Tsohon dan wasa mai ƙwarewa Chris Smalling ya dawo wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Turai ta hanyar shiga FC Porto kyauta, kamar yadda kulob ɗin Portuguese ya tabbatar a ranar Talata, Satumba 30.

Ɗan wasan mai shekara 36 ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar da za ta gudana har ƙarshen kakar 2026/27 na Primeira Liga, tare da zaɓin tsawaita ƙarin shekara ɗaya. Isowarsa ta zo ne bayan rahotanni daga Maisfutebol da Fabrizio Romano cewa Smalling ya tafi Porto don yin gwajin lafiya da kwazo kafin ya ƙara hannu a kwangilar.

Tarihin sana'a mai ɗaukaka a Turai

Smalling yana kawo gogewa mai ƙima ga Dragons. Ya buga wasanni 323 don Manchester United a tsawon shekara goma a Old Trafford, yana lashe kambun Premier League sau biyu, kafin ya koma Roma, inda ya ɗaga kofin UEFA Europa Conference League a shekarar 2022. Ya kuma samu kira 31 don England.

Mai tsaron gida ya kasance ba shi da kulob tun daga Yuli 1, lokacin da kwangilarsa ta shekaru biyu da Al-Fayha na Saudi Pro League ta ƙare. Ya buga wasanni 67 don ƙungiyar Saudi bayan fitowarsa daga Roma a 2024.

Smalling yanzu ya zama Bature na biyu a tarihin da ya taka leda don Porto, bayan Norman Hall a farkon shekarun 1900.

Buƙatar ƙarfafa tsaron Porto

Porto ya yi wannan sanya hannu ne saboda gaggawar buƙatar tsaro. Raunuka sun taƙaita zaɓuɓɓukan manajan Francesco Farioli a baya — Nehuen Perez ya dawo daga hutun dogon lokaci ne kawai don samu rauni mai tsanani a cinya a horo, yayin da Dominik Prpic yake buga wasa da ƙungiyar B. 'Yan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Poland Jan Bednarek da Jakub Kiwior ne suka ɗauki nauyin zama mataimakan tsaro na farko.

Duk da waɗannan matsaloli, Porto suna jagorantar Primeira Liga, suna kan teburin da maki 21 daga wasanni bakwai — biyar sama da Benfica. A nahiyar, duk da haka, kulob ɗin ya sha kashi 2-0 a gida a hannun Manchester City a wasan buɗe gasar UEFA Champions League.

Smalling ya haɗu da Thiago Silva a matsayin wani fitaccen ƙarin ɗan wasan kyauta a cikin 'yan wasan Porto wannan lokacin rani, yayin da Farioli yake neman ci gaba da gasa don taken a filin wasanni da yawa.