Emmanuel Latte Lath ba zai manta da minti na uku na farkon wasansa na Bundesliga a Union Berlin ba. Kai mai sauƙi ne da ya yi akan Eintracht Frankfurt — amma ji da ya taso daga ciki ba abu mai sauƙi ba. "Kamar fashewar wuta ne, ji da zan da a cikin raina," in ji ɗan wasa dan Ivory Coast mai shekara 27.

Wannan lokaci ya wakilci mataki muhimmi na sirri ga ɗan wasa da ya bar Côte d'Ivoire yana da shekara takwas, ya girma a Italiya, kuma ya kwashe shekaru yana gwagwarmaya don isa manyan filayen ƙwallon ƙafa. Amma hanya ba ta kasance ta layi ba koyaushe.

Wani mawuyacin babi a MLS

Canja wurin Latte Lath daga Middlesbrough zuwa Atlanta a Major League Soccer bara — wanda ya kai £22.5 miliyan — ya zo tare da tsammanin da suka yi yawa — kuma, da yadda ya ce da bakinsa, abubuwa ba su tafi yadda ya tsara ba. Kwallaye 11 a wasanni 48 sakamako ne mai kyau a takarda, amma ya yi fata da yawa fiye da haka. "Na yi son gaske nuna musu dalilin zuwa can. Ba ya yi aiki," ya shaida wa Sky Sports.

Tunawa ɗaya daga lokacinsa a Amurka yana kawo masa murmushi fadi duk da haka: damar raba filin wasa da Lionel Messi. "Ina kamar yaro ne idan ka ga gwarzon ka. Ba a yarda ba. Ba zan manta ba. Na kuma taɓa shi. Na iya taɓa Messi," ya ce, yana dariya.

Yana tunani game da ƙwarewar gabaɗayanta, Latte Lath ya ba wa ƙaramin kansa saƙo: "Yanke shawarwari da yawa da kaina, ba a bari mutane su yanke shawarwari dominan ba. Wannan shi ne babban abin da zan iya gaya wa ƙaramin Emmanuel."

Bunƙasa ƙarƙashin Carrick a Boro

Kafin Atlanta, Latte Lath ya samu mafi kyawun ƙwallon sa a Middlesbrough — ya ci kwallaye 29 gaba ɗaya ƙarƙashin jagorancin manaja Michael Carrick, ciki har da 16 a taron farko na Championship. Ya yaba wa yanayin iyali a kulob ɗin a matsayin makullin nasarar sa. "Na bar iyalina a Italiya kuma na zo na samu wata iyali," ya bayyana.

Tare da Carrick yana fuskantar damunawa a Manchester United yanzu, Latte Lath ya bayar da ɗan hasken yadda tsohon kocin nasa yake magance wahala. "Sa'ad da muke cikin wuyar hali, bai taɓa ihu kamar mahaukaci ba," ya ce. "Ya yi ƙoƙarin nazari lokacin, nazari 'yan wasa kuma ya taimake mu mu yi magana. Ya san yadda za a saurare mu kuma yadda za a yi magana da mu."

Aiki tare da kocin hankali

Watakila mafi bayyanar sashi na labarin Latte Lath shi ne yankewar sa shawara aiki tare da kocin hankali — mataki da ya kawo shi farko da shakka. "A farko, ina kamar, ba na amincewa da shi, kun sani? Amma ya taimake ni sosai," ya ce. "Ba kawai: dole ne in yi wannan, in yi wancan. Magana kawai ne."

Wannan goyon baya ya wuce iyakar ƙwallon ƙafa. Latte Lath kwanan nan ya zama uba, kuma horon hankali ya taimaka masa girma a rayuwar ƙwararru da na sirri. "Zama mutum domin na zama uba. Sabon abu ne gare ni kuma mai amfani sosai."

Fuskantar kalubalen Bundesliga

Rayuwa a Union Berlin ta kawo ƙalubale sabbi — sabon koci, sabon tsari, da abokan hamayya masu ƙarfi irin Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, da Borussia Dortmund. Ya ce wasa da Harry Kane kansa darussa ne: "A matsayina na ɗan wasa mai kai hari, kullum ina ƙoƙarin sace wani abu. Watakila wani motsi, wani aiki, don ganin yadda suke tunani a yanayin matsawa."

Bayan shekara da ya bayyana a matsayin "da wuya kaɗan," Latte Lath yana da tabbas game da abin da ke tura shi gaba. "Ba zan iya yi kadai ba. Mutanen kewaye da ni suna taimakawa sosai." Tafiya tana ci gaba — kuma a yanzu, tana tafiya zuwa inda ya kamata.