James Milner, ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan tsakiya mafi juriya a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila, ya tabbatar da ficewarsa daga ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙwararru bayan aiki mai tsawon shekaru 24 da kuma fitowa 658 a Premier League — tarihi a cikin gasar.

Kwantiragin dan wasan mai shekara 40 tare da Brighton ya ƙare a ƙarshen kakar wasa, yana rufewa labari mai ban mamaki a babbar gasar da ya kai shi daga matashi mai fara wasa a Leeds United zuwa tsohon soja mai nasara tare da Manchester City da Liverpool.

Aiki mai karya tarihi

Milner ya fara wasa a Leeds United a watan Nuwamba 2002 yana da shekara 16, ya zama ɗan wasan da ya fi ƙanƙanta na biyu a tarihin Premier League a lokacin. A watan da ya biyo baya, ya zama ɗan wasa mafi ƙanƙanta da ya taɓa zura ƙwallo a gasar — matsayi da yanzu yake na uku, a bayan Max Dowman da James Vaughan.

Ya ci gaba da wakiltar kulob shida na Premier League gaba ɗaya, yana cin taken gasar sau uku a hanya: sau biyu tare da Manchester City da kuma sau ɗaya tare da Liverpool. Lokacinsa a Liverpool ya kuma ba shi lambar yabo ta cin nasara ta UEFA Champions League a 2019, ɗaya daga cikin manyan nasarori na aikinsa mai ɗaukaka.

Milner ya karya tarihin fitowa mafi yawa a Premier League a watan Fabrairu, ya wuce alamar da da yawa suka yi tunanin ba za a iya cimma ba. Duk da rasa yawancin kakar 2024–25 saboda rauni, ya dawo ya buga wasanni 22 a duk gasa a kakar 2025–26, yana yin fitowarsa ta ƙarshe a gasar a lokacin wasan ƙarshe na Brighton na kakar.

Hidimar ƙasa da tunani na mutum

A fagen ƙasa da ƙasa, Milner ya sami kofuna 61 tare da England bayan fara wasansa a lokacin yana a Aston Villa a 2009. Ya wakilci ƙasarsa a gasar cin kofin Turai sau biyu da kuma Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya sau biyu.