Everton sun sake nuna sha'awarsu ta tsawon lokaci ga dan wasan tsakiya na Middlesbrough Hayden Hackney, inda manajan David Moyes ya sanya dan wasan mai shekara 23 a cikin manyan ayyukan da yake so ya cika a wannan kakar rani.

Hackney, wanda ya fito daga makarantar Middlesbrough, yana fuskantar makomar da ba ta da tabbas a Riverside Stadium bayan gazawar kulob din hawa zuwa Premier League ta hanyar wasan play-offs na Championship. Raunin da ya samu ya hana shi buga duka wasannin zagaye na karshe biyu da Southampton, amma ya shigo a matsayin mai maye gurbi a wasan karshe da Middlesbrough suka sha kashi ga Hull.

A cikin wasanni 38 na Championship a kakar da ta wuce, Hackney ya ci kwallaye biyar kuma ya bayar da taimako 38 — sakamakon da ya ja hankalin kulob da yawa na babban rabe.

Gasa mai yawa don samunsa

Everton ba su kaɗai ba a wannan gasa. Crystal Palace da Nottingham Forest duk sun leƙa Hackney sosai, yayin da Forest suka ga ƙoƙarinsu na Janairu ya kasa. Ana kuma ganin cewa Brentford suna sha'awar samunsа. Kuma dan wasan kansa ya ƙi tafiya Ipswich a rani na bara.

Yana magana a cikin Sky Sports Essential EFL podcast, Gary Weaver ya nuna cewa Middlesbrough sun yarda cewa tafiyar Hackney ba za a iya dakatar da ita ba: "Zan yi mamaki idan Hayden Hackney har yanzu yana Middlesbrough a watan Satumba. Brentford suna son sa sosai. Everton suma. Forest da Ipswich duk sun yi tayin kakar da ta gabata. Ina tsammanin Middlesbrough sun yarda da gaskiyar cewa yiwuwar tafiyarsa ta fi ƙarfi. Ya kasance dan wasan Championship mai ban sha'awa wannan kakar. Ko da a cikin ɗan gajeren lokacinsa a wasan karshe, ka ga yadda kungiyoyin abokan hamayya suke damuwa da shi."

Shin ya shirya Premier League?

Abokin aikin mai sharhi Andy Hinchcliffe ya yi imanin cewa Hackney yana da iyawar da ta isa ya yi nasara a matakin da ya fi kowanne. "Karon farko da na ga Hackney yana wasa, na lura cewa ya kasance mai ɗauke da ƙwallon tare da kai sama. Wannan hali ne na Premier League. Yana fahimtar abin da ke kewaye da shi," in ji Hinchcliffe.

Hinchcliffe kuma ya bayyana cewa an ji sunan Manchester United ana danganta shi da dan wasan tsakiya. "Na ma ji sunan Manchester United ana ambaton sa. Hakan zai iya zama da alama babban buri ne, amma suna neman 'yan wasa matasa masu hazaka kuma Hackney ya dace da wannan. Horar da manyan 'yan wasan tsakiya na iya ɗaukaka dan wasa sosai."

Duk da haka, Hinchcliffe ya yi gargaɗi cewa amincin Hackney ga Middlesbrough na iya shafar shawarar da zai yanke idan tayin ya takaita ga kulob din da suke tsakiyar tebur. "Idan tayin sun fito daga kulob din da suke tsakiyar teburin Premier League, zai iya yin tunani mai tsanani domin yana da farin jini ga Middlesbrough. Amma yana kama kamar da sauran lokaci kaɗan zai koma Premier League."