Neal Maupay ya yarda cewa bai yi magana da James Maddison ba tun lokacin da ya kwaikwayi bikin jifa kibau na harbe-harbe na ƙwararren ɗan wasan Tottenham Hotspur a wasan Premier League a watan Janairu 2024 — kuma ya ce ba shi da nadama ko kaɗan.

Ɗan wasan gaba na Marseille ya zira kwallo a rabi na farko a Tottenham Hotspur Stadium yana wakiltar Brentford, kuma nan da nan ya yi bikin ta hanyar kwaikwayon alamar jifan kibau ta Maddison a gaban magoya bayansu. Tottenham sun ƙare da cin nasara 3-2.

Shawarar da aka yanke nan take

Maupay, wanda a baya ya buga wa Brighton & Hove Albion, ya gaya wa FourFourTwo cewa bikin bai shiri shi a gaba ba. "Ba na shirya bikin yawanci saboda ina son yin aiki da motsin zuciyarma," ya bayyana. "Ina bi da gudun wasan da yadda nake ji a lokacin."

Ɗan wasan gaba na Marseille ya jaddada cewa babu wata ƙiyayya ga Maddison a bayan wannan alama. Sun fuskanci juna sau 9 kafin wannan wasan na Janairu, sau da yawa lokacin da Maddison yake wakiltar Leicester City, kuma dangantakarsu ta kasance ta abokantaka koyaushe. "Da nake fuskantar sa lokacin da yake Leicester, kullum muna da kyakkyawar dangantaka," Maupay ya ce. "Amma a wannan wasan, da yanayin da kuma ganin magoya baya a sahun gaba, sai na so in yi bikin sa kawai."

Abin da ya biyo baya

Lamarin ya kunna taƙaitaccen musayar kalmomi tsakanin su biyun bayan ƙarewar wasan. Maddison, yana magana da TNT Sports, ya kai hari ga tarihin zira kwallo na Maupay: "Watakila bai zira isassun kwallaye a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka wuce don ya sami bikin nasa, don haka dole ya kwaikwayo nawa!" Maupay ya mayar da martani ta Instagram, yana tunatar da mabiyansa cewa shi yana da ƙarin kwallaye da ƙananan fanɗuwa a tarihin aikinsa.

Duk da wannan musayar, Maupay ya ce babu wata ƙiyayya da ta rage. "Ba na da magana da shi game da wannan tun lokacin," ya gaya wa FourFourTwo. "Daga abin da na ji, bai yi farin cikin hakan ba."

Wannan ilimi bai canza ra'ayin Maupay kadan ba. "Daga ra'ayina, ina tsammanin ya kasance bikin mai kyau kuma idan zan yi shi kuma, zan yi," ya ce — ba tare da wata shakka cewa ruhin barkwanci na ɗan wasan gaba na Marseille yana ci gaba da kasancewa lafiya.