Anthony Gordon na kusa kammala canja nasa na fam miliyan 69.3 zuwa Barcelona bayan ya yi gwajin lafiya a kulob ɗin Catalan, yana barin Newcastle United a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin maharan da suka fi ci gaba a Premier League a cikin shekaru uku da rabi da suka gabata.

Burin ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na England na isa saman wasan ya kasance a bayyane koyaushe. Tsohon abokin wasa a Newcastle, Matt Ritchie, ya bayyana Gordon a matsayin wanda ke "mafarkin girma" kuma yana da "girman kai mai hankali" wanda ke banbance manyan ƴan wasa. "Yin aiki da Eddie [Howe] da dukkan horar da koyarwa a Newcastle, bai iya fado a hannaye mafi kyau ba," in ji Ritchie. "Ban tsammanin mataki ko ƙwallon zai canza shi a matsayin mutum ba. Zai koyaushe kasance da wannan ƙarfin ciki, wannan tayin na kasance mafi kyau."

Dalilin da ya sa Barcelona suka fi son Gordon fiye da Rashford

Barcelona suna da zaɓi na canza aro na Marcus Rashford daga Manchester United zuwa canja dindindin da fam miliyan 26 — ƙasa da rabin kuɗin Gordon. Duk da haka, zakaran La Liga sun ba da fifiko ga ɗan wasan Newcastle wanda ya fi Rashford ƙanƙanta da shekaru uku, yana ba da sassauci iri ɗaya a hagu da cikin tsakiya, kuma yana karɓar ƙananan albashi.

Manajan Barcelona, Hansi Flick, ya daɗe yana sha'awar salon Gordon mai ƙarfi. Flick yana ba da muhimmanci ga ƙoƙari kamar yadda yake ba da muhimmanci ga fasaha, kuma Gordon yana cikin manyan maharan 40 na Premier League don ƙwallon da aka dawo da shi a sashen ƙarshe, matsin lamba mai ƙarfi da aka yi amfani da shi, da matsin lamba a rabin fagen mai hamayya wannan kakar.

Ɗan wasan da ke bunƙasa a Turai

Rikodin Gordon a UEFA Champions League shi ne ƙididdiga da ya ja hankalin Barcelona — da kuma abokin hamayya Bayern Munich. Kawai Kylian Mbappe na Real Madrid, da ƙwallaye 15, da Harry Kane na Bayern Munich, da 14, suka fi yawan ƙwallaye 10 na Gordon a Champions League wannan kakar.

A cewar Opta, lambobi sun nuna bambanci mai ban mamaki tsakanin aikinsa na Turai da na cikin gida a 2025-26. Yawan juyar da harbe-harbensa a UEFA Champions League ya kasance kashi 38.5 cikin ɗari, idan aka kwatanta da kashi 12.5 cikin ɗari a Premier League. Ya kuma sami ƙwallo ko taimako kowace minti 64 a Turai, sabanin ɗaya kowace minti 227 a gasar cikin gida. Ya yi ƙoƙarin dribble mafi yawa (3.9 a kowace minti 90), ya sami taɓawa mafi yawa a cikin akwatin abokin gaba (6.1), kuma ya yi mafi kyawun nasarar dribble (45.5%) a wasannin Turai.

Gordon da kansa ya nuni da bambancin da yake gani a salon tsakanin gasar biyu. "Champions League ta fi kama da tsohon salon wasan ƙwallon ƙafa," in ji shi a farkon wannan kakar. "Yana dogara ne kan wasan gaske. Ƙungiyoyi suna zuwa don su buga gaske."

Kalubalen da ke jiransa a Barcelona

Sauya daga yin aiki da kyau a kofin Turai zuwa isar da aiki a kai a kai a La Liga mako bayan mako zai ƙayyade lokacinsa a Barcelona. Zai fuskanci gasar tsanaki don samun wurin farawa, inda Raphinha ke cikin waɗanda zai yi gasar da su.

Ritchie, a nashi bangare, bai yi shakka kan shirye-shiryen tsohon abokin wasansa ba. "Wannan zai zama ƙalubale wanda zai yi farin cikin fuskantar don ɗaukaka wasansa zuwa mataki na gaba," in ji shi. Kamfen mai ban mamaki na Gordon a Turai — wanda aka buga a ƙarƙashin fitilun filayen wasa kamar Nou Camp kanta — ya nuna cewa an ƙirƙira shi don daidai matakin da ke jiranshi yanzu.