Ɗaya daga cikin mafi sanannun lokutan Premier League a wajen filin wasa ya faru ne a lokacin gasa ta karshe na 1995/96, lokacin da Kevin Keegan ya bayar da rantsuwarsa ta tarihi 'I would love it' a talabijin na kai tsaye — fashewar zafi na sha'awa da matsin lamba wanda ba a taba mantawa da shi ba.

Bayan fage shi ne wata gasa mai cike da wuya tsakanin Newcastle United na Keegan da Manchester United na Sir Alex Ferguson, wanda ya sami damar rufewa giɓi na maki 12 tun Janairu kafin ya ɗauki kofin a ƙarshe. Yaƙin tunani tsakanin manajan biyu ya kasance mai ban sha'awa kamar abin da ya faru a filin.

Hamayya da lokaci ya laushi

A hirar da FourFourTwo ta yi da shi a 2007, fiye da shekara goma bayan wannan gasar ta jigo, Keegan ya ba da tunani na gaskiya game da yadda ya ji a nan da nan bayan dabaru na tunani na Ferguson.

"A ranar ko biyu, na ƙi shi sosai," Keegan ya yarda — wani lokaci na saɓo wanda ba kasafai ake gani ba daga mutumin da aka tuna shi da yawa saboda alheri da kishinsa.

Amma Keegan ya kasance a bayyane cewa lokaci ya ɓanƙwasa wannan baƙin ciki. Mutunta juna da abubuwan da suka raba tare a duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa sun sake fasalin alaƙar su a hankali.

"Ba zan ce muna kusa yanzu ba, amma mun yi magana da yawa," Keegan ya bayyana. "Na sayar masa da 'yan wasa, ya sayar mini da su, na yi abubuwan sadaka saboda shi, ya yi na saboda ni."

Girmamawa ba ƙauna ba

Da aka matsa masa ƙarin tambaya game da ji sa game da manajan Manchester United, Keegan ya amsa da kaifin basirarsa ta asali, yana dariya a lokaci guda.

"Amma idan kana tambayata, shin ina ƙaunarsa… [Dariya] Ina girmama shi gaba ɗaya. Ya tafiyar da babban kulob ɗin na tsawon shekaru 20."

Keegan kuma ya nuna gamsuwa ta bayyane da yake nuna tarihinsa na kai tsaye da Ferguson a cikin ayyukansu na horarwa.

"Ina da tarihin gaske mai kyau da Alex Ferguson idan aka kwatanta da yawancin mutane," ya ce. "Watakila ba daidai yake ba, amma na jagoranci ƙungiyoyi da suka doke nasa 5-0, 4-1, 3-1. Derby biyu na Manchester. Don haka ina cewa na fita da kyau idan aka kwatanta da shi."

Keegan ya rasu a watan Yuli da ya wuce, kuma tributes da suka zo daga duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa duka sun nuna wannan haɗuwar ƙwazo mai tsanani da ɗan adam na gaskiya wanda ya bayyana shi — ko a teburin masu horarwa ko a wajen filin wasa.