Elliot Anderson bai yi jinkiri ba wajen nuna kansa a Manchester City, inda ya ayyana sabuwar kulob dinsa a matsayin "sarakunan Manchester" — a wani zargi kai tsaye zuwa ga abokan hamayyarsu Manchester United — kwanaki kadan bayan kammala canjin wuri na fam miliyan 116 daga Nottingham Forest.

Dan wasan tsakiya na England ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragin shekara biyar a Etihad Stadium, tare da zabin kara wata 12 kari. An amince da cinikin a farkon wannan wata amma an kammala shi a hukumance a wannan mako bayan dawowar Anderson daga Gasar Duniya ta FIFA, inda ya taimaka Three Lions samun matsayi na uku.

Kulob da aka gina don lashe kofuna

Anderson bai boye niyyarsa ba, yana bayyana kansa a matsayin wanda yake "matukar farin cikin" shiga "daya daga cikin manyan kulob a duniya." Dan wasa mai shekaru 23 ya jaddada cewa sha'awar kofuna — ba tunani na zuciya ba — shine ya jagorance shawarar sa.

"Ba zan iya jiran buga wa wannan kulob ba," Anderson ya ce. "Kulob ce da aka gina don lashe kofuna da kuma fafatawa a matakin koli na wasan. Wannan yana da ban sha'awa ga kowane dan wasan kwallon kafa."

"Ina ganin sun kasance masu nasara, ba sa gajiya, kuma hakan shine irin tawagar da nake son zama wani bangare na ita. A cikin shekaru 10, 12 da suka wuce, sun yi mulki, saboda haka ne nake son shiga."

Derby a gabansu

Anderson yana ta jiran wasan derby na Manchester, inda City za su fuskanci Manchester United a Old Trafford a ranar 13 ga Satumba — wasan da za a watsa kai tsaye a Sky Sports. Muhimmin abu shi ne cewa Manchester United suka yi niyya su kama Anderson a farkon wannan lokacin rani kafin ya zabi makwabtansu a maimakon haka.

"Yana daya daga cikin mafi girman wasan derby a duniya kuma tun da na san Manchester, City sun kasance sarakunan Manchester," ya ce. "Zai zama wasan mai ban sha'awa, kuma ba zan iya jiran kasancewa cikin wani abu irin wannan ba."

Daga Tyneside zuwa Etihad

Anderson ya fito daga makarantar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Newcastle United, ya buga wasanni 55 tare da tawagar farko ta kulob da ya tsiro a cikinta. Lokacin aro wanda ya yi a farkon aikinsa a Bristol Rovers ya kawo masa suna kuma ya ba shi lakabin 'Geordie Maradona'.

Ya shiga Nottingham Forest shekaru biyu da suka wuce kan yarjejeniya ta fam miliyan 35, ya buga sau 92 don Reds kuma ya tabbatar da kansa a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kuzarin 'yan wasan tsakiya a gasar. Wasanninsa kuma sun jawo hankalin kocin England Thomas Tuchel, wanda ya ba shi fifikonsa na farko na kasa da kasa a kaka da ta gabata — wani kirari da Anderson ya haddasa da sauri ta hanyar zama wani muhimmin shafi a cikin tawagar.

"Ina da shekaru 23 kawai, don haka ina da lokaci mai yawa don isa matakin da na fi iyawa," ya kara da cewa. "Tabbas ban isa ba tukuna kuma akwai ƙari da zai zo daga gare ni. Ina ganin ina kawo kadan na komai — inganci, ƙarfin jiki, kuzari. Ina so in yi imani cewa zan faranta wa magoya baya rai, in motsa su daga wuraren zamansu kuma in kawo kuzari ga tawagar."