Masu goyon bayan Tottenham Hotspur sun san wannan ji sosai — jiran damuwa don sakamako na duban likita, da fatan da ke juya zuwa tsoro. Sau ɗaya kuma, James Maddison yana wajen filin wasa, kuma lokaci ba zai iya zama mafi muni ba ga manaja Roberto De Zerbi.

Kafin fita da wuri a gaban Chelsea, Maddison ya gabatar da farkon farko sa na Premier League a cikin fiye da kwanaki 500 tare da ikoki na gaske. Ɗan wasan ɗan shekara 29 ya bude maki da bugawa mai kyau a cin nasarar 3-1 na Spurs akan Coventry City, kulob daga garin da ya girma. Ya kasance tunatarwa, gajere amma mai cike da ma'ana, na duk abin da yake kawo wa wannan tawagar.

Wutar da Spurs ba za ta iya maimaitawa ba

Dawowar Dejan Kulusevski ta taimaka wa Spurs samun wani kwarin gwiwa, amma kasancewar Maddison tana aiki a matakin daban gaba ɗaya. Shi ne wanda ke canza yanayi — an albarkace shi da kyaututtukan hali, fara'a, da sha'awar ayyukan ban mamaki da ke ɗaga matakin kowa a kusa da shi.

Da lafiya cikakkiya, Maddison yana cikin masu ƙirƙira mafi iya a tsakanin 'yan wasan tsakiyar Ingila. Kamar Jack Grealish, yana buga wasan da salon sa tare da cika ayyukansa na tsarin wasa. Yana bunƙasa a lokutan mahimmanci, yana maraba da tauraro, kuma yana da ƙirƙira don tabbatar da kulawa.

De Zerbi yana buƙatar wannan irin hali kamar yadda yake buƙatar ingancin fasaha. Maddison yanzu babban ɗan wasa ne a ɗakin sutura, kuma siffofi da ke ayyana shi — jagoranci, fasaha, da farin ciki mai yaɗuwa — su ne daidai abin da Spurs ta rasa a lokutanta mafi duhu.

Raunuka da ke barazanar lalata shekarunsa mafi kyau

Maddison ya zo Spurs tare da matsayin tauraro wanda aka kafa tuni, da farko a Coventry City, sannan a Norwich City, daga baya a Leicester City, inda ya lashe FA Cup. Duk da haka, raunuka sun bi shi tun lokacin da ya shigo arewacin London. Kakarsa ta farko ta ga shi rasa kashi mafi yawa na Nuwamba, Disamba, da Janairu. Kakar mai zuwa ta kawo ƙarin matsaloli, gami da rauni a gwiwa wanda ya karya shirin sa kafin kakar.

An rasa kakar da ta gabata gaba ɗaya kusan saboda tsagewar ligament na gwiwa ta gaban. Yanzu, a 2026/27, raunuka biyu daban-daban sun riga sun dakatar da shi — kuma kakar ta har yanzu a matakin farko.

Ya bar Stamford Bridge da wuri a rabin na biyu, an maye gurbin sa da Conor Gallagher, amma Spurs har yanzu sun ɗauki maki uku. Mafarin madubi wanda ya maye gurbin Chelsea, Mike Penders, ya buge ƙwallon cikin raga sa da hannu ya ba Spurs jagora, kafin Cole Palmer — wanda a wata hanya shine magajin rawar ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Ingila mai ƙirƙira da ba a iya hasashe shi wanda Maddison zai iya mallaka — ya karɓi katin ja don kammala yammacin ruɗani ga masu masaukin baki.

Waɗannan yanayi baya canza gaskiya ta asali: Spurs tawaga ce mai kaifi, mai nishaɗi, da ƙarfi lokacin da Maddison yana filin wasa. Nasarori biyu a jere sun ƙara ɗan iska a jirginsun, amma wani cikas ga 'yan wasansu na asali cikas ne ga dukkan aikin De Zerbi — da kuma ga masu goyon baya waɗanda kawai suke son jin daɗin kallon tawagar su sake.