Zohran Mamdani, Magajin Garin New York City, ya jawo hankulan mutane a lokacin sallar Eid al-Adha a Bronx a wannan mako ta hanyar sanye da kurta na musamman da aka ƙera bisa kayan wasan Arsenal na waje na kakar 2025-26, mai launin shuɗin teku da jan tsatsauran wuta — hoto da ya yadu cikin sauri a kafofin sada zumunta.

Wannan tufafi na gargajiya mai sassauƙa, wanda aka sake tsara shi da launukan Arsenal, ya nuna fili sadaukarwar Mamdani ga Gunners, wadda ta kasance sananna ga jama'a. An haifi Mamdani kuma ya girma a Uganda, kuma shi ne magajin gari na farko Musulmi da kuma Ba-Amurke na asalin Asiya a New York, yayin da ƙaunarsa ga Arsenal ta faro tun yaro.

Sadaukarwa ta har abada ga Arsenal

Mamdani, wanda yanzu yana da shekaru 34, ya ce ya fara goyon bayan Arsenal yana da shekaru 10, lokacin da kawunsa ya ba shi saitin maganadisu na firiji da ke ɗauke da hotuna na 'yan wasa na Arsenal na zamanin — ciki har da Sylvain Wiltord, David Seaman, Sol Campbell, da Thierry Henry.

Lokacin da Arsenal ta lashe gasar Premier League a wannan kakar, Mamdani ya yi murna da zafin rai kamar yadda mazauna Highbury and Islington suka yi. Abokansa a kafofin sada zumunta sun daɗe suna ƙaunar ikonsa na tuna da 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa da ba a shahara da su ba na shekarun 1990, wanda ya tabbatar da cewa shi mai goyon baya ne na gaske.

Fiye da Arsenal: hannun jari a Real Oviedo

Sha'awarsa ga ƙwallon ƙafa ba ta tsaya a arewacin London ba. Mamdani yana cikin mutane 20,000 da suka shiga kamfen na duniya na siyen hannun jari da kulob din Sipaniya Real Oviedo ya ƙaddamar a shekara ta 2012, lokacin da kulob din ke fuskantar barazanar fatarar kuɗi. Har yanzu yana ɗaya daga cikin masu hannun jari.

Tikitin Gasar Duniya 2026 da New York

Mamdani, wanda aka zaɓa a matsayin magajin gari a watan Nuwamba, ya kuma soki FIFA game da amfani da farashin mai canzawa ga tikitin FIFA World Cup 2026. Don mayar da martani, ya ƙaddamar da caca da ke ba mutane 1,000 na New York damar siyen tikiti na gasar da $50 (£37.30) kowannensu. An kai iyakar yau da kullun ta mutane 50,000 a cikin mintuna 3 kawai a ranar buɗewa.

MetLife Stadium na New Jersey — gidan ƙungiyoyin NFL na New York Jets da New York Giants — an shirya ta don karɓar ƙarshen wasan wannan gasar da ke da ƙungiyoyi 48, wacce za ta gudana a Amurka, Mexico, da Kanada daga ranar 11 ga watan Yuni zuwa 19 ga watan Yuli.

Tambaya ɗaya ta rage

Bayan da Mamdani ya haɗu da cin kofin Premier League da bukukuwan Eid al-Adha ta wannan hanyar mai ban mamaki, masu goyon baya da masu kallo suna tambaya: wa zai yi bikinsa yaya Arsenal suka lashe karin nasara? Gunners za su fuskanci Paris St-Germain a wasan ƙarshe na UEFA Champions League a Budapest a ranar Asabar, 30 ga Mayu da karfe 17:00 BST.