Johan Manzambi bai ɓata lokaci mai yawa ba kafin ya sanar da kansa a Premier League. Ɗan wasan ɗan shekara 21, wanda ya ƙoma zuwa Aston Villa daga Eintracht Frankfurt akan fam miliyan 47 a lokacin rani, ya zo da rauni a gwiwa wanda ya jinkirta fitowarsa ta farko zuwa tsakiyar Satumba — amma tun daga lokacin ya yi tashi da sauri mai ban mamaki.
Wani bincike da reshen Between the Lines na Sky Sports ya gudanar ya sanya Manzambi ɗaya daga cikin sayayyun da suka bayar da mafi kyawun ƙima a cikin kuɗin da aka biya a lokacin rani na canja wuri, bayan Marcos Senesi da Harry Wilson kawai, waɗanda dukkansu sun zo kyauta. An kiyasta ƙimar kasuwarsa da aka daidaita a lokacin cinikin fam miliyan 74.8, wanda ya sa kuɗin fam miliyan 47 ya zama mai hankali a baya.
Farawa mai fashewa a Birmingham
Manzambi ya zira ƙwallo da ba da agaji a wasansa na farko na asali a kan Tottenham Hotspur, kuma bai tsaya ba. Ya sake zura ƙwallo a Aston Villa ta ƙashe Fenerbahce a UEFA Champions League a ranar Laraba, bayan da ya ba da agaji kwana huɗu da suka wuce a gasar ƙasar kan Brentford. A duk gasa, yana matsakaicin shiga tsakani 1.27 a kwallaye kowace mintoci 90 — ɗaya daga cikin mafi girman ƙididdigar a Premier League a wannan kakar.
Samfurin ya kasance ƙarami — mintoci 284 kawai — amma Manzambi ya zo da tarihin da aka tabbatar a mafi girman mataki. A FIFA World Cup 2026, ya zura kwallaye biyu a cikin mintoci 19 a matsayin ɗan wasa madadin a nasarar Switzerland kan Bosnia da Herzegovina, kuma ya kammala gasar da kwallaye uku da taimako biyu a cikin mintoci 200. Wannan aikin a gasar ƙasa da ƙasa ne ya ja hankalin Aston Villa da Newcastle United dukkansu, tare da Aston Villa ta yi nasara a tseren samun sa hannu.
Guguwar iska a sashen ƙarshe na filin
A kan Brentford, Manzambi ya yi ƙoƙarin harbe-harbe bakwai — na biyu mafi girma daga kowane ɗan wasa a wasa ɗaya na Premier League a wannan kakar — kuma ya samar da dama uku. Jimlarsa ta haɗaɗɗa ta goma ba ta wuce iya ya ba sai na Bruno Fernandes da 11 a nasarar Manchester United kan Ipswich.
Manajan Unai Emery yana amfani da shi da farko a matsayin lamba 10, kodayake Manzambi ya fara daga gefen hagu a kan Brentford kuma yana iya yin wasa a wurare mafi zurfi. A kan Fenerbahce, ya motsa da hankali zuwa sararin da Morgan Rogers ya bari — wanda ya ƙoma zuwa Chelsea — kuma ya haɗu da sauƙi tare da ƙarin sababbin ɗan wasa na rani Ibrahim Mbaye da Nicolas Jackson a cikin sabbin ɓangare uku na gaba.
Mafi ƙyakkyawan lokacin sa a wannan wasan ya zo kafin mintoci talatin: ya karɓi ƙwallon a gefen hagu, ya tunkari mai tsaro da ƙarfi, ya shiga ciki nesa da wani, sannan ya aika da wani tafiyar ƙwallo cikakka zuwa hanyar Mbaye mai tsere. Gudu, ƙarfi, hankali, da daidaito — dukkansu a cikin wutsiya ɗaya ta wasa. A cewar Opta, Manzambi yana kan gaba tsakanin ƴan wasan Aston Villa don tafiyar layin karya wadanda ke haifar da harbe-harbe a wannan kakar, duk da cewa ya buga mintoci kaɗan fiye da yawancin abokan wasansa.
Ƙwallarsa a kan Fenerbahce da burinsa na farko a kan Tottenham Hotspur dukkansu sun nuna hankali ɗaya: motsi mai natsuwa da manufa zuwa ramukan sararin a lokaci mai mahimmanci. Aston Villa za su fata ya ci gaba da wannan salon a St James' Park a ranar Asabar, lokacin da zai fuskanci Newcastle United — ƙungiyar da ya zaɓi ya ƙi shiga.
Janelt yana ƙarfafa jerin nasarar Brentford marasa sha'ani
Aston Villa ba ita ce kawai ƙungiya ta hau bisa guguwar Champions League ba. Liverpool ta zura kwallaye shida a kan LASK amma yanzu tana fuskantar babban gwaji a Brentford, inda Vitaly Janelt ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun ƴan wasan tsakiya a Premier League.
Ɗan wasa mai shekara 28 ya yi mafi yawan kakkabo da tsarewa a Premier League a wannan kakar, jumla 38 — bakwai fiye da wani kowane dan wasa. Yana tsaye na uku don nisan da aka bi, kuma manajan Brentford Keith Andrews ya bayyana ayyukansa a matsayin «abin lura», bayan Janelt ya sami kiran farko na ƙungiyar Jamus daga Jurgen Klopp a hutu na kwanan nan na duniya. Janelt ya fito a matsayin ɗan wasa madadin na marigayi a kan Serbia a fitowarsa ta farko ta ƙasa da ƙasa.
Tare da ƙarin Mamadou Sangare a rani, aikin Janelt yana taimakawa wajen bayyana yadda Brentford ya karɓi kwallaye shida kawai a wasanni shida na farko na Premier League a wannan kakar. Liverpool na gaba an gargaɗe su.
Matsin lamba yana ƙaruwa kan Arbeloa a Fulham
Halin Alvaro Arbeloa a Fulham ya bambanta gaba ɗaya. Bayan sharhinsa mai rikitarwa bayan fitowar a kan Ipswich mako da ya gabata — wanda masoya suka ɗauke shi a matsayin na tsokanar kai — ƙungiyar ta sami kanta a ƙasan tebur, tana da maki takwas da ta rasa daga matsayi na nasara. Ziyarar Hull a ranar Asabar tana da irin jin kamar wasa ne da dole a yi nasara ga Arbeloa.
Koyaya, bayanan aikin da ke ƙasa suna ba da ɗan kwanciyar hankali: Fulham ya wuce mai fafatawa a cikin kwallaye da ake tsammani a cikin uku daga cikin wasanni huɗu na kwanan nan. Bambancin xG ɗin su ya yi kama da na Everton, Chelsea, da Leeds, waɗanda suke zaune a matsayi na biyar, shida, da bakwai bi da bi. Aikin ba shi da muni kamar yadda sakamako ke nuni da shi — amma hakan bai rage muhimmancin samu maki uku ba a ranar Asabar.
