Morgan Rogers bai yi jinkiri wajen ambaton abokansa mai kusa Cole Palmer lokacin da ya sanya hannu a Chelsea daga Aston Villa da £117 miliyan ba. Dukansu sun yi magana a bayyane game da burinsu na raba filin wasa tare, kuma Rogers ya bayyana cewa sanya rigar Chelsea tare da Palmer yana cikin manyan abubuwan da ya fi sha'awar yi a aiki.

"Mun kasance muna magana game da wannan tsawon lokaci — cewa za mu so koyaushe mu buga wasa tare," in ji Rogers. "Bai daina yi min kira ba, aiko mini saƙo, kuma ba zan iya jira ba. Wannan ita ce mafi musamman, buga wasa da ɗaya daga abokanka mafi kusa da kasancewa tare da shi kowace rana."

Tambayar da ke tattare da sabon manajan Chelsea Xabi Alonso yanzu ita ce ko zai iya ƙirƙira tsarin da zai fitar da mafi kyau daga 'yan wasan tsakiya biyu na harin da ke aiki a wurare masu kama-da-wane sosai.

Salon wasan Rogers

Ƙetare Rogers zuwa wani matsayi guda ɗaya ba abu ne mai sauki ba. A ƙarƙashin Unai Emery a Aston Villa, ya zama mahimmin ɗan wasa a nasarorin kwanan nan na kulob din, yana buga wasa galibi a hagu na 4-2-3-1 — yana shiga ciki daga gefen filin kuma yana barin baya-hagu ya kula da fadi.

Daga wannan hanyar ta ciki-hagu, Rogers yakan lulluba ƙwallon zuwa ginshiƙi na nesa da ƙafar damansa mai ƙarfi, tare da mallakar basira ta karkatar da harbi zuwa ginshiƙi na kusa a ƙarshen lokaci. Yayin rashin ƙwallo, Emery ya yi amfani da shi a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya na hagu a cikin tsari na 4-4-2, ko da yake Rogers yana da ikon matsa lamba a cikin biyu na gaba tare da dan gaba na gargajiya.

Ƙarfin jikinsa sifa ce ta musamman — yana shiga gudu da kai tsaye a cikin hare-hare tare da ƙwallo da ba tare da ita ba. Sauƙaƙawar matsayinsa, a duka gefen biyu har zuwa matsayin dan gaba na tsakiya, yana sa shi zabi mai canjin yanayi da wuya ga kowane manaja.

Yadda Rogers ya dace da tsarin Alonso

Falsafar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Alonso an gina ta ne akan sarrafa mallaka da gina hare-hare daga zurfin filin abokin gaba. Wannan ya bambanta sosai da yanayin da ke dogara da kai hari na komawa da amfani da sarari wanda Emery ya kirkira a Villa — mahallin da Rogers ya yi nasara gaskiya.

Duk da haka, yanayin dabarar Premier League ya canza. Matsin lamba na mutum-da-mutum a ɓangaren sama na filin ya zama na yau da kullum, yana ɗaukaka darajan 'yan wasa masu iya karɓar dogon wucewa, ɗaukar ƙwallo tare da babban tazara, da rinjayi masu tsaron a faɗace-faɗace na ɗaiɗai. Rogers na fice a waɗancan fannonin uku.

Alonso kansa ya yarda da buƙatar dacewa bayan Bayer Leverkusen ta yi asarar karshe na UEFA Europa League 2024 da Atalanta, waɗanda suka matsa lamba mai tsanani a tsarin mutum-da-mutum a duk faɗin wasan. "Watakila mun yi ƙoƙari wajen yin wucewar da yawa sosai a matakin farko, lokacin da daga yakamata mu jawo ɗan wasa na farko sannan mu yi wucewar mai nisa," in ji manajan.

Rogers yana ba Alonso amsa ta shirye ga wannan matsala — ɗan wasa mai iya karɓar dogon wucewar, riƙe ƙwallo a ƙarƙashin matsi, da ƙirƙira haɗari a ƙananan sarari.

Yadda Rogers da Palmer za su iya zama tare

Mabuɗin fahimtar yadda Rogers da Palmer za su yi nasara tare yana cikin tsarin kai hari da Alonso ke fifita. Ko Chelsea na kare da huɗu ko biyar a baya, ana sa ran ƙungiyar za ta motsa zuwa tsari na 3-2-2-3 ko 3-2-5 yayin mallaka.

Mafi kyawun lokutan Rogers a Villa ya zo ne daga hanyar ciki-hagu — daidai yankin da ake tsammani Alonso zai sa shi lokacin da Chelsea ke mallaka ƙwallo. Palmer, a nasu ɓangare, yakan ja zuwa hanyar ciki-dama ta halitta. Da aka zaɓa su a waɗannan matsayin masu cika juna, biyu na iya aiki a matsayin lambobi goma biyu a bayan dan gaba kamar Joao Pedro.

Wasan haɗin Rogers, ingancin wucewa ta tsakiya, da ikonsa na bugawa daga gefen yankin ladabtarwa suna mai shi abokin tarayya na kyau ga Palmer a kan tsaron da aka tsara. Ƙarfin jikinsa kuma yana dacewa da ƙa'idodin matsin lamba na Rogers — manajan yana buƙatar 'yan wasa su kasance a wurin da ya dace don dawo da ƙwallo nan take bayan sun rasa ta.

Haɗin ɗan wasan biyu yana da zurfi. Sun lashe FA Youth Cup tare a Manchester City a 2020, suna gina fahimtar juna da yawancin sabon haɗin gwiwa ke ɗaukar lokaci da yawa don gina shi. Har yanzu tambaya ce ko wannan suɗi za ta fassara kai tsaye zuwa nasara a Premier League a ƙarƙashin Alonso — amma ginshiƙin yana da ƙarfin sha'awa.