James Milner, wanda ke da tarihin fitowa a filin wasa a Premier League fiye da kowa, ya tabbatar da yin ritaya daga kwallon kafa ta ƙwararru yana da shekara 40, yana rufe labarin aiki mai ban mamaki na tsawon musimu 24 a gasar saman Ingila.

Milner ya buga wasanni 658 a Premier League tare da kulake shida — tarihi da babu wani dan wasa da ya kai. Tafiyarsa a gasar saman Ingilishi ta fara a Leeds United, inda ya fara buga wasa yana da shekara 16 a shekarar 2002 kuma ya zama dan wasan da ya fi kowanne yin kwallon a cikin tarihin gasa. Daga baya ya wakilci Newcastle, Aston Villa, Man City, Liverpool, da Brighton, ban da aro na dan gajeren lokaci a Swindon.

Babi na ƙarshe nasa a Brighton ya ga shi yana taimakawa kulob din samun gurbi a gasar Turai na karo na biyu kawai a tarihinsu — wani nasara da ya samu yana da shekara 40.

«Bayan musimu 24 a Premier League, yana jin kamar lokaci ne da ya dace don kawo ƙarshen aikin wasan kaina. Tun daga farawa wasan tare da Leeds United, kulob din da nake goyon baya tun ina yaro, yana da shekara 16, har zuwa zama ƙaramin mai zura kwallon a Premier League, ba zan taɓa mafarkin tafiyar da na yi ba,» in ji Milner.

Milner ya yi nazarin aiki da ya kai shi daga yaƙin tsira daga faɗuwa zuwa cin kofuna, dare na Turai, da wakiltar England. Amma fiye da komai, ya zaɓi jaddada gefen ɗan adam na kwallon kafa.

«Fiye da komai, mutanen da abokantaka da na yi a cikin wasanni ne wanda zan ɗauke a zuciyata har abada,» in ji shi. «Ina barin wasanni tare da babban alfahari, godiya, da tunawa da za su kasance tare da ni a duk rayuwata.»

Ɗan wasan tsakiya ya kuma gode wa danginsa, yana cewa sadaukarwarsu da tallafi sun kasance tushen duk abin da ya cimma a cikin sama da shekaru ashirin a mafi girman matakin..

Milner yana tafe a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙwararrun da suka fi dadewa a tarihin kwallon kafa na Ingilishi — dan wasa wanda daidaitawarsa, sauƙin yin ayyuka daban-daban, da tsawon rayuwa a filin wasa sun kafa mizani da yuwuwar ba za a iya wuce ba.