Manchester City sun kammala sanya hannu tare da Allan Elias daga Palmeiras, kuma wannan yarjejeniyar tana da ma'ana sosai idan ka fahimci abin da ɗan Brazila ya kawo wa filin wasa.

Elias ba winger na al'ada ba ne, ko midfielder na sanduki-zuwa-sanduki, ko bek mai tsaro — shi ne dukkansu uku a lokaci ɗaya. Yana aiki a gefen filin, ya fi dacewa a cikin kai hari kamar yadda yake komawa don dakile haɗari a ɗayan ɗagayen filin.

Wannan bayani na barazanar biyu ne daidai wanda ya jawo hankalin Manchester City. A zamanin da sassauƙan matsayi ke da daraja sama da komai, ɗan wasa wanda zai iya aiki a matsayin winger, midfielder, da kuma mai tsaro a mintuna 90 ɗaya yana wakiltar ƙima ta musamman ga ƙungiyar da ke buƙatar sassauƙan dabarun wasa.

Elias ya gina shaharar sa a Palmeiras ta hanyar sintiri a gefensa tare da kuzari marar ƙarewa, yana ba da gudummawa a dukkan matakai na wasa ba tare da raguwar kuzari daga farko har zuwa ƙarshen wasanni ba. Wannan daidaito, haɗe da ingancin fasahansa, ya sa ya yi fice a ƙwallon ƙafa ta Kudancin Amirka kuma ya sanya shi a kan radar ƙungiyoyin Turai.

Ga Manchester City, wannan sanya hannu yana magance buƙatun matsayi da yawa a cikin motsi guda ɗaya na kasuwar canja wuri — alama ta dabarun nemo ɗalibai na kulob ɗin. Maimakon kawo ƙwararren ɗan wasa don kowanne matsayi, sun gano ɗan wasa ɗaya mai iya cike sarari da yawa a cikin ƙungiyar.