Manchester City sun tabbatar da rattaba hannu da Elliot Anderson daga Nottingham Forest, inda ɗan wasan tsakiya mai shekara 23 ya rattaba hannu kan kwantiragin shekaru biyar wanda ya kai £116 miliyan, wanda zai ƙare a watan Yuni 2031.

Anderson ya zama siyan da ta ci tarihin kulob din Manchester City, wanda ya wuce £100 miliyan da aka biya don Jack Grealish a shekarar 2021. Sai dai ya rasa damar zama ɗan wasa mafi tsada a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Biritaniya, bayan Morgan Rogers ya koma Chelsea daga Aston Villa da £117 miliyan beraye.

Anderson bai yi jinkiri wajen bayyana burinsa ba bayan an tabbatar da canja wurin. "Da zarar na san cewa [City] suna son ni, na kasance ƙwaƙƙwaf na cimma wannan canja wuri," in ji shi. "Kana son gwada kanka a mafi girman matakin. Kasancewa City yana nufin ina wannan dama."

Yarjejeniya da aka cimma a lokacin Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya

Tattaunawar tsakanin Forest da City ta ci gaba cikin duk lokacin da England ke taka rawar gani a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, kuma an cimma yarjejeniya a ranar da ta gabaci wasan Rukuni L da Panama — yayin da Anderson yana wakiltar ƙungiyar Thomas Tuchel.

Anderson ya buga duk wasannin England a gasar, inda ya tabbatar da matsayinsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi tasiri a tsakiya a ƙasar. Manchester United suma sun nuna sha'awar siyan shi.

Daga Newcastle zuwa Forest, sai City

Anderson ya zo Nottingham Forest daga Newcastle United a shekarar 2024 da £35 miliyan kuma da sauri ya kafa kansa a matsayin ginshiƙi a cikin tawagar. Ya taimaka wa kulob din ƙare a matsayi na bakwai a Premier League da kuma cancanta ga gasar Turai na karon farko cikin shekaru 30.

A kakar da ta gabata, ya taimaka Forest zuwa matakin share fage na UEFA Europa League, kuma ya jagoranci dukkan Premier League a taɓa ƙwallon da yin nasara a gwagwarmayar mutum da mutum — ƙididdigar da ke bayyana tasirin da bai gaji ba a filin wasa.

Viana ya gaskata Anderson zai zama cikakken ɗan wasan tsakiya

Daraktan ƙwallon ƙafa na Manchester City Hugo Viana ya yabi sabon sayan sosai, yana kiran Anderson "ɗaya daga cikin fitattun ƙwararrun matasa ɗan wasan tsakiya a duniya."

"Yana kawo kuzari, ƙoƙari na musamman, da iyawar wutsiya ta ban mamaki. Ci gabansa a 'yan shekarun nan ya yi ban mamaki sosai kuma yana nuna burinsa na zama mafi kyawun ɗan wasa da zai iya zama. Yana da shekara 23 kawai, akwai damar bunƙasa mai yawa a cikin shekaru masu zuwa kuma muna jin yana iya zama cikakken ɗan wasan tsakiya," in ji Viana.

Anderson zai shiga tawagar City wacce yanzu Enzo Maresca ke jagoranta, tsohon kocin Chelsea, wanda ya hau kujerar a watan Yuni bayan Pep Guardiola ya yi murabus bayan shekaru goma a mulki.