Newcastle United sun kammala siyan Bazoumana Toure, dan wasan iyaka na Ivory Coast daga Hoffenheim, cikin yarjejeniya mai darajar fam £43 miliyan, suna kawo ɗaya daga cikin fitattun matasa a Bundesliga zuwa Premier League.

Tashin mai shekara 20 daga matakin da ya kasance ba shi da ban mamaki kwata kwata. Toure ya shiga ƙungiyar Sweden Hammarby a shekarar 2024 kawai, ya tafi Hoffenheim shekara ɗaya bayan haka — kuma bayan watanni 18 a Bundesliga, ya hau jirgin sama na sirri zuwa Tyneside don cika babbar burinsa ta taka leda a ƙoli na Ingila.

Wanda zai maye gurbin Gordon dindindin

Sa hannu ya magance bukatu mai gaggawa. Newcastle na nema mai rikabawa na hagu tun bayan fitar Anthony Gordon zuwa Barcelona da fam £69.3 miliyan a watan Yuni. Ƙungiyar ta rasa dama ta sanya hannu a Victor Munoz, wanda ya zaɓi Liverpool a madadin Newcastle daga Osasuna, wanda ya sanya isowa Toure ta yi daɗi ƙwarai.

An samu kuɗin ta wani ɓangare ta hanyar yarjejeniyar sayar da dan wasan tsakiya Sandro Tonali zuwa Tottenham Hotspur cikin yarjejeniyar da ta kai har fam £100 miliyan. Wannan tafiyar ta samar da ɗakin kuɗi da Newcastle suke bukata ƙarƙashin ƙa'idojin kashe kuɗi na ƙwallon ƙafa don sake saka hannun jari a sassa daban-daban na ƙungiyar.

Toure ya dace daidai da halayyar ɗan wasa da Newcastle suka yi niyya a wannan rani — ƙarami, mai himma, kuma yana son wasa wa ƙungiyar da gaske. Wannan ƙarshen sifa na da muhimmanci musamman bayan watan goma sha biyu na wahala a kasuwar canja wurin ga ƙungiyar Eddie Howe.

Lambobi na manyan ƙwararru a Bundesliga

Ayyukansa a Hoffenheim — wanda ya kusan cantar zuwa Champions League a karshen kakar da ta gabata — sun jan hankali sosai. A cikin dukkan yan gaba a Bundesliga a shekarar 2025-26, Toure ya tsaya na farko a cikin nasararrun ketawa (39), na biyu tare da wasu a cikin taimakon zura kwallo (tara), na uku tare da wasu a cikin kammalam dribble (48), kuma na huɗu a cikin dama da aka kirkiro (45) da manyan dama da aka kirkiro (11).

Ya kuma ci nasara a fafatawa 152 kuma ya dawo da ƙwallon sau 127 a ƙarshen kakar sa na gasar, wanda ke nuna ƙwazon aiki da ya wuce shekarunsa.

Hali bayan lambobi

Waɗanda suka san Toure sosai suna magana game da shi da zafi. Mikael Hjelmberg, daraktan wasanni na Hammarby wanda ya kawo shi Turai daga ASEC Mimosas a Ivory Coast, ya ce ya «faɗi ƙaunar» dan wasan da zarar ya gan shi yana wasa. Hjelmberg ya ce: «Halayensa ne. Kullum yana murmushi, kullum yana da kyakkyawan fata.»

Abokin wasansa na tsohon Hammarby Nahir Besara yana raba wannan ra'ayin — kuma yana nuni ga ikon Toure na karɓar umarni a matsayin abin da ya keɓanta. Besara ya ce: «Zai iya karɓar umarnin kocis da 'yan wasa, ya kai shi kai tsaye filin wasa.» Ya tuna yadda Toure, wanda bai taɓa zura kwallo da kansa ba, ya samu umurni daga kocin Kim Hellberg daren kafin wasa ya kai kan ganga — ya tafi ya zura kwalli biyu da kansa a wannan wasan.

Besara ya kuma bayyana cewa a ranar ƙarshe ta Toure a Hammarby, Toure ya aika masa kuɗi a matsayin kyauta ta bankwana. Besara ya ce: «Tabbas na mayar masa, amma babbar alama ce mai ban mamaki.»

Kalubale a gaba a Tyneside

Premier League wata matakin ɗaukaka ce. Toure har yanzu yana ci gaba kuma dole ne ya ƙarfafa aikin kammala zura kwallo, daidaita da bukatun jiki na ƙwallon Ingila, kuma ya koyi tsarin da Howe ke amfani da shi. Babu abin da zai faru a dare ɗaya daga cikinsa.

Duk da haka, dukan aikin Toure an gina shi akan ƙwarewar daidaitawa cikin sauri da sabbin muhallai, kuma waɗanda suke kewaye da shi suna sa ran wannan tsari ya ci gaba. Besara ya ce: «Na san zai yi nasara sosai. Ku riƙe kalmomina.»