Mako na farko na Xabi Alonso a matsayin babban koci na Chelsea ya jawo kwatancen ta hanyar aiki da Mauricio Pochettino fiye da tsohon koci Enzo Maresca — inda mai shekara 44 ya sa shirye-shiryen jiki a tsakiya na aikinsa na farko.

Wannan fifiko da gangan ne. Chelsea ta rasa gudu ga abokan hamayya a kusan dukkan wasanninsu na Premier League a kakar da ta wuce, kuma Alonso ya magance wannan matsalar tun daga ranar farko a Cobham.

Sakon Alonso zuwa 'yan wasa

A hirarsa ta farko a cikin kulob, Alonso ya yi magana game da "ruhi, manufa da kyakkyawar kuzari" a matsayin ginshiƙan salon koyarwarsa. Ya yabi tsakiyar 'yan wasarsa amma ya kasance a bayyane: Chelsea dole ne ta yi aiki da kyau a filin horarwa kuma a kasuwar canja wuri don dawo da gasar Turai.

Maganarsa tana da nauyi idan aka yi la'akari da cewa Chelsea ta ƙare a matsayi na 10 a Premier League a kakar da ta wuce, ta rasa manajoji biyu na dindindin kafin wani manajon riko ya karɓi ragamar wasanni shida na ƙarshe.

Yana Spain kafin horarwa ta fara, Alonso ya yi magana da Marc Cucurella kafin tafiyarsa zuwa Real Madrid, ya kira Enzo Fernandez don tattauna makomar sa, kuma ya tuntuɓi makasudan canja wuri da suka haɗa da sabon bek Marco Palestra. A taron manema labarai na farko a Stamford Bridge a ranar Litinin, ya tabbatar da yana son Fernandez ya kasance a kulob.

Matasa sun kama damarsu

Wasu matasa 'yan wasa da yawa sun yi fice a zaman horarwa na farko, ciki har da 'yan tsakiya Reggie Walsh da Landon Emenalo, ɗan waje Ryan Kavuma-McQueen, da mai tsaro Calvin Diakite. Sabbin 'yan kwangila Emmanuel Emegha, Geovany Quenda, da Dastan Satpaev — wanda ya sami izini na musamman daga Kairat don yin horo kafin shiga a hukumance a ranar haihuwansa ta 18 a watan Agusta — su ma sun halarci. Tsohuwar lamuni Nicolas Jackson da Aaron Anselmino ana kimanta su ma.

Bleep test na ranar Litinin ya ba da alamar farko: Walsh, wanda jikinsa ya inganta sosai, ya zo na farko. Cole Palmer ya zo na biyu bayan kakar da ta cika da raunuka, yayin da ɗan wasan matashi Estevao Willian ya zo na uku.