Elliot Anderson bai jinkirta nuna nuna ba wajen bayyana bangaren da yake tsaye — dan wasan tsakiya na England ya bayyana Manchester City a matsayin "sarakunan Manchester" bayan kammala canjin zango na £116m daga Nottingham Forest, cikin yarjejeniya da kuma ta sanya ya ki sha'awar Manchester United.

Dan wasan mai shekaru 23 ya rattaba hannu kan kwantiragin shekaru biyar a Etihad Stadium, tare da zabin wata 12 na kara. An amince da canjin farkon wannan wata amma aka kammala shi bisa hukuma wannan mako bayan Anderson ya koma daga FIFA World Cup, inda ya taimaka wa England samun matsayi na uku.

"Ba zan iya jiran buga wa wannan kulob ba," Anderson ya ce. "Kulob ne da aka gina don lashe kofuna da fafatawa a mafi girman mataki na wasan. Wannan abin farfado ne ga kowane dan wasan. Ina tsammanin su masu nasara ne, ba sa gajiya, kuma hakan ne irin tawagar da nake son zama wani bangare dinta. A cikin shekaru 10, 12 da suka wuce, sun yi mulki, shi ya sa nake son shiga."

Kwarin gwiwar wasan derby

Anderson yana tsattsauran idanunsa ga derby na farko na Manchester na kakar wasa, inda Manchester City za su je Old Trafford su hadu da Manchester United a ranar 13 ga Satumba.

"Yana daya daga cikin manyan derbies a duniya kuma tun da na san Manchester, City sune sarakunan Manchester," in ji shi. "Zai zama babban wasan, kuma ba zan iya jiran shiga wani abu kamar haka ba."

Daga Newcastle zuwa kololuwar kwallon kafa ta Ingila

Anderson ya fito daga makarantar matasa ta Newcastle United kuma ya yi wasanni 55 na farko don kulob dinsa na asali, ciki har da aro mai nasara a Bristol Rovers — inda ya sami lakabin 'Geordie Maradona'. Ya shiga Nottingham Forest da £35m shekaru biyu da suka wuce, yana buga wasanni 92 ga Reds kafin samun kiran farko zuwa England da kuma daidaita kansa a matsayin muhimmin dan wasan a cikin tawagar Thomas Tuchel.

"Ina da shekaru 23 kacal, don haka ina da isashen lokaci don isa mafi kyawun matakin da zan iya," Anderson ya ce. "Ba na can tukuna kuma akwai ƙarin da za a gani daga gare ni. Ina tsammanin ina kawo kaɗan daga komai — inganci, ƙarfin jiki, kuzari. Zan so in yi tunanin zan farfado da masu goyon baya, in kawo su a ƙafarta daga kujerunsu kuma in kawo kuzari ga tawagar."

Sha'awa ga De Bruyne tun yarinta

Wannan canjin yana da musamman ga Anderson, wanda ya girma yana bauta wa tsohuwar tauraron Manchester City Kevin De Bruyne.

"Ina tsammanin Kevin De Bruyne shine mutumin da na ɗaga idanuna gare shi sosai a cikin shekaru bakwai ko takwas da suka wuce," in ji shi. "Ko da yaushe ina son in buga kamarsa. Na yi kallon shi duk lokacin kuma zama a nan a cikin tawagar da ya yi ayyuka masu ban al'ajabi dominsa abu ne mai matukar muhimmanci."

Anderson zai ji dadin hutu mai gajeren lokaci na bazara kafin ya hada kai da tawagar manaja Enzo Maresca don horon pre-season watan mai zuwa. Daraktan kwallon kafa Hugo Viana ya goyi bayan canjin, yana cewa: "Elliot yana daya daga cikin fitattun matasan hazakar tsakiya a kwallon kafa ta duniya. Muna jin zai iya zama cikakken dan wasan tsakiya."