Jack Grealish ya dawo ba tsammani ba zuwa tawagar farko ta Manchester City a ranar Lahadi, yana shiga wasan a lokacin hutu a cikin shan kashi da Arsenal 3-0 a Community Shield a Cardiff — karon farko da ya fito don kulob ɗin tun yana maye a wasan da Bournemouth a watan Mayu 2025.

Dan wasa mai shekaru 30 ya maye Jeremy Doku a bangon hagu tare da City suna bayan da kwallaye biyu, ya kuma buga duk rabin wasan na biyu. Ya kammala pasi 21 cikin 24 kuma ya tura ƴan crosses masu hatsari, yana nuna wani ɗan gaci na ƙarfinsa wanda ya sa shi ɗaya daga cikin mafi kimar 'yan wasa a ƙwallon Ingila.

Mai sharhi na BBC Radio 5 Live Pat Nevin ya yi yabo mai taƙaitawa: "Kallon shi a filin wasa yanzu, yana cikin kyakkyawar hali. Ba ya wuce 'yan wasa, amma yana ƙoƙarin ƙirƙirar sarari kuma ya tura ƴan crosses masu kyau sosai."

Aiki da ya rasa hanyarsa

Manchester City ya biya £100 miliyan don sanya hannu kan Grealish daga Aston Villa a shekara ta 2021, ya kuma mayar da wani ɓangare na wannan amincewar ta hanyar taimakawa zuwa Treble ta tarihi ta 2022-23, yana wasa a ƙarshen gasar Champions League da aka ci Inter Milan.

Duk da haka, tasirin sa ya ragu da sauri bayan haka. Ya yi farawa 10 ne kawai na Premier League a 2023-24 yayin da Jeremy Doku ya zarce shi a matsayi, sannan ya yi bakwai kawai a 2024-25 kafin a cire shi gaba ɗaya daga jerin sunayen Club World Cup. Karshen bayyanarsa 39 tare da England ta zo a watan Oktoba 2024.

Aro zuwa Everton a kakar da ta gabata ya ba da wani ɗan bege na farko. A karkashin David Moyes, Grealish ya sami kyautar mafi kyawun dan wasa na watan Premier League na watan Agusta bayan yin taimako huɗu a wasanni ukun farko na gasar. Moyes ya ce: "Ya yi babban bambanci. Wannan shine farkon Jack." Amma wannan kyakkyawan farawa ya ɓace, kuma raunin ƙafa a watan Janairu ya ƙare kakar wasa nashi da wuri.

Abin da sabon manaja Maresca ya faɗa

Sabon manajan City Enzo Maresca ya kasance mai hankali amma ba mai alkawari ba bayan shan kashin ranar Lahadi. "Gabaɗaya, Jack ya yi kyau," in ji shi. "Waɗanda suke nan har yanzu za su yi aiki kowace rana, kuma idan sun cancanta za su sami mintuna. Taga canja wuri tana buɗe kuma za mu ga abin da zai faru."

Kalaman Maresca sun bar kofa a buɗe — amma kaɗan kawai. Ra'ayin gama-gari shi ne cewa Grealish, duk da wannan bayyanarsa, yana da yuwuwar barin Etihad fiye da tabbatar da matsayinsa a City a kan dogon lokaci.

Ina Grealish zai iya tafi?

Everton har yanzu suna sha'awar mayar da Grealish a aro, kodayake kulob ɗin ya ƙi maida yarjejeniyar ɗan gajeren lokaci ta kakar da ta gabata ta zama ta dindindin — ana zargin saboda farashin £50 miliyan da City suka nema. Wakiliyar BBC Radio Merseyside Giulia Bould ta lura cewa Grealish ba ya ɓoye ƙaunarsa ga kulob ɗin, kuma Everton har yanzu yana a cikin bayanan kansa a kafofin sada zumunta. Murmurewa daga tiyatar ƙafa a watan Janairu zai zama mabuɗin ƙofa na kowane yarjejeniya da za ta iya yiwuwa.

An kuma yi magana game da dawowa mai daɗin rai zuwa Aston Villa — waɗanda yanzu suna shiga cikin Champions League. Mai gabatar da shirin BBC Radio WM Daz Hale ya kare wannan ra'ayi yana cewa: "Akwai soyayya ta gaske a cikin dawowar ɗan adam da ya bata. Har yanzu yana da gwaninta mai ban mamaki wanda ke ƙara halin gaske ga ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa. Kakar Champions League ce kuma ga Villa, waɗanda suke buƙatar zurfi a ƙungiyarsu — Ina tsammanin zai zama dukiya."

Tafiya zuwa ƙasashen waje har yanzu yiwuwar ta, tare da kafofin yada labarai da yawa suna rahoton cewa Atletico Madrid da kocin Diego Simeone sun nuna sha'awa.

Tare da shekara ɗaya da ta rage akan kwantiragin da ake rahoton ya kai £300,000 a mako, da taga canja wuri tana buɗe na ƴan makonni biyu mafi yawa, lokaci yana raguwa. Bayyanar ranar Lahadi na iya zama jarrabawar Grealish — ko don sabon rawa a City ko don sabon babi a wani wuri.