Manchester City na shirya sayen daya daga cikin matasa 'yan wasa da suka fi ban sha'awa a duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa, sun kuma cimma yarjejeniya ta asali don sanya hannu da Ayyoub Bouaddi daga Lille da Euro miliyan 100 (£86m).

Matashi dan shekara 18 ya nuna kwarewarsa a babbar mataki yayin Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta FIFA, inda Morocco ta zama kasa ta farko a Afirka da ta kai matakin kusa da kusa na karshe sau biyu a jere. Duk da haka, wadanda suka fi sanin Bouaddi sun ce ba abin mamaki ba ne ga su ganinsa yana haka.

«Yana yin wannan irin wasa kowace karshen mako a filayen Ligue 1,» in ji Armand Doue, wanda ya horar da Bouaddi a farkon rayuwarsa a Creil, arewacin Faransa.

Tauraro kafin duniya ta gano shi

Hauhawar Bouaddi a ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙwararru ta kasance cike da rikodin tarihi. Ya zama ƙaramin ɗan wasa da ya taɓa buga wa Lille wasa a babban tawagar bayan da ya yi wasansa na farko da KI jim kaɗan bayan cika shekara 16 a shekarar 2023. A ranar haihuwarsa ta 17, masu kallo a Stade Pierre-Mauroy sun yi masa maraba bayan Lille ya doke Real Madrid a UEFA Champions League. Sannan ya karya rikodin da Eden Hazard ke da shi ta hanyar fitowa a wasanni 50 na Ligue 1 wa Lille yana ɗan shekara 18 kawai.

Tsohon ɗan wasan ƙasar Morocco Hassan Kachloul ya jaddada natsuwar da Bouaddi ya nuna a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a kan abokan hamayya irin su Casemiro, Lucas Paqueta, da Bruno Guimaraes. «Ya nuna ba inganci kawai ba, har ma da halin kai — wata irin girman kai mai kyau,» Kachloul ya shaida wa BBC Sport. «Yana da kwarin gwiwa, babbar darajar kai, da karfin kasancewa a fili. Yana bunƙasa a wannan yanayi.»

Morocco ba Faransa ba — mafarkin yaro ya cika

Zaɓin ƙasa waken Bouaddi ya kasance batun hamayya ta ƙwarai. Abokin wasansa a Lille, Olivier Giroud — wanda ya lashe Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya — ya yi ƙoƙari yawancin kakar wasa don shawo kan matashin ya zabi Faransa, duk da cewa Bouaddi ya wakilci Les Bleus a dukkan rukunin matasa. Bouaddi ya ƙi.

A maimakon haka, ya buga wata hoto a Instagram yana ɗan shekara 10, yana sanye da rigar Morocco yana kallo a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2018 daga mazauna. «Ina faɗa da girmama da nake da ita don kare waɗannan launuka kuma zan ba da komai don ingantaccen wakiltar ƙasata,» ya rubuta.

Ɗalibin lissafi wanda ya ƙi cin burger

Abin da ke bambanta Bouaddi ya zarce fage na ƙwallon ƙafa. Yana karatu don digiri a ilimin lissafi a lokacin huɗarsa kuma a wata lokaci ya gabatar da jawabi a Fadar Élysée, ya lashe gasar oratory.

Tsohon kocin sa na Creil, Sofiane Khair, yana tuna wani yaro daban da sauran. «Ayyoub ba shi da PlayStation ko Nintendo DS. Sa'ad da bai yi wasa ba, sai ya zauna a gida yana karanta littattafai ko yana aikin gida. Ba ya cin abinci na sauri kwata-kwata — idan muka tafi gasar, shi kaɗai ne yaron da bai ci burger ko pizza ba. Yana daidai yanzu kamar yadda yake yana ɗan shekara 10.»

Wannan yunƙurin ci gaba mai ɗorewa shi ne Giroud ya lura da shi da idanunsa. Yana kwatanta balaguron Bouaddi da na Kylian Mbappe yana ɗan shekara 18, tsohon ɗan wasan ya bayyana shi a matsayin «cikakken abokin wasa» wanda har yanzu yana ƙishirwa don haɓakawa. «Shi ne ainihin ɗan wasan box-to-box, amma yana buƙatar inganta wasu abubuwa, kamar yadda yake ƙaddamar da ƙwallon,» Giroud ya ce.

Ɗan jarida na ƙwallon ƙafa na Morocco, Amine el Amri, yana ganin iyakarsa ta fi kowane abu. «Yana da yiwuwar zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan tsakiya a tarihin wasan,» el Amri ya shaida wa BBC Sport, yana jan kwatankwacin tsohon ɗan tsakiyar Spain da Barcelona, Sergio Busquets. «Abin da yake yi sosai shi ne yadda yake riƙe da sanyin kai yana da ƙwallon da kuma lokacin matsawa. Ba ya aikata kurakurai da yawa — kuma hakan ne ya mai da Busquets cikakkiyar 'yar tsakiya.»

Yana ɗan shekara 18, labarin Bouaddi na farawa ne kawai. Manchester City da Premier League suna jira.