, ƙaramin gari na tsaunuka a Austria wanda ya zama wurin da yake fi so na kafin lokacin wasa ga kulob-kulob da yawa tsawon shekaru. Cibiyar ita ce gini mai shekaru 1,000 da yake kiransa "The Castle," cike da wuraren iyo, babban dakin motsa jiki, sauna, ɗakunan tururi, wurin kwanciyar hankali, da filin golf.

Wurin ya jan sunaye masu daraja: Real Madrid sun kasance suna amfani da wannan otal akai-akai har a shekara ta 2007, kulob din Mutanen Espanya ya amince da buga wasa na abokantaka da Stoke saboda kulob-kulob biyu sun yi ajiyar wurin lokaci ɗaya.

Wayoyi, shaguna, da abin da 'yan wasa suka rasa

Pulis yana nuna bacin rai na musamman game da wayoyin hannu, wanda yake ganin su a matsayin babban cikas na zamani ga haɗin gaskiya tsakanin 'yan wasa. Yana tunawa da "hauka" bayan shigar ɗakin cin abinci ya gano 'yan wasa suna duba allon allo maimakon yin magana da juna — wani yanayi da yake ganin yana rushe haɗin kai ɗaya da tafiye-tafiyar kafin lokacin wasa aka ce za su ƙirƙira.

Al'adar sha ta shekarun da suka gabata ta dace ta ɓace, ya amince, amma yanzu manajoji dole su yi ƙoƙari sosai don nemo hanyoyi mabambanta na haɗa 'yan wasa a zamanin rikicewar dijital na kullum. Duk da rashin abubuwa da yawa a zahiri a matsayinsa na ɗan wasa matashi, Pulis ya yi tunani cewa zamaninsa yana da wani abu mara kima — labarai, abota, da kusancin ɗakin canza tufafi wanda ya gwada sake ƙirƙirarsa a duk tsawon aikinsa na koyarwa.