Shekaru uku bayan Chelsea ta amince da yarjejeniyar £17.27 miliyan don siyan shi daga kulob din Ecuador na Independiente del Valle, ɗan wasan tsakiya mai kai hari Kendry Paez ya ƙarshe sa rigar Chelsea — ko da yake tare da ƙungiyar Under-21 kawai.

A yanzu yana da shekaru 19, Paez ya shiga filin wasa a minti na 12 a matsayin wanda ya maye gurbin wani don Cobham Next Gen, sunan sabon ƙungiyar Under-21 ta Chelsea, a nasarar 4-1 a filin Arsenal ranar Asabar. Bayyanarsa ta nuna ƙaramin mataki ga ɗan wasa wanda aikinsa ya yi nisa ƙasa da tsinkayar da aka yi da farko.

Mai karya tarihi da tarihin rikitarwa

Paez ya zo Chelsea da tarihin ban mamaki. Yana da shekaru 15, ya zama ɗan wasan mafi ƙarancin shekaru da ya fara wasa kuma ya zura kwallo a tarihin gasar kwallon kafa ta Ecuador. Sannan ya fara wasa a Copa Libertadores — daidai da UEFA Champions League ta Amurka ta Kudu — a wannan kakar wasan.

A ƙarshen 2023, yana da shekaru 16 da kwanaki 131, ya zama ɗan wasan Amurka ta Kudu na biyu mafi ƙarancin shekaru da ya buga wasannin share fage na Kofin Duniya, bayan Diego Maradona kawai. Wata guda bayan haka, ya zama mafi ƙarancin shekaru a Amurka ta Kudu da ya ci kwallo a wasannin share fage, inda ya zura kwallo a nasarar 2-1 akan Bolivia.

Chelsea, sun gaskata cewa sun sami ɗaya daga cikin matasa masu hazaka mafi haske a nahiyar — tare da abokin wasansa Estevao Willian — sun ba Paez izinin horar tare da ƙungiyar farko kafin rajistararsa ta hukuma bayan cika shekara 18.

Aro wasanni da bai yi nasara ba