Caleb Yirenkyi ya zo FC Nordsjaelland da tsananin ƙarfi wanda ya firgita abokan wasansa. A cikin ɗaya daga cikin farkon taronsa na horar da kansa, ya kasance yana tsalle cikin faɗace-faɗace da irin tsanani da ya sa Alexander Riget, daraktan fasaha na lokacin, ya tilasta masa barin filin. Ya ce wa Sky Sports: "Ya kasance yana jifan jikin 'yan wasan mu masu muhimmanci da yawa. Na buƙaci in ce masa: 'Caleb, fita,' don ya huce kaɗan ya kuma koyi yadda ya yi amfani da kuzarinsa."

Wannan labarin ya bayyana sabon ɗan wasan tsakiyar Coventry City a hoton guda ɗaya. Yirenkyi, wanda yake da shekara 20, ɗan wasa ne mai tsananin kuzari da ba safai ake ganin sa ba — kuma ya yi amfani da wannan kuzari don ya zama, a cewar Riget, mafi kyawun ɗan wasa a cikin 'yan wasan da ke Nordsjaelland a yanzu.

Hali ta musamman

Nordsjaelland ba kulob din yau da kullun ba ne. Mallakin kwalejin Right To Dream ne — wata ƙungiya da ta samu tushen ta a Ghana — kuma ta gina suna wajen haɓaka hazikan Afirka masu daraja da isar da su zuwa ƙwallon ƙafa na Turai. Ko da hakan, Yirenkyi ya bambanta sosai.

"Shi ɗan wasa ne mai hali ta musamman, da gaskiya sosai," in ji Riget. "Ban taɓa ganin ɗan wasa kamarsa daga fuskar hali ba." Wannan hali ta bayyana tun daga lokacin da ya isa: Yirenkyi ya zaɓi zama a wurin horar da kulob, yana ajiye keke a cikin ɗakinsa don ƙarin aikin jikin kansa, kuma yana shafe ranakun hutu a gidan motsa jiki. Riget ya tuna: "Ya kawai son zama a nan don ya sami abinci mai kyau da bacci mai kyau."

Daga cikin waɗanda suka taimaka wajen bunƙasa ƙwarewarsa akwai Michael Essien, tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya mai nasarar Kofin Zakarun Turai, yanzu yana aiki a Nordsjaelland. Essien ya ga iyawarsa nan take. Ya ce wa Sky Sports: "Ya kasance mai aiki tuƙuru ne koyaushe tare da kyakkyawar tunanin wasa, kuma babban mai sauraro ne. Haka nan akwai kaɗan cikas a farko, amma ya ci gaba koyaushe. Kuma hakan ya samu sakamako mai kyau sosai."

Koyon wasan daidai

Waɗannan cikas na farko sun haɗa da shafe shekara ɗaya tare da ƙungiyar haɓakawa ta Nordsjaelland maimakon ƙungiyar farko — lokaci da kulob din ya yi amfani da shi da gangan don inganta bangarorin ƙarancin ƙwarewa a wasansa. Riget ya bayyana: "Yana da ƙarfi mai yawa a ciki kuma kawai ya so ya fitar da shi. Mun bukaci da gaske mu yi lokaci a shekara ta farko tare da shi wajen sa shi ya kasance mafi kwanciyar hankali akan ƙwallon da kuma matsayinsa."

Aikin ya biya diyya. Riget ya bayyana ɗan wasan tsakiya wanda yake musamman mai lalata ba tare da ƙwallon ba — yana mamaye faɗace-faɗace na jikin kansa, yana matsa wa abokan gaba ba tare da tsayawa ba, kuma yana lashe ƙwallaye na biyu. "Yanzu yana da kyakkyawan matakin tare da ƙwallon amma musamman mai kyau ne ba tare da ƙwallon ba. Wannan tabbas shine mafi kyawun ɓangarensa."

Nordsjaelland ta ƙi tayin da aka yi daga tsohon canjin 'yan wasa guda biyu, suna ƙarfi su sayi Yirenkyi ne kawai lokacin da lokacin ya yi. Riget ya yarda: "Da mun iya sayarwa a canjin 'yan wasa biyu da suka wuce. Amma mun ƙirƙiri kyakkyawan shiri tare da shi game da wane mataki ne zai zama daidai."

Bayyanawa a Kofin Duniya

Wannan bazara ya samar da wuri mafi kyau don nuna ƙwarewa. A farkon wasan Ghana a FIFA World Cup 2026 da Panama, Yirenkyi ya yi gudu na mita 60 don bugawa ƙwallon nasara a minti na ƙarshe — wani ƙwallo da Riget ya kira "gudun sa ta musamman." Sa'an nan a wasan Ghana da England, saurayin ya kiyaye matsayinsa a kan wasu daga cikin manyan 'yan wasa a duniya. In ji Riget: "Ya nuna zai iya wasa a wannan matakin. A kan wasu daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasa a duniya, ya nuna iyawarsa."

Damar Coventry

Ga Essien, matsayar zuwa Coventry City da aka sabunta zuwa babban ƙungiya ƙarƙashin Frank Lampard shine mafi kyawun yanayi ga ɗalibin sa. "Shi gasar ce da ta dace da ƙwarewarsa. Shi mai ƙarfi sosai ne da jikin kansa, mai tsauri kuma mai kyau sosai da ƙwallon a ƙafafunsa. Ita ce gasa mafi dacewa gare shi, kuma Coventry babban kulob ne gare shi don ƙara bunƙasa wasansa."

Essien kuma yana tabbacin cewa salon gudanar da 'yan wasa na Lampard zai ba da damar Yirenkyi ya yi kyau sosai. "Frank manaja ne wanda baya tsoro ya buga 'yan wasa matasa saboda haka ina tsammanin Caleb zai sami damar da yake bukata don nuna iyawarsa." Ya ƙara da cewa: "Ina sanin wasu kociyoyi a can daga zamanina a Chelsea. A ganina, wannan yanayi mafi dacewa ne ga Caleb."

Riget ya yarda cewa lokacin Yirenkyi tare da ƙwallon zai kasance ƙarami a Premier League kuma wasansa tare da ƙwallon yana buƙatar ƙarin haɓaka. Amma a kan abubuwan da suka fi muhimmanci a wannan matakin aikinsa, babu shakka. "Iyawarsa ta gudu, ƙarfinsa a faɗace-faɗace — wannan na musamman sosai ne. Yana shirye don Premier League."