Manajan Chelsea, Xabi Alonso, ya yaba dan wasa ɗinsa Joao Pedro ta hanyar kwatanta biyu masu ban mamaki — yana kama shi da babban Karim Benzema kuma yana sanya shi a matakin da Erling Haaland yake, kafin wasansu na Premier League da Hull a Stamford Bridge ranar Asabar.

Wannan yabo ya zo ranar da aka zabi Joao Pedro a matsayin dan wasan watan Agusta a Premier League, bayan da ya ci kwallaye biyu kuma ya ba da taimako biyu a wasannin farko uku na Chelsea a kakar wasannin.

Da aka tambaye shi kai tsaye ko yana sanya Joao Pedro a matakin Haaland, Alonso bai yi jinkiri ba. "Idan ka kidaya mafi kyawun 'yan wasa masu ci kwallaye a Premier League, na tabbata Joao yana can. Haka nake ƙimarta shi," in ji shi a taron 'yan jarida.

Tasirin Benzema

Alonso, wanda ya taka leda tare da Karim Benzema a Real Madrid — inda Benzema ya ci kwallaye 354 a wasanni 658 — ya ce ɗan wasan mai shekara 24 yana da yawancin halaye ɗaya da suka sa tsohon abokin wasansa ya zama haɗari.

"A abubuwa da yawa, yana tunatar da ni Benzema," Alonso ya ce. "Domin yana da ƙwarewa a cikin akwatin, yana da ƙwarewa wajen akwatin, yana da ƙwarewa yana zuwa daga hannun hagu, kuma yana da ƙwarewa da kai. Yana cika sosai kuma yana da hankali."

Alonso ya rage ɗan fasalin tare da tunatar da cewa ɗan wasan yana da damar girma. "Yana da ƙuruciya tukuna. Yana da abubuwa da zai ci gaba da koyo. Amma yana da halaye da yawa, da yawa waɗanda suka fi kowanne," ya ƙara da cewa.

Joao Pedro ya ci kwallaye 20 a wasanni 50 a Chelsea a kakar da ta gabata. Bayan lissafin, manajansa ya yabi halinsa. "Ya kasance a mafi girman mataki. Ba wasanni kawai ba, har da ɗabi'a. Girman kansa, sha'awarsa," Alonso ya ce.

Kirawo zuwa Brazil da wata tunawa mai ciwo

Ƙwazon Joao Pedro ya sa aka sake kiransa zuwa ƙungiyar Brazil wannan mako, bayan da Carlo Ancelotti ya yi watsi da shi a zaɓen Kofin Duniya. Alonso ya yarda cewa ficewa ta cuce shi, amma ya ce yanzu ana mai da hankali wurin dabam gaba daya. "Ya cuce shi. Amma hakan ya wuce. Yanzu muna magana kan wasu abubuwa, kamar abin da yake yi da kyau da kuma abin da zai iya ingantawa," in ji shi.

Uku na gaba da ke cika juna

Joao Pedro yana cikin uku mai haɗarin kai hari tare da Cole Palmer da sabuwar siyan bazara Morgan Rogers, wanda ya shiga Chelsea da fam miliyan 117. Tsakaninsu, 'yan wasa uku sun haɗu da kwallaye shida da taimako huɗu a cikin wasanni uku kawai na Premier League.

"Muna kama sosai a yadda muke tunani," Joao Pedro ya gaya wa Sky Sports. "Amma kuma muna da bambance-bambance da yawa a matsayinmu na 'yan wasa, don haka ina tsammanin mun cika juna."

Dan wasan haifaffen Brazil ya bayyana rawar da kowane dan wasa ke takawa a cikin ƙungiyar. "Ni ne kamar tara; ina riƙe da kwallo fiye. Cole ya fi kama goma, kuma Morgan yana ɗaukar kwallo kuma yana yin dabara fiye," in ji shi. "A gare ni, yana da kyau sosai idan ka duba baya ka ga biyu masu lambar goma kamar Cole da Morgan."