Sabon babi ya fara a Stamford Bridge. Da Xabi Alonso ya karbi mulkin a matsayin manaja kuma bayan wata mai cike da manyan canje-canje, Chelsea na shiga kakar wasa ta 2026-27 ta Premier League da farin ciki da rashin tabbas daidai gwargwado.
Tambayar Enzo Fernandez
Makomar Enzo Fernandez ita ce batun da ke damun kulob din fi duk wani abu. Mai rahoto na Sky Sports News James Savundra ya bayyana cewa lokacin da ya yi hira da Alonso a mako na biyu na mulkinsa, sabon manajan ya yaba wa 'yan wasa kamar Reece James da Cole Palmer matuka — amma ya nuna takaici na musamman game da Fernandez, yana ba da amsoshi gajeru waɗanda ba su fada komai a sarari.
Dangane da Savundra, Fernandez har yanzu yana da shekaru shida a kan kwantiraginsa amma yana neman albashi mafi girma na asali, yayin da Manchester City suka danganta da canja wuri mai yuwuwar kai £120 miliyan. Lokacin da ranar karshe ta canja wuri ta wuce Juma'a ba tare da an aike da wani tayin ba, majiyoyin kulob din sun ce suna sa ran Fernandez zai ci gaba har karshen kakar — kodayake hakan bai kai alkawari mai ƙarfi ba. Kulob din yana son gujewa halin da zai mamaye taron manema labarai na farko na Alonso. Duk da haka, Savundra yana da tabbacin cewa Fernandez zai kasance ginshiƙi ga tsare-tsaren Alonso idan ya zauna.
Rogers, Palmer, da uku na gaba
Isowar Morgan Rogers da £117 miliyan ta haifar da matukar sha'awa, musamman dangane da abokin aiki na yuwuwarsa tare da Cole Palmer. Mai rubutun wasanni na Sky Sports David Richardson ya bayyana cewa a pre-season, Rogers ya buga daga hagu na uku na gaba tare da Joao Pedro a tsakiya da Palmer daga dama — duka Rogers da Palmer suna aiki a matsayin 'yan baya na cikin gida maimakon masu tsefe na al'ada.
Richardson ya kasance mai tabbaci a cikin kimantawarsa: wannan uku na gaba yana gasar kowane uku a cikin Premier League. Joao Pedro ya yi wasa mai kyau musamman, ya zira kwallaye 7 a cikin wasanni 5 na kafin kakar wasa. Rogers da Joao Pedro sun nuna mafi kyau na farko, yayin da Palmer — wanda ya yi hutu bayan ya rasa Kofin Duniya kuma a ƙarshe ya warke daga raunuka da suka dakatar da kakarsa ta ƙarshe — ana sa ran zai dawo da irin wasan da ya yi a kakarsa ta farko ta ban mamaki a Chelsea.
Tsarin dabara yana ɗaukar sura
Tsarin da Alonso ya fi so har yanzu yana batun muhawara. Richardson ya bayyana cewa Chelsea sun yi amfani da tsaron huɗu a wasanni uku na farko na pre-season kafin su koma tsaron uku a wasanni uku na ƙarshe, lokacin da ɗan wasa mafi yawa masu gogewa suka samu. A rabin farko akan Real Sociedad, tsaron uku ya ruguje ƙasa sosai yana kama da tsaron biyar, tare da Marco Palestra da Pedro Neto a matsayin wing-backs suna fama da tura tawagar gaba. Rabin na biyu ya kasance mafi kyau sosai: Chelsea sun buga sama, sun mallaki ƙwallo kuma sun matsa da ƙwazo mafi girma.
Henderson, Welbeck, da canji a cikin falsafa
Savundra ya nuna cewa tattaunawar Jordan Henderson da Danny Welbeck shaida ce ta canjin da aka yi niyya a cikin dabarun canja wuri. Matsalolin ladabi da suka ci gaba — katin rawaya da yawa da bai kamata ba a ƙarƙashin manajan da suka gabata — da rashin shugabanci a cikin ƙungiyar matasa ya sa Alonso da kulob din su nemi gogewa. Henderson da Welbeck, tare da sabuwar ma'aikata Maxence Lacroix, 26, da Pep Chavarria, 28, sun wakilci abin da Savundra ya kwatanta a matsayin a fili yarda da kuskuren siyan 'yan wasa a baya da fara sabon babi.
Yaya nasara take ganowa a wannan kakar wasa?
Savundra ya ba da shawara cewa kulob ɗin Chelsea yana ganin wannan aikin a tsawon lokaci maimakon gurin kakar wasa ɗaya, kuma matsayin Alonso ba zai dogara kawai a kan ko kulob ɗin ya samu damar UEFA Champions League a wannan kakar ba. Ci gaba da ake iya gani a filin wasa da al'adun da ake gina a bayan fage za su yi muhimmanci kamar sakamakon wasanni.
Duk da haka, da £117 miliyan da aka kashe akan Rogers kaɗai, burin a sarari ya wuce ƙarewa a tsakiyar tebur. Samun cancanta don UEFA Champions League da tafiya mai zurfi a cikin FA Cup ko Carabao Cup suna bayyana a matsayin manufa na zahiri — kuma tare da Liverpool suna cikin rikici da Manchester United har yanzu suna daidaitawa ga kakarsu ta farko cikakken ƙarƙashin Michael Carrick, filin wasa ya bayyana a bude fiye da yadda yake a shekara da yawa.
