Arsenal na niyyar sanya hannu kan Habeeb Ogunneye, mai kare da ke da shekaru 20 wanda aka haife shi a London kuma a halin yanzu yana cikin jerin Manchester United, bisa ga rahoton Telegraph Sport.
Ogunneye, wanda ya cancanci wakiltar Ingila ko Najeriya, ya shafe wani ɓangare na kakar wasa da ta gabata aro a Newport County — yana buga wasanni 21 — kafin United su kira shi baya a watan Janairu.
Duk da ƙuruciyarsa, mai tsaron ya kasance cikin gungun ƴan wasan farko da yawa a Old Trafford, ciki har da nasarar zagaye na ƙarshe na FA Cup akan Coventry City a shekarar 2024, wanda ke nuna muhimmancin da kulob ɗin ke ba shi.
Hamayya mai ƙarfi
Wannan matakin yana ɗauke da ma'ana ta musamman sakamakon tarihin kwanan nan tsakanin kulob ɗin biyu. Manchester United sun sami nasarar jan hankalin manyan ƙananan ƴan wasan Arsenal guda biyu a cikin kakar wasa na kwanan nan — mai tsaron Ayden Heaven da dan wasan gaba Chido Obi dukansu sun bar Emirates Stadium zuwa Old Trafford.
Idan Arsenal suka kammala sayan Ogunneye, zai wakilci juyawar wannan yanayin da babu misalinsa.
Scanlon ma yana cikin jerin Arsenal
Ogunneye ba shi kaɗai ƙaramin ɗan wasan United da ke jawo hankalin kulob ɗin arewacin London ba. An yi imanin cewa ɗan wasan sa mai shekaru 19 James Scanlon, wanda ya shiga Manchester United daga Derby County a shekarar 2021, shi ma yana cikin manufofin Arsenal.
Scanlon ya riga ya tara bayyanar kasa da kasa guda 24 don Gibraltar — ƙasar da aka haifi mahaifiyarsa — kuma ya shafe rabin na biyu na kakar wasa da ta gabata a aro a Swindon Town. Rahotanni sun nuna ya amince da yarjejeniyar shekaru biyu da Arsenal, tare da zaɓi na ƙarin watanni 12.
Ingila ko Najeriya?
Makomar kasa da kasa ta Ogunneye har yanzu tambaya ce da ba ta sami amsa ba. Ya wakilci Ingila a matakin ƙasa da 17, yana samun bayyanar guda uku tsakanin shekarun 2021 da 2022, amma ya cancanci wakiltar Najeriya ta wurin asalinsa.
Tun daga shekarar 2024, ƙasashen biyu suna kallo ci gaban nasa da hankali. Manajan England Under-21 Lee Carsley a bainar jama'a ya bayyana Ogunneye a matsayin "yiwuwar tauraruwa nan gaba," wanda ke nuna sha'awar Football Association ta tabbatar da sadaukarwarsa.
