Michail Antonio ya yi shekaru goma a West Ham United, amma labarin yadda ya isa gabashin London labari ne na ƙwazo, takaici, da wani sakamako mai ƙarfi da aka aiko ta SMS.

A Championship, Antonio yana tabbatar da kansa a Nottingham Forest. Bayan shekaru na rashin daidaito a wasanni, ya sami matakinsa da ke da shekara 25 — amintacce, mai inganci, kuma yana jan hankalin kulake na Premier League. Sai dai hanya zuwa manyan wasanni tana toshe daga wuri da ba a yi tsammani ba.

Manaja da ya tsaya a hanyarsa

Antonio ya shaida wa FourFourTwo cewa koyaushe yana mafarkin wasa a Premier League, kuma manajansa a Forest, Dougie Freedman, a farko ya bayyana shirye-shiryen taimako. "Yana da wakilci ɗaya da nawa, kuma yana ci gaba da gaya mini da ga wakilcin cewa zai taimake ni fita," Antonio ya tuna.

Wannan fiyayye bai daɗe ba. Antonio ya gano cewa West Brom sun shigar da tayin sayen sa — kuma kulob ɗin ya ƙi ba tare da wata alama ba. Lokacin da West Ham suka yi ƙoƙari, Forest sun ƙi amsa kiran wayarsu gaba ɗaya.

Yana fuskantar yanayin kai tsaye, Antonio ya bayyana matsayinsa ga kulob ɗin : ninki biyu na albashinsa ko a sake shi. A matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan da ake biya ƙarancin kuɗi, yana shirye ya karɓi rage albashi kawai don cimma mafarkinsa. Matsalar kuɗi ta kulob ɗin ta hana kara masa albashi saboda takunkumin canja wuri, amma Freedman ya ci gaba da zargin mai kulob ɗin Fawaz Al Hasawi.

Shugaban kulob ɗin, manajin, da taron da ba a shirya ba

Antonio ya yi zargin gaskiya daban. Tare da kulob ɗin yana cikin matsalar kuɗi, ya yi imanin Al Hasawi a gaskiya yana buƙatar sayar da shi. Ya yanke shawarar tilasta lamarin. A ranar da ake sa ran West Ham za su shigar da tayin hukuma, Antonio ya shiga wurin horarwa ya gaya wa Freedman kai tsaye cewa yana buƙatar a karɓi tayin.

Daga baya a wannan rana, lokacin da Al Hasawi ya zo wurin horarwa, Antonio ya kama daman. Ya haɗa mutanen biyu don wani taro na ba da tsammani — yana ba Freedman mamaki gaba ɗaya. "Dougie yana da fuska mai cike da fushi," Antonio ya ce. Gaskiya ta bayyana : Freedman yana toshe yarjejeniyar ne saboda Antonio shi ne ɗan wasansa mafi kyau kuma ba zai iya kawo wanda zai maye gurbinsa ba.

Saƙon da ya rufe yarjejeniyar

Amsar Antonio ta kasance kai tsaye. Ya aiko wa Freedman dogon saƙon SMS yana sa matsayinsa ya zama babu shakka : idan ya kasance a Forest, Freedman ba zai kasance manajinsa ba a kowane ma'ana ta gaskiya. Antonio zai yi wasa domin kansa kawai kuma ya yi watsi da duk umarni na dabarun wasa.

"A cikin kwana biyu ina West Ham," ya ce.

Wannan canjin ya kaddamar da aiki mai shekara goma a kulob ɗin, inda Antonio ya zama ɗaya daga cikin masu kai hari da aka fi ƙauna a tarihin zamani na West Ham United — shaida ga abin da zai iya faruwa lokacin da ɗan wasa ya ƙi ba wa kowa dama ya yanke yanayinsa.