A lokacin rani na 1995, Manchester City sun yi nasarar daya daga cikin mafi ban mamaki na canja wuri a wannan zamani — sun shawo kan ɗan wasan Georgia mai hazaka Georgi Kinkladze ya ki AC Milan ya sanya hannu a maimakon su. Shekaru talatin bayan haka, Kinkladze ya yi tunani a kan lokacin da ya tsara tarihin aikinsa.

Tafiya ta sirri ta Lee ce ta yi bambancin

Yana magana da FourFourTwo, Kinkladze ya tuna yadda shugaban kulob na City, Francis Lee, ya ɗauki abubuwa a hannunsa domin tabbatar da yarjejeniyar. "Akwai sha'awar daga Italiya, amma Francis Lee yana da ƙuduri sosai," in ji Kinkladze. "Ya tashi jirgi ya zo ganina ya shawo kaina cewa City wurin ne da zan iya zama ɗan wasa mai mahimmanci."

Dan wasan tsakiya na tsohon Dinamo Tbilisi ya yarda cewa ya san kaɗan game da Manchester a lokacin, amma alkawarin matsayi na tsakiya a cikin ƙungiyar da kuma kalubalen kwallon ƙafa ta Ingila sun fi jan hankali fiye da ɗaukaka ta Serie A. "Ban san da yawa game da Manchester ba, amma na so tunanin kalubale a Ingila," ya ƙara da cewa.

Girgizar al'ada da magoya baya suka laushi

Da zuwa Maine Road, Kinkladze ya gano kwallon ƙafa ta Ingila ta kasance daban-daban gaba ɗaya daga abin da ya taɓa gani a Georgia. "Da na iso, kwallon ƙafa ta kasance daban-daban sosai. Tana da sauri da ƙarin kai tsaye. Yanayi da abinci sun yi wuya wajen saba, amma magoya baya sun sauƙaƙe komai. Daga rana ta farko a Maine Road, sun bi ni kamar daya daga cikinsu. Wannan dangantaka ta kasance nan take."

Manajan Alan Ball, wanda ya shafe kakar da ta gabata yana gina harin Southampton a kusa da Matt Le Tissier, ya ɗauki tsarin da ke mai da hankali ga ɗan wasa iri ɗaya a City. Kinkladze ya bunƙasa a ƙarƙashin wannan falsafar. "Alan Ball yana da mahimmanci sosai a cigabana a matsayina na ɗan wasa. Ya so ƴan wasan da ke da fasaha kuma yana so ƙungiyar ta buga da ƙarfin gwiwa, ko da muna gwagwarmaya a teburin."

Rayuwa a cikin ƙarfin kwallon ƙafa ta Ingila ta shekarun 1990

Rayuwa a Premier League ba ta kasance ba tare da haɗari ga mai fasaha na dribbling ba. Kinkladze ya yarda cewa salon wasan ɗin nasa ya sanya shi manufa ga wasan mugunta. "Shekarun 90 sun kasance lokaci daban-daban kuma wani lokaci ana ta niyya da mara kyau. Idan ka yi ƙoƙarin dribble, wani zai yi ƙoƙarin doke ka. Vinnie Jones da Wimbledon Crazy Gang sun kasance shahararru a wannan."

Duk da haka, girma ɗin da ya yi a tituna na Tbilisi ya shirya shi sosai. "Na buga a tituna na Tbilisi don haka na san yadda za a yi tsalle a kan tackle. Koyaushe na tuna cewa idan ba za su iya kama ni ba, ba za su iya doke ni ba."

Wani ɓangare na tsara da ya canza kwallon ƙafa ta Ingila

Kinkladze ya iso daidai lokacin da Premier League ta buɗe ƙofofinta ga igiyar hazikan ƙasashen waje. Yana tunawa da wannan zamani da gaske. "Wannan farkon wani abu ne na sabon abu. Ganin Gianfranco Zola, Dennis Bergkamp, da Juninho sun iso Premier League abu ne mai ban sha'awa kuma ya ji kamar ƙungiyar tana buɗewa ga 'yan wasan ƙirƙira. Martabar kwallon ƙafa ta Ingila mai doguwar ƙwallon ƙafa tana canzawa."

Kinkladze ya zama jarumi mai ƙauna a Maine Road da sauri, fasaharsa ta hankali ta ci zuciyar magoya baya har ma a lokutan wahala ga kulob ɗin. Yanke shawara ɗin da ya yi na zaɓar City a kan AC Milan ya kasance daya daga cikin mafi ban sha'awa labarun canja wuri na shekarun 1990.