Matsayin Harvey Elliott a Liverpool yana ƙara yin haɗari, bayan an bar ɗan wasan mai shekaru 23 a wajen jerin 'yan wasa gaba ɗaya a farkon wasan Premier League a gaban Newcastle United — wanda ya tayar da tambayoyi masu tsanani game da ko yana da makoma mai dorewa a Anfield.

Liverpool bai karɓi wata tayin ba game da Elliott, kuma rashin shigarsa a jerin 'yan wasa na Lahadi bai da alaƙa da tattaunawar canja wuri ko raunin jiki. Duk da haka, tare da rufe tagar canja wuri a cikin 'yan kwanaki kuma ana sa ran ƙarin ƙarfafawa a ɓangaren harin Anfield, yanayin yana nuna sosai cewa tafiya ta kusa.

Horar kafin kakar da ta dawo da bege

Elliott ya yi magana a bayyane a lokacin yawon horar Liverpool a Amurka, yana bayyana aron wucin gadi zuwa Aston Villa a matsayin "mai wahala" kuma ya zana wannan rani a matsayin wani sabon farko. Dawuwarsa Anfield a cikin wasan sada zumunci da Monaco — lokacin da masu goyon baya daga dukkan ɓangarori huɗu na filin suka tashi tsaye suna yaba masa — ta nuna yadda masu goyon baya ke ƙaunarsa.

Ya fara a wasan horar na farko na Liverpool karkashin sabon shugaban horo Andoni Iraola a Nashville, sannan kuma a New York akan Wrexham kwanaki huɗu bayan haka. Duk da haka, bayan ɗan wasan da aka tura kofin duniya ya dawo horarwa, Elliott ya fadi daga farkon jerin, kuma matsayinsa a cikin matsayin ƙungiyar ya bayyana fili.

Iraola da kansa ya yi magana da kyau game da ɗan wasan tsakiya a taron jarida na farko, yana yaba halinsa da dawuwarsa da wuri don horar. "Na gan shi yana da wannan kwazo na nuna kansa. Zai sami dama a lokacin horar kafin kakar. Ya zo mako guda da wuri kuma ina fatan za mu ga shi a wuri mai kyau," in ji shugaban horo.

Aron wucin gadi zuwa Villa da ya lalata kakarsa

Aron wucin gadi na kakar da ta gabata zuwa Aston Villa ya tabbata yana cutar da cigaban Elliott sosai. Ya buga wasanni tara kawai, jimlar mintuna 277 kawai, bayan Villa sun yanke shawarar rashin kunna tilas na £35 miliyan don siyan sa dindindin — wani abu da zai kunna bayan bayyanarsa ta goma. Manaja Unai Emery ya bayyana yanayin a matsayin "mai kunya" ga kowa dake cikin harkar.

Waɗanda ke kusa da Villa sun yabi ƙwarewa da kyakkyawan hali na Elliott a duk lokacin, kuma ɗan wasan ya dawo Liverpool da wuri kafin horar da kakar — duk da cewa shekara ta kasance mai wahala a rayuwarsa ta mutum.

Elliott ya shiga Villa a rani da ya gabata yana neman lokacin wasa na yau da kullum, bayan da ya yi farkon wasa ɗaya kawai a Premier League a lokacin kakar 2024-25 da Liverpool ta ci nasara karkashin Arne Slot. A maimako, aron wucin gadinsa ya kawo saɓanin abin da aka nemi.

"Ba zan iya barin wata ɗan wasan ya sami wannan ba, saboda bai da daɗi a ko ta yaya," Elliott ya faɗi game da ƙwarewar.

Me ke jiran Elliott?

Kwangilar Elliott za ta ƙare rani mai zuwa, wanda yana ƙara gaggawa don a sami mafita. Tare da lokacin wasa na farko a Liverpool da ya zama kamar ba zai yiwu ba, canja wuri — ko zuwa wata kulob ta Premier League da ke ƙasa a teburin ko zuwa wata kulob a Turai — ya zama mafita mafi ma'ana.

Ingancin sa ba tambaya ba ne. Ɗan wasan tsakiya mai kai hari ya ba da gudummawa mabugai 15 da tallafi 21 ga Liverpool a dukkan gasa, ciki har da bugun nasara akan Paris Saint-Germain a lokacin da PSG ta lashe UEFA Champions League. Yana da ƙwarewa ta fasaha kuma baya tsoron karɓar haɗari yana hannun ƙwallon.

Har ila yau, an naɗa shi ɗan wasan gasar lokacin da ƙungiyar England Under-21 ta lashe gasar zakarun Turai a 2025. Yana da shekara 23, kakar ta biyu a jere da aka lalata zai kasance babban barna ga aiki mai alƙawari na gaskiya.

Yana magana a Amurka a lokacin horar kafin kakar, Elliott ya yarda da buƙatar aiki don neman nasa fa'ida. "A ƙarshe, ina son zama mai son kaina, yin abin da ke daidai a gare ni," ya faɗi. "Ko dai zama anan ina faɗa don matsayina ko tafiya wani wuri, har yanzu ba ni da tabbaci sai na sami ƙarin bayani."

Taga na kusan rufe. Yanke shawara, ta wace hanyar ta kasance, ba za ta yi nisa ba.