Emmanuel Petit ya buɗe zuciyarsa ga FourFourTwo game da ɗaya daga cikin mafi muhimmancin shawarwari na aikinsa, yana cewa barin Arsenal don Barcelona a shekarar 2000 har yanzu shine mafi girman nadamarsa.

Dan wasan tsakiya na Faransa ya zo Highbury a shekarar 1997 bayan manaja Arsène Wenger ya rattaba hannu akai, kuma ya nuna fasaharsa nan take. A kaka ta farko gaba ɗaya, Petit ya taimaki Arsenal lashe kofin gasar Premier League da FA Cup — nasara mai tarihi wanda ya tabbatar da matsayinsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan jarumawa na kulob ɗin a wannan zamanin.

Yana da kuma wani musamman mutumci: har yanzu shi ne ɗan wasan Arsenal tilo da ya taɓa zura kwallo a wasan karshe na Gasar Duniya.

Ƙauna da ƙwallon Ingilishi

Yana magana ta hanyar Betfred, Petit ya yi tunani da daɗi game da abin da ya jarrabce shi a ƙwallon Ingilishi. "Da farko na zo Ingila, na ƙaunaci al'adar da ke can sosai," in ji shi. "Na ƙaunace shi. A wancan lokaci na ƙaunaci komai. Ƙwallon, sauri, ƙwallon gaba ɗaya wani lokaci. Ba ka taɓa barin fagen daga ba kuma wannan ne na koya a Ingila. Kada ka yi watsi har ƙarshe."

Wannan alaƙa ta wuce filin wasa. Petit ya bayyana haɗin da ya kulla da magoya bayansa a Ingila a matsayin wani abu da ba za a iya maye gurbin sa ba. "Na ƙaunaci alaƙar da magoya baya a Ingila kuma zan biya kuɗi mai yawa don dawowar zuwa waɗancan kwanakin domin wani lokaci ina rasa haka," in ji shi.

Nadamar Barcelona

Da Petit ya bar Arsenal a shekarar 2000, tafiya zuwa Barcelona ta zama kamar mataki mai ma'ana ga wanda ya lashe Gasar Duniya. Amma ainihin abin da ya faru ya yi ƙasa da haka. Ya buga wasanni 31 ƙarƙashin manaja Lorenzo Serra Ferrer — wanda ya maye gurbin Louis van Gaal — ba tare da lashe komi a Catalonia ba.

"Ina tabbata cewa mafi girman kuskurena shi ne barin Arsenal don zuwa Barcelona," Petit ya yarda, da kalmomi da za su taɓa zukatan magoya bayan da suka ga shi ya bunƙasa a arewacin London.

Bayan shekara ɗaya kawai a Camp Nou, Petit ya dawo Premier League, yana shiga Chelsea, abokin hamayyar Arsenal a London. Ya yi shekaru uku a Stamford Bridge kafin ya yi ritaya a shekarar 2004.

Petit ba shi kaɗai ba ne a wannan tunani. Wasu fitattun 'yan wasan Arsenal na wannan zamanin — ciki har da Patrick Vieira, Thierry Henry, da Marc Overmars — ana ɗaukarsu gabaɗaya a matsayin waɗanda suka nuna mafi kyawun ƙwallon su suna arewacin London, tafiyoyinsu a ƙasashen waje ba su kai abin da suka cimma a Highbury ba.