Shekaru uku kafin Chelsea ta mai da Morgan Rogers sa hannun su na tarihi da fam miliyan 117, darajarsa a kasuwa ta faɗi zuwa fam miliyan ɗaya kawai — kuma Rogers da kansa ya yi tambaya ko ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙwararru yana da wuri gare shi kwata-kwata.

Hanyar daga ɗalibin kwalejin ƙwararru zuwa ɗan wasa na ƙungiyar farko ba ta kasance mai laushi ba ga Rogers, ta kasance wata jerin lamuni da ya kira "mawuyaci" — lokuta da suka gwada amincin kansa, jurewarsa, da ji daɗin kasancewa cikin wasanni.

Farko mai kyau a Lincoln City

Tafiyar lamuni ta Rogers ta fara a Lincoln City a ƙarƙashin manaja Michael Appleton, wanda ya taɓa yin aiki a kwalejin West Brom kuma ya san saurayin da kyau. Appleton ya gaggauta kawo Rogers zuwa Sincil Bank a League One, kuma ɗan wasan ya biya wannan amana da ƙwallaye shida da taimako biyu a cikin wasanni 28.

Sai dai abin da ya burge Appleton ba ƙididdiga ba ne, amma halayyan Rogers. A wata wasa ta waje da Portsmouth, Rogers — yana ɗan shekara 18 a lokacin kuma a farkon lamununsa — ya ba da kansa ba tare da jinkiri ba don kula da ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan adawar da suke da ƙarfi wajen harbe-harbe daga ɓangarori. Appleton ya gaya wa BBC Sport: "A gare ni, wannan misali ne na musamman na shi a matsayin mutum da kuma ɗan wasa."

Lamunin Bournemouth ya bar Rogers a baya

Ci gaba zuwa Championship tare da Bournemouth ya zo bayan haka, amma Rogers ya kasa yin tasiri. Ya fara wasanni uku kawai a ƙarƙashin manajan lokacin Scott Parker kuma ya zura ƙwallo guda yayin da Bournemouth suka tabbatar da hawan su zuwa Premier League.

Tsohon mai gano ɗan wasa Des Taylor, wanda ya kawo Rogers ƙungiyar, ya kira shi "mai ɗaukar lokaci" kuma ya yarda lokaci bai kasance a gefensa ba. Taylor ya bayyana: "Mun gan shi a matsayin lamba 10, amma Parker ba ya gaske yin wasa da lamba 10. Ba laifin Scott ne ba, amma bai yi aiki ba."

Tsohon ɗan wasan Bournemouth Steve Cook ya tuna Rogers ya jimre wa matsalar da balaga. Cook ya ce: "Bai ƙyale shi ya tsayar da shi ba. Shi misali ne na musamman cewa ba kowane tafiya ne kai tsaye ba. Kana buƙatar ƙunƙuntu don ya sa ka da yunwa."

Bournemouth na da damar sanya hannu tare da Rogers ta dindindin — an ba da rahoto don £9m — amma sun ƙi. An yanke lamununsa da wuri kuma ya dawo ƙwallon kwalejin, tare da rauni da ya jinkiri matakansa na gaba.

Blackpool da wani buɗe ido mai raɗaɗi

Rogers a ƙarshe ya sake haɗuwa da Appleton a Blackpool a Championship a Janairu mai zuwa, amma haɗuwar ta ɗauki makonni biyu kawai kafin a kori Appleton a maye gurbinsa da Mick McCarthy. Rogers ya yi bayyanar 20 gaba ɗaya, yana zura ƙwallo guda, yayin da Blackpool suka sauka zuwa League One.

Appleton ya ce: "Ya yi haƙuri, na yi haƙuri yayin da ya warke daga raunin ranakusar bazarinsa, a ƙarshe mun sake haɗuwa — sa'annan na fita ginin."

Shakku, sannan nasara

Rogers ya yarda cewa wannan lokaci ya sa ya yi shakku kan makararsa. Yayin da abokansa mafi kusa a ƙwallon ƙafa, Cole Palmer, ya shiga Chelsea da £42.5m ba tare da buƙatar lamuni don tabbatar da kansa ba, Rogers ya koma Middlesbrough da £1m kawai.

A Middlesbrough, duk da haka, Rogers ya sami lafiyarsa. Ƙwallaye biyar da tallafi uku a cikin wasanni shida na tseren zuwa ƙarshen-kusa na Carabao Cup sun ɓata Aston Villa, waɗanda suka sanya shi hannu don farkon £8m a tagar canja wuri na hunturu.

Daga nan, ci gabansa ya hanzarta — ya ƙare da Chelsea da suka mai da shi sa hannunsu na tarihin ƙungiya da £117m. Kamar yadda Appleton ya taƙaita: "Morgan misali ne na musamman cewa ayyukan ƙwallon ƙafa ba koyaushe ba ne layi mai tsayi."

Rogers da kansa ya yaba wa waɗancan shekarun wahala da tunanin da yake ɗauka a yau. Ya ce: "Abin da na koya lokacin da nake fama da waɗannan lamuni mawuyaci shi ne cewa ba ni damuwa kwata-kwata da abin da mutane ke faɗa game da ni. Ni kawai in damu da abin da zan iya sarrafawa."