Newcastle United da Liverpool suna tsara shirye-shiryen girmama Kevin Keegan kafin buɗewar kakarsu ta Premier League a St James' Park, ranar Lahadi 23 ga Agusta (16:30 BST), bayan mutuwar ɗan wasan da ya shahara yana da shekara 75 a rayuwa.
Keegan yana da wuri na muhimmanci a zukata masoya biyu na kulob ɗin biyu. Ya yi wasa a Newcastle United na tsawon shekara biyu tun daga 1982, sannan ya dawo Tyneside a matsayin manaja, inda ya kai kulob din zuwa ci gaban Premier League a 1992–93 kuma ya samu matsayi na biyu a 1995–96. A Liverpool kuwa, ya lashe gasar Premier League sau uku, Kofin Turai, Kofi biyu na Uefa, da kuma FA Cup a cikin shekara shida masu darajar nasarori.
Girmamawa mai dacewa daga kulob din biyu
Newcastle ya tabbatar a cikin sanarwa cewa yana cikin hulɗa da Liverpool domin tabbatar an girmami tunatarwar Keegan yadda ya dace kafin wasan. Kulob din ya ƙara cewa zai yi aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin masoya — ciki har da Fan Advisory Board, Newcastle United Supporters Trust, da Wor Flags — tare da Premier League, don tsara girmamawa.
Ƙungiyoyin maza, mata, da ƙasa da shekara 21 na Newcastle za su sa jan hannun ado baƙar fata a lokacin wasannin kafin kakar wasa. Za a yi minti ɗaya na shiru kafin tawagar Eddie Howe ta fafata da Gateshead a wasan abokantaka ranar Asabar.
Minti na bakwai don girmama shi
Za a nuna hoton Keegan a allunan St James' Park a minti na bakwai — a matsayin tunawa da riga lamba 7 da ya sawa a matsayin ɗan wasa — lokacin da tawagar maza ta fafata da Bayer Leverkusen da Strasbourg a ranar 15 da 16 ga Agusta. Wannan girmamawa iri ɗaya za ta gudana lokacin da tawagar mata ta buga da Inter Milan a ranar 16 ga Agusta, tana ba masoya damar shiga cikin minti ɗaya na tafi don tsohon kyaftin da manajan England.
Newcastle ya kuma sanar da cewa zai tuntuɓi iyalin Keegan game da shirin girmamawa na dindindin.
Aiki mai ɗaukaka, ƙarshen jaruntaka
A watan Yuni, Keegan ya bayyana cewa yana fama da ciwon daji na matakin huɗu, mafi girman mataki wanda ke nufin cuta ta yadu zuwa wasu sassan jiki. Iyalinsa sun fara sanar da yaƙinsa da cutar a watan Janairu, bayan an yi masa gwajin ƙarin bayani game da alamomin ciki a asibiti. Wata sanarwa a madadin iyalin Keegan wannan mako ta ce yana tare da matarsa da 'ya'yansa mata a lokacinsa na ƙarshe.
A cikin aiki mai ban sha'awa na ɗan wasan, Keegan ya kuma yi wasa a Scunthorpe United, Hamburg, da Southampton kafin ya zama manaja na Newcastle, Fulham, England, da Manchester City.
