Alex Scott ya ƙi sabuwar kwantir a Bournemouth, kuma manyan kulubban Premier League suna tsaye da idanunsu a kansa. Anyi rahoton cewa Arsenal, Chelsea, da Manchester United duka suna sa ido kan dan wasan tsakiya mai shekara 22, wanda wasanninsa a kakar da ta gabata sun tabbatar da shi a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi cikakken 'yan wasan tsakiya a rawa.

Kullum yana wurin da kira ta

Mafi bayyanar shaidar ƙwarewar Scott ta zo ne a cikin sakamakon fitaccen Bournemouth na kakar 2025/26. A cikin wasanni bakwai da kulob din gabar teku ya ɗauki maki daga Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, da Chelsea, Scott kusan ba ya rasa — ya buga minti 625 na 630 masu yiwuwa.

Manaja Andoni Iraola yana ɗaukarsa a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi amintattar 'yan wasansa, kuma a ƙarshen kakar ya bayyana Scott a matsayin mai wasan tsakiya "cikakke sosai." Pep Guardiola ya kai ga kamanceceniya kafin haka, yana kiransa "dan wasa na ban mamaki" tun 2023.

Daga Guernsey zuwa Premier League

Tafiyar Scott zuwa matakin koli wata al'ajabi ce. Bristol City sun dauke shi daga ƙwallon da ba na kwararru ba na Guernsey, karkashin kulawar daraktan zaɓen matasa na lokacin, Brian Tinnion. Sa'da Nigel Pearson ya ba Scott fafatawa ta farko a Championship, ya tuna da zuwan wani saurayi "mai kamala bayyanar muni" da ƙwarewar "ban mamaki" — kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya annabta cewa Scott zai wakilci Ingila wata rana.

Jack Grealish da Guardiola duka sun burge da Scott sa'ad da yake dan shekara 19 ya buga wa Manchester City a FA Cup yana wakiltar Bristol City. Grealish ya wallafa a kafofin sada zumunta: "Top, top talent." Laƙabin 'Guernsey Grealish' ya samu masu kulawa.

Scott ya yi wa Championship da iko, yana fara wasanni 35 a 2021/22 sannan 40 a 2022/23, kafin canja wurin fam miliyan 25 zuwa Bournemouth ya buƙaci wani mataki na jiki. Rauni ya hana shi a kayarsa biyu na farko a Vitality Stadium, amma haɓakar jikinsa a tsawon shekaru uku da suka gabata ta kasance bayyane.

Mai cin fafatawa da ɗaukar ƙwallon

A kakar da ta gabata, Scott a ƙarshe ya zama ɗan wasa na dindindin a Bournemouth, bai rasa wasa ɗaya kawai a duk faɗin kakar ba. Kason nasararsa a fafatawar ƙasa ya tashi daga kashi 47 a cikin kakar farko ta Premier League zuwa kashi 56 — ya zarce Elliot Anderson, Bruno Guimaraes, da Martin Zubimendi. Kason nasararsa na sama ya bi wannan hawan, yana tashi daga kashi 44 zuwa kashi 54.

Pearson ya gaya wa Sky Sports: "Ya cika jiki sosai kuma ya balaga a matsayin ɗan wasa." Tsakanin 'yan wasan tsakiya, Anderson da Andre na Wolves ne kawai suka ɗauki ƙwallon sau da yawa fiye da Scott a kakar da ta gabata, kuma Scott ya shigo cikin manyan 10 mafi yawan yankewa da cin fafatawa.

Lambobin ɗaukar ƙwallon sa sun ƙarfafa wannan hoton. Scott ya yi gudu 431 na ɗaukar ƙwallo — tasikar takwas mafi yawa a tsakanin 'yan wasan tsakiya na Premier League — kimanin rabi an rarraba su a matsayin na ci gaba ta Opta. Ya kuma yi mafi gudu na shida na tallafi na duk 'yan wasa a rawa da kuma mafi gudu na uku mai gudu da sauri, yana rufewa kilomita 27.6 da sauri a duk kakar.

Kwallonsa a watan Afrilu akan Arsenal a Emirates Stadium ta nuna wannan ƙarfinsa sosai: bayan ya karanta wasan ya gane wurin gudu, Scott ya tsere ta tsakiyar fili don karɓar fiɗar Evanilson daga wucewa ta David Brooks kafin ya doke David Raya. Iraola ya yaba wa fahimtarsa da motsinsa bayan wasan.

Har yanzu akwai damar girma

Iya wasa a matsayi daban-daban yana ƙara damar Scott. Iraola ya yi amfani da shi a matsayin shida, takwas, da goma a kakar, har ma ya yi amfani da shi a matsayin ɗan wasan gefenin a Bristol City. Aftarsa 89 a Premier League a tsawon kakarori uku suna tabbatar da shirye-shiryensa a matakin koli — amma yana ɗan shekara 22 ne kawai, akwai damar ci gaba da yawa.

Mafi bayyana yankin da ake buƙatar ingantawa shi ne gudummawarsa gaban gol. Scott ya ba da gudummawa kwallaye huɗu da taimako uku kawai a waɗannan bayyanar 89. Tsohon mataimakin Bristol City, Jason Euell, ya bayyana ƙalubalen a fili ga Sky Sports: "Domin a ɗauke shi a matsayin takwas ko goma, ya buƙaci lambobi mafi kyau. Ba ya samun isasshen taimako kuma ba ya ci isasshen kwallaye."

Scott kuma bai kasance nesa da fagen kasa da kasa ba. Shi ne zakaran gasar cin kofin Turai tare da U19 da U21 na Ingila, ya lashe a 2022 da 2025, kuma ya samu gayyata daga Thomas Tuchel don shiga sansanin horon Ingila kafin Kofin Duniya a watan Yuni. Kiran farko na tawagar manyan na iya zama kusa.

Ko kulub ɗinsa na gaba shi ne Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, ko wani da bai fito a bainar jama'a ba, shaidu daga kakar da ta gabata suna nuna cewa Scott yana shirye don yin gogayya a mafi ɗaukacin mataki na wasan.