Dan wasan tsakiya na Tottenham Hotspur, Xavi Simons, yana amfani da lokacinsa nesa da fage don neman ilimi, bayan da ya shiga shirin Crossover Into Business na Harvard Business School yayin da yake murmurewa daga rauni mai tsanani a gwiwarsa.

Simons ya samu tsagewar ligament na gaba (ACL) a gwiwar daman sa a farkon kakar wasa ta yanzu, rauni mai tsanani wanda ya hana shi fagen wasa har zuwa karshen kakar da kuma mai yiwuwa a cikin kakar mai zuwa. Rahotanni sun nuna cewa ba zai koma gasar ba sai farkon shekara mai zuwa.

Amfani mai kyau da lokacin hutawa

Maimakon barin wannan rashin aiki ya dame shi, dan wasan tsakiya dan kasar Holland mai shekara 23 ya nemi hanyar tsari don bunƙasa kansa fiye da filin wasa. Shirin Crossover Into Business wani koyarwar nesa ne da Harvard Business School ke bayarwa, wanda aka tsara musamman don 'yan wasa ƙwararru da ke son gina ƙwarewar kasuwanci da shirya ayyukan kasuwanci na gaba.

Simons ya sanar da wannan labarai ta LinkedIn, inda ya rubuta: "I'm going back to school. During my recovery, I've been trying to use my time in the best way possible. Football is still my main focus, but I also want to keep learning and improving away from the pitch."

Shirin yana haɗa 'yan wasa ƙwararru da ɗalibai na MBA na Harvard, yana baiwa Simons damar koyo game da gudanar da kasuwanci da masana'antu daban-daban fiye da ƙwallon ƙafa. Ya ƙara da cewa: "I've always been interested in more than just football. I want to understand the business side of the game better, learn from people in different industries and keep developing as a person."

Dangantaka da Harvard da ta samo asali a farkon aikinsa

A lokacin da yake farfadowa a Amurka, Simons ya ziyarci harabar Harvard a Boston, inda ya sake haduwa da Farfesa Anita Elberse — wata dangantaka da ta fara ne a lokacin da yake a Barcelona da Paris Saint-Germain.

Ko da yake komawa filin wasa shi ne babban burinsa, yanke shawara na Simons na bin ilimin kasuwanci na hukuma a lokacin farfaduwarsa yana nuna tsari mai gangan na bunƙasa kansa wanda ya wuce aikinsa na ƙwallon ƙafa.