Everton sun miƙa tayin sayen Folarin Balogun, ɗan wasan Monaco, inda klabin Faransa ta kimanta ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Amurka mai shekaru 25 da fam miliyan 40.
Klabin Merseyside na son ƙarfafa layin gaba tasu kafin ƙarshen lokacin sayarwa ranar Talata. Balogun ya bayyana a matsayin babban laka tare da ɗan wasan Tottenham Richarlison — kodayake ana rahoton cewa ɗan Brazil yana da shakka game da komawa Goodison Park, bayan da ya bar don Spurs a shekarar 2022.
Everton suna ci gaba da neman Balogun ba tare da la'akari da haka ba, duk da cewa har yanzu ba a san ko tayin da suka miƙa zai gamsar da Monaco ba.
Rikici na gasar cin kofin duniya
Lokacin bazara na Balogun ya cika da ɗaya daga cikin hukunce-hukuncen horo mafi rikici a tarihin Kofin Duniya na kwanan nan. An kore ɗan wasan United States tsohon ɗan wasan Arsenal saboda wasa mai haɗari a lokacin wasan da Bosnia-Herzegovina a zagaye na 32, kuma ana sa ran hukuncin hana shi wasa ta atomatik na wasan ɗaya.
Amma kwamitin horo na Fifa ya yanke shawarar dakatar da wannan hukunci na shekara ɗaya — wani yanke shawara da ya jawo sukar da yawa daga duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa. Rikicin ya ƙara zurfafa sa'ad da aka san cewa Shugaban Amurka Donald Trump da jami'an Fadar White House sun yi wa Fifa matsin lamba kafin a yanke shawara.
Sakamakon haka, an ba Balogun damar fara wasan zagaye na 16 da Belgium, wasan da USA ta sha kashi. Uefa ta kira yanke shawarar kwamitin a matsayin «ba a taɓa ganin irin sa, ba a fahimce shi, kuma ba shi da uzuri».
Shugaban kwamitin horo na Fifa ya ƙi amsa tambayoyin BBC Sport game da tsarin da ya kai ga soke hukuncin Balogun. Shugaban Fifa Gianni Infantino ya musanta cewa yana da tasiri na sirri a yanke shawarwarin horo.
Katunan ja biyu, ma'auni biyu daban-daban
Bambancin cikar ya ƙara bayyana a kwatance da shari'ar ɗan wasan tsaro na England Jarell Quansah. An nuna wa ɗan wasan Bayer Leverkusen kati ja bayan wani tsauri mai haɗari a kan Jesus Gallardo na Mexico a cikin nasarar England ta 3-2. Kwamitin horo ɗaya na Fifa ya yanke shawara cewa laifin Quansah an rarrabe shi a matsayin wasa mai haɗari, ya ƙara masa wasan ɗaya a kan hukuncin atomatik — don haka aka dakatar da shi wasanni biyu.
Balogun ya zura kwallaye uku a gasar cin kofin duniya. Ko Everton za su iya cimma yarjejeniya da Monaco kafin ranar Talata, wannan ne ɗaya daga cikin cinikin da ake kallo da hankali a wannan lokacin sayarwa.
