Kafin ƙwallayen, ɗaukakar, da fagen Premier League, Yakubu Aiyegbeni ya koyi ƙwallon ƙafa ta hanyar wahala — ba tare da takalma a tituna masu ƙura na Benin City, Jihar Edo, inda aka haife shi a ranar 22 ga Nuwamba 1982.

Yakubu ya girma cikin talauci, ba tare da takalman ƙafa, ba rigar wasa, ba kuma kayan horarwa na cibiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ba. Abin da yake da shi shi ne hazakar kansa da ƙoƙarin wasa da ba ya ƙarewa. Ƙasar tsauri ta tituna na Benin City ta ƙirƙira ƙwarewar sarrafa ƙwallon da horo na yau da kullun yawanci ba ya iya kawo shi shi kaɗai.

Yaron da ya cire takalminsa

Sa'ad da Yakubu ya shiga cibiyar ƙwallon ƙafa a ƙarshe kuma aka ba shi takalman ƙwallon ƙafa na farko, bai yi murna ba — ya cire su kusan nan take. Takalman sun ji nauyi da ban sani ba, kuma ya gano cewa ba ya iya sarrafa ƙwallon yadda ya saba yi baƙin ƙafa a ƙasar tsauri.

Malamai da 'yan wasan sun samu hoto mai ban dariya har suka ba shi taken marasa hukuma: mafi kyawun ɗan wasa ba tare da takalma ba. Taken ya rungumi wani abu na gaske game da tushen wasansa — ƙwarewar da ba ta dogara akan dabarun da aka koya ba, sai dai buƙata da halitta.

Tafiya mai cancanci ba da labari

Labarin Yakubu, wanda aka sake dawowa zuwa gare shi a Kashi na 112 na faifan labarai na Sports Planet na Complete Sports Nigeria, tunatar da mu cewa ɗalibai da yawa na ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka suna isa matakin mafi girma na wasan suna ɗauke da tafiyoyi da suka fara nesa da kowane fili mai kulawa.

Ya ci gaba da gina sana'a wacce ta kai shi Premier League da tawagar farko ta Everton, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi shahararrun masu harbi na Najeriya a fagen Turai. Amma tushen, kamar yadda ya tuna, an gina shi ba tare da takalma ɗaya ba, a tituna na Benin City.