Bayan shekaru 11 na aiki na aminci a Swansea City, dan wasan tsakiya Matt Grimes ya yanke ɗaya daga cikin muhimman shawarwari na aikinsa lokacin da ya bar kulob ɗin Wales a watan Janairu 2025 — kuma yanzu haka ya sami sakamako da hawan zuwa Premier League.

Coventry City sun biya £4 miliyan don tabbatar da aiyakarsa. Grimes ya amince da cewa canjin yana ɗauke da wani ɓangaren haɗari, ganin yadda sunansa ya yi kama da Swansea. Amma tattaunawa da manajan Coventry Frank Lampard ita ce ta juya abubuwa.

Tasirin Lampard

"Na tuna wakilina yana cewa, 'Ka yi tattaunawa da Frank Lampard kawai,'" Grimes ya shaida wa FourFourTwo. "Ina jin daɗin rayuwa sosai a Swansea, na yi farin ciki sosai — muka ce, bari mu ga yadda zai tafi."

Ga ɗan wasa mai shekaru 31, yiwuwar yin aiki ƙarƙashin Lampard ya yi yawa sosai don a yi watsi da shi. "A matsayina na ɗan wasan tsakiya, ban yi imani akwai wani da kake so ka buga ƙwallon ƙafa a ƙarƙashinsa fiye da ɗaya daga cikin, in ba mafi girman ɗan wasan tsakiya na Ingila a kowane lokaci ba," in ji shi. "Ya kasance yabo mai girma sosai cewa yana son ya rattaba hannu na."

Tsoro na nadama

Grimes kuma ya bayyana cewa tsoro na nadama ya taka rawa wajen yanke shawarar. "Na ce wa kaina, 'In ban tafi ba kuma Coventry suka hau, zan yi baƙin ciki sosai,'" ya bayyana. "Sai na yi tunani a gefe ɗaya, 'In na tafi Coventry kuma Swansea suka hau, zan yi baƙin ciki daidai haka.'"

A ƙarshe, Grimes ya gaskata kansa ya yi canjin — kuma kamfen ɗin cin kofin Coventry ya tabbatar da wannan yanke shawara gaba ɗaya.

Dogon hanya zuwa babbar ƙungiya

Hauwan ya ƙare dogon neman Premier League na Grimes, wanda ya kiyasta ya buga tsakanin yawan shekaru bakwai ko takwas a Championship, yana ɗaukar kampiyoyin play-off uku kafin ya lashe rabo a ƙarshe.

"Na ba Swansea shekaru da yawa kuma ina godiya sosai ga abin da suka ba ni a musanya," in ji shi. "Amma na ji lokaci ya yi da a yi gwaji a wani wuri."

Yana tunani kan wahalhalu da ya samu kafin nasarar sa, Grimes ya bayar da ɗaukakar shawara mai sauƙi: "Lokutan ciwo suna sa lokutan kyau su yi ɗanɗano sosai."