Rio Ngumoha ya yi gaggawa wajen kwantar da hasashe game da makomar sa, yana mai cewa duk wani magana game da tafiyar sa daga Liverpool yanzu tana hannun ajansin sa — kuma nesa sosai daga tunaninsa — yayin da ɗan shekara 18 ke ci gaba da burge kowa a ƙarƙashin sabon manaja Andoni Iraola.

Rahotanni da ke haɗa ɗan wasan fikafika da Arsenal, Bayern Munich, da kuma RB Leipzig sun yadu cikin makonni kaɗan da suka wuce, inda David Ornstein ya rubuta a cikin The Athletic watan da ya wuce cewa Ngumoha "ana son sa sosai" a Emirates. Duk da haka, saurayin yana da alama bai damu da irin wannan labari ba.

"Hakan duk tare da ajansin na yanzun," in ji Ngumoha bayan ya shigo daga benci a cikin nasarar Liverpool ta 2-1 akan Brentford a Gtech Community Stadium ranar Asabar. "Ina tsammanin komai yana tafiya da kyau. Ban tabbata ba sosai. Ina barin ƙwallon ƙafar ta na yi magana a ƙarshe."

Ngumoha ya kara da cewa labarin canja wuri yana a bayan tunaninsa kawai. "Ina jin daɗin wasa, kuma duk waɗannan al'amura suna a bayan tunanina a zahiri. Ina wasa ne kawai don kulob ɗin, kuma ina fatan zan ci gaba da yin aiki mai kyau."

Daidaita da gefen biyu

Ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na England ya buga wasanni biyar daga cikin bakwai na farko na Premier League wannan kakar, tare da wasanni biyu na UEFA Champions League akan Atletico Madrid da LASK. Ya kuma fara wasan da Liverpool ta ci Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 a Carabao Cup.

Ngumoha ya ɗauki nauyin fikafikoki biyu tun bayan da Liverpool ta rabu da Mohamed Salah bazara da ta wuce, lokacin da tauraruwar Masar ta wuce zuwa Trabzonspor a Super Lig ta Turkiyya. Saurayin ya ce sassaucin matsayin ya inganta wasan sa.

"Ina jin daɗin kalubalen kuma iyawar yin wasa daga bangarori biyu yana da muhimmanci," in ji shi. "Ina koyon fikafikar dama yanzu, kuma ina son sa. Yana bani ɗan rashin tsammanin ɗan kadan. Na kasance ina aiki tuƙuru a filin horarwa."

Lokacin da ya yi tare da England ya kuma hanzarta bunkasar sa. "Na tafi tare da England kuma ina wasa a gefen dama, saboda haka na koya da yawa a can ma. Kallo kamar Anthony Gordon da Bukayo Saka — na ɗauki wasu abubuwan da suka gaya mini, kuma yana da taimako sosai."

Tasirin Iraola da gasar cikin tawagar

Ngumoha ya yabi manaja Iraola, yana fallasa cewa kocin Basque ya ƙarfafa shi ya yi ta ɗaukar masu hamayya da yawa fiye da kowane lokaci a cikin yanayin ɗaya-da-ɗaya.

"Ina jin daɗin aiki tare da shi da bunƙasar da ke biyo baya," in ji saurayin. "Ko na fara wasan ko na shigo daga benci, ina da hali ɗaya. Na san kulob ɗin yana ƙoƙarin kulani kawai. Muna da wasu daga mafi kyawun masu kai hari a duniya, saboda haka gasar samun gurare ba ta da sauƙi."

Ya kasance yana da hangen nesa mai kyau game da maye gurbin ʼyan wasa: "Komai yana game da gasar da ta dace kuma muna son yin nasara a ƙarshe. Saboda haka duk mintocin da muka samu, ba za mu iya yin baƙin ciki ba — dole ne mu fita mu nuna abin da za mu iya yi."

Kwangilar Ngumoha a Anfield tana ƙare a 2028. Yayin da nasarorin sa suna magana da ƙarfi fiye da kowace jita-jita ta canja wuri, ɗan shekara 18 yana da alama yana mai da hankali sosai kan abin da ke faruwa yanzu.