A cikin gidansa, Bruno Guimaraes yana da hular 'Bruno's magic hat' a rubuce — tunawa ga wakar da magoya bayan Newcastle United suka ƙirƙira bayan isowarsa daga Lyon a shekarar 2022. Dan Braziliya ya taɓa rera wakar da alfahari. Duk da haka, bayan shekaru huɗu da rabi, Guimaraes ya nuna sha'awarsa ta barin Tyneside zuwa Arsenal.
Kyaftin da ba za a iya maye gurbinsa ba
Lokaci bai iya zama mai tsananin hankali fiye da haka ba. Newcastle ta riga ta sayar da Sandro Tonali zuwa Tottenham Hotspur a cikin yarjejeniya mai darajar har fam miliyan 100, kuma Anthony Gordon zuwa Barcelona da fam miliyan 69.3 cikin shekara guda da ta wuce, yayin da Alexander Isak ya yi ƙoƙari sosai don shiga Liverpool har ma bayan Newcastle ta samu tikitin UEFA Champions League a shekarar 2025. Yanzu kulob ɗin na fuskantar haɗarin rasa kyaftinsa ma.
Ƙididdiga kaɗai suna nuna yadda Guimaraes yake da muhimmanci wanda ba za a iya maye gurbinsa ba. Bisa ga bayanai na Opta, yawan nasarorin Newcastle a Premier League yana tashi daga kashi 12.5 zuwa kashi 50.7 bisa ɗari idan ya buga wasa. Maki a kowace wasa suna tashi daga 0.7 zuwa 1.7, matsakaicin ƙwallaye da aka ci yana inganta daga 0.8 zuwa 1.9, kuma rikodin tsaro yana ƙarfafawa — matsakaicin ƙwallaye da abokan hamayya suka ci yana faɗuwa daga 1.6 zuwa 1.3. A taƙaice, Newcastle na zama ƙungiya daban-daban gaba ɗaya lokacin da kyaftin ɗin ya fito fagen wasa.
Mai katin kakar wasanni Liam Phillips ya bayyana ji na magoya baya, yana mai cewa zai «yi baƙin ciki sosai» idan Guimaraes ya tafi, yana mai jaddada cewa zuwan ɗan wasa mai tsakiya a shekarar 2022 ya kawo «bege da ƙuduri» ga kulob ɗin. «Tafiyarsa za ta zama alamar muhimmanci game da alkiblar wannan aikin,» in ji shi. «Newcastle ta rasa Isak, Gordon da Tonali a cikin watanni 12 da suka wuce. Rasa Bruno zai zama mai damun hankali sosai.»
Shirin da ke shan wahala
Lokacin da Guimaraes ya shiga wata kulob da ke fafutukar guje wa faɗuwa, an gabatar masa da hangen nesa: Newcastle ba ta son kawai ta cancanci shiga UEFA Champions League — ta kuma so ta lashe shi. Kulob ɗin ya shiga gasar sau biyu tun daga lokacin, amma har yanzu yana nesa da ɗaukar matakin gaba.
Shari'ar Isak tana da matuƙar darasi. Basweden ya zaɓi Liverpool ba kawai saboda albashin da ya fi girma ba — wanda arzikin kulob ɗin ya ba da damar hakan — har ma da sha'awar yin gogayya don manyan kofuna. Guimaraes yana kara fuskantar matsala iri ɗaya a matakin gaba na aikinsa, musamman bayan kakar wasa mai wahala a ƙasa wanda Newcastle ta ƙare a matsayi na 12 a Premier League.
Arsenal ba ta taba sadarwa da Newcastle ba tukuna, wadda ba ta so ta rasa ɗan Braziliya ɗin. Amma shin Guimaraes mai shekara 28 yana ganin wannan canja wurin a matsayin damarsa ta ƙarshe don lashe taken Premier League ko UEFA Champions League?
Newcastle na neman sake gina ƙungiya
Daga cikin 'yan wasa 26 da aka ɗauka hoto suna murnar nasarar EFL Cup akan Liverpool a shekarar 2025 — wanda ya kawo ƙarshen jiran shekaru bakwai don lashe kofin gida mai girma — 'yan wasa 11 sun riga sun bar kulob ɗin. Koci Eddie Howe ya yi gargaɗi a ƙarshen kakar wasa ta baya cewa «ƙungiya ba za ta iya raunana ba».
Duk da haka, Newcastle ta samu ci gaba a tattaunawar neman ɗan wasa mai tsakiya na Freiburg Johan Manzambi, kuma ta kammala siyan ɗan wasan gefen Bazoumana Toure, ɗan wasa mai tsakiya Sean Steur da kuma mai tsaron raga Ewen Jaouen. Kulob ɗin kamar Bournemouth, wadda ta ƙare a matsayi na shida a kakar wasa ta baya, sun nuna yadda daukar 'yan wasa da basira zai iya biyan rasa 'yan wasa masu muhimmanci — amma ƙwarewa na da muhimmanci, kuma Guimaraes shi ne mafi kyawun misalinsa.
