Aston Villa sun amince da yarjejeniya ta fam miliyan 38 don kawo Joao Gomes daga Wolverhampton Wanderers, kuma dan wasan tsakiya dan Brazil yana alama zai yi tasiri nan da nan a Villa Park. Bayan ya shiga cikin faduwar Wolves daga Premier League, Gomes yanzu yana da damar nuna hazakarsa a UEFA Champions League karkashin Unai Emery.

Wannan dan wasa mai shekaru 25 ya bar Molineux da sunansa lafiya — abokan wasansa sun zabe shi a matsayin dan wasan kakar wasa a Wolves, bayan ya sami kyautar ta masu goyon bayan kulob din a shekarar da ta gabata. Tsohon babban koci na Wolves Rob Edwards ya fara bayyana ra'ayin sosai a farkon wannan shekara. "Shi ne dan wasan da ya dace," in ji Edwards ga Sky Sports. "Ya yi masa wahala saboda a cikin ƙungiya da ta yi fama lokaci lokaci ko kuma idan ba ku samu sakamakon da kuke so ba, zai iya zama kalubale."

Mai dawo da kwallon ba tare da gajiya ba

Mafi ban mamaki a wasan Gomes shine yunwansa wajen yin tackle. A cikin kakar wasa uku na Premier League da suka wuce, ya yi tackle 380 — fiye da kowane dan wasa a gasar da 83. Salon yakarsa ya ba shi lakabin 'The Pitbull', kuma masu goyon bayan ƙungiyoyin abokan hamayyarsu sun tsani masa jijiyoyin jiki tsawon lokaci.

Har ila yau, Gomes ya dawo da kwallon sau da yawa fiye da kowane dan wasa na Premier League a wannan lokacin. Ba tashin hankali kawai bane; akwai basirar matsayi a fili a yadda yake karanta wasan, tare da karfin jiki don kiyaye kwallon da dawo da ita ta hanyar halal.

Adadin danna abokan gabarsa yana nuna tsananin hazakarsa. A kakar wasa da ta gabata, ya danna abokan hamayya sau 1,646 — fiye da kowane dan wasa na Aston Villa karkashin Emery. Ko a cikin matsalolin Wolves, Gomes yana cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasa 10 na Premier League don manufofin da ake tsammani da aka kirkiro bayan yanke kwallonsa, wanda ke nuna cewa tsaron nasa na gaba ne ba na baya ba.

Fiye da mai lalata kawai

Gomes ba wani dan wasan tsakiya na kiyayewa bane. Yana rufe fili da tsanani kuma yana gwammace nemo kwallon maimakon zauna a baya. Shi ma yana iya ɗauke da kwallo, yana matsakaicin kusa da mataki 20 na ɗaukar kwallo a duk minti 90 a Premier League kakar wasa da ta gabata — adadin da ya fi Morgan Rogers kuma ya ninka ninki biyu fiye da Emi Buendia, John McGinn, da Youri Tielemans.

Tsohon maneja Gary O'Neil ya jaddada halayyen rashin son kai wanda ya sa abokan wasan Gomes suke son shi. "Yana son nasara ƙwarai amma ba ka taɓa jin cewa saboda kansa bane," in ji O'Neil. "Ka ji ana yi saboda ƙungiyar."

Emery, koci da ya ba da muhimmanci ga sarrafawa, na iya neman daidaita wasu ɓangarorin style na Gomes mafi 'yanci maimakon ba shi cikakken 'yanci. Sai dai, dan Brazil yana da halaye don girma cikin sauri a cikin tsarin da ya fi tsari, kuma alamu suna ba da kwarin gwiwa.

Iyawar wucewar kwallo da damar bunƙasa

Ba a yaba wa Gomes gargajiya don faɗin wucewar kwallonsa ba, amma bayanan suna nuna hoto mai zurfi. Nazarin Genius Sports yana nuna yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan wasa shida kawai na Premier League da suka zarce yawan kammala wucewar kwallo da ake tsammani da points huɗu ko fiye a kowane daga cikin kakar wasa uku da suka wuce — wata ƙaramar alama da ke nuna cewa, tare da zaɓuɓɓuka mafi kyau a kewaye, zai iya bunƙasa sosai.

Ci kwallo ya kasance yanki mafi ƙarancin samarwa. Gomes ya ci kwallo ɗaya kawai don Wolves a kakar wasa da ta gabata, kodayake ta zo cikin abin tunawa a wasan dan wasan da aka zabe shi a matsayin mafi kyau a kan Aston Villa — kwallo ta farko a nasara ta 2-0 a Molineux. Rob Edwards ya tuna matsin lamba da ya yi kafin wasan: "Na ce ina so ya nuna ƙari. Hakika ya ɗaga matakinsa," in ji shi wa Sky Sports. Wannan kwallo ta zama ta ƙarshe a rigar Wolves; a cikin bayyanarsa 116 na Premier League, ya ci kwallo bakwai a jimla.

A mahallinsa, wannan tarihi ba lallai ba ne babban damuwa. Tielemans, duk da nasarorin da ya samu a ƙarshen wasan Europa League, bai ci ko wata kwallo a Premier League a kakar wasa da ta gabata ba, kuma dan wasan tsakiya na Villa mafi cin kwallo a gasar shi ne Ross Barkley da uku kawai.

Gomes yana shiga shekarunsa na ƙoli da kyan halayye, ƙarfi, da inganci don bunƙasa a matakin sama. Holte End na iya rera sunansa nan ba da jimawa ba.