A shekarar 1996, Youri Djorkaeff na tsarin dan wasan tsakiya mafi kyau a nahiyar Turai — kuma kulóbóbi biyu mafi girma a Turai suna fafatawa don sa hannunsa. A gefe daya, akwai Barcelona karkashin jagorancin mai juyi Johan Cruyff. A gefe dayan kuma, Inter suna gabatar da dalilai masu karfi. Abin da ya biyo baya ya kasance daya daga cikin yanke shawara na canja wuri mafi sha'awa na wannan zamani.

Gwaninsa na yara a wayar hannu

Djorkaeff ya yi magana a sarari game da yadda ya yi kusa da sanya hannu wa Barcelona. "Johan Cruyff shi ne gwaninata," ya shaida wa FourFourTwo. "Ina da hotunansa a bango a dakin kwanata. Da wuya a zama almara a matsayin dan wasa da kuma koci, amma shi ya kasance haka."

Son aiki a karkashin Cruyff ya kara karuwa yayin da Barcelona suka kara kokarin neman shi. "Barcelona sun kira ubana kuma suka ce Johan yana sonsa, sannan na yi magana da shi kaina," Djorkaeff ya tuna. "Ka yi tunanin — wasa don Barça ta Cruyff, babbar shawarwarin da nake bi. Ya ma bayyana yadda yake son in yi wasa, kai tsaye a bayan Ronaldo. Komai ya kasance a shirye don sanya hannuna."

Gaskiyar Cruyff ta canza komai

Sa'an nan kuma kiran waya ya zo wanda ya canza hanyar aikin Djorkaeff. Cruyff ya kira shi da kansa kuma ya bayyana gaskiya mai muhimmanci. "Ya san babban dalilin kasancewata shi ne shi, kuma ya yarda yana da matsaloli da shugaban kulob din kuma yana iya barin kulob din," Djorkaeff ya bayyana. "Ina bakin ciki saboda na yi farin ciki game da wasa a karkashinsa."

Bayan mafarkin Barcelona ya fara duhu cikin sauri, Djorkaeff ya juya hankalinsa zuwa Inter — kulob din da suke bin sa da kuzarin daidai. "Sun matsa sosai, daga bangaren wasanni zuwa kudin, kuma San Siro da tarihin kulob din sun burge ni," ya ce.

Taɓawar mutum ta Moratti ta rufe yarjejeniyar

Shi ne shugaba Massimo Moratti da ya kammala yarjejeniyar a karshe — ba ta hanyar tattaunawar zauren taro ba, sai dai ta hanyar motsa jiki na kai tsaye. "Moratti ya gayyace mu gidan mahaifinsa kafin mu yanke shawarar, kuma ya gamsar da ni," Djorkaeff ya bayyana.

Danganar da ta kafa ta wuce iyakar kwallon kafa. "Moratti ya zama kamar iyali — ina da yara biyu a Milan, kuma ya zo asibitin koyaushe don tabbatar da komai ya yi kyau." Abin da ya fara a matsayin tattaunawar canja wuri ya zama wani abu mai zurfi sosai ga Djorkaeff, wanda lokacin Milan zai ci gaba wajen tsara wani muhimmin babi a aikinsa.

Kafin ya koma Inter, Djorkaeff ya kasance muhimmin jigo a nasarar Paris Saint-Germain a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup — babbar gasar da ta kafa sunansa a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi karfin dan wasan tsakiya mai kai hari a France.