Nico Gonzalez ya isa Newcastle United yana neman matsayin farko — kuma magoya bayan St James' Park sun gaggauta sa ya ji daɗin kasancewa gida. Ɗan wasan tsakiya mai shekaru 24 ya sami maraba mai ƙarfi kafin ya taɓa ƙwallon, yayin da an rera waƙoƙi a filin wasa cike da mutane kafin nasarar Newcastle 3-2 kan West Bromwich Albion a zagaye na biyu na Carabao Cup ranar Laraba.

Wannan canjin £52m daga Manchester City shi ne yarjejeniyar da manajan Matthias Jaissle ya gwabza tsawon lokaci don cimma ta. Jamusawan ya bayyana tattaunawar a matsayin "faɗa mai tsawo", yana kuma mai da hankali cewa shi "koyaushe yana bangare kan abubuwa masu kyau" — haɗin kalmomi wanda ya nuna ƙaunar da yake da ita wajen samun Gonzalez.

Jaissle ya yi tattaunawa da yawa kai tsaye da Gonzalez kafin an kammala yarjejeniyar, ba tare da barin ɗan wasan da wani shakku ba game da muhimman rawar da zai taka a shirin Newcastle.

"Koyaushe yana da muhimmanci idan kuna yin saye kamar Nico cewa akwai alƙawari. Amma ya nuna hakan tun farko, tun tattaunawarmu ta farko," in ji Jaissle.

Koyo daga Rodri

Tafiyar Gonzalez zuwa Tyneside ta faro daga farko fitowarsa ta Premier League wanda ya jawo hankulan mutane. Ya fito da farko don Manchester City a kan Newcastle — daga cikin ƙungiyoyi duka — kimanin shekara ɗaya da rabi da suka wuce, Gonzalez ya kammala fasahar wucewa 100 da ban mamaki kuma ya taimaka wa City don doke masu masaukinsu 4-0 a Etihad Stadium, duk da gargaɗi game da tsananin danna da Newcastle ke yi.

Wannan wasan ya nuna ƙwaransa na tsaro da fasaha wanda ya gamsar da Manchester City don sayen sa daga Porto da £50m. Manajan Pep Guardiola ya bayyana shi cikin kalmomin da za a tuna da su, yana kiransa "mini-Rodri namu" yayin rashin Rodri wanda ya sami rauni.

Duk da haka, bayan Rodri ya dawo da ƙarfi, samun matsayin farko kai tsaye ya zama wuya ga Gonzalez. Amma tsohon mataimakin manajan Manchester City, Kolo Toure, yana ganin cewa kwarewar horon tare da ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasan tsakiya a duniya bai yiwuwa a ƙididdige shi.

"Idan kana gasa da 'yan wasa kamar Rodri, kana koyon abubuwa da yawa domin kuna gab da su a horo kuma dole ne ka nuna wa manajan cewa kai ne mafi kyau daga gare su. Yana da wannan iyawar ɗaukar ƙwallon daga abokan hamayya, wanda yake a saman matakin. A ra'ayina ya fi Rodri a wannan batu, amma Rodri da ƙwallon shi ne mafi kyau a duniya," in ji Toure.

Hankali da aka gina don girma

Gonzalez ya koyaushe fahimci cewa ƙaɗan ne kawai daga 'yan wasa za su iya matsawa Rodri daga tsarin Guardiola. Bayan tafiyar Rodri zuwa Barcelona, sabon manajan Manchester City, Enzo Maresca, ya fara sake fasalin tsakiya ta hanyar siyan Ayyoub Bouaddi daga Lille da Elliot Anderson daga Nottingham Forest, tare da rahotannin tayin da zai zo don Enzo Fernandez na Chelsea shi ma a kan tebur.

Barin Manchester City bai zama sauƙi ba ga Gonzalez, wanda ya ji an daidaita a can — amma Newcastle na ba shi abin da ya daɗe yana nema: rawar tsakiya, ba tare da matsawa ba. Toure yana da yakinin cewa Baƙon Sipaniya zai ci gaba da cigaba, yana nuni da halayya wanda ya sa zaman nazari ya zama nishaɗi na gaske.

"Hankalinsa yana saman matakin. Kowace lokaci da zan sami kwamfutata kuma in zauna kusa da shi, yana buɗe sosai don koyo. Zai ci gaba da inganta saboda hankalinsa," in ji Toure.

Wannan yunwar kyautata kanta ta kasance jigo mai dawwama a tarihin aikin Gonzalez. Bayan shekaru goma a makarantar kwallon kafa ta Barcelona da ƙungiyar farko, ya tafi don ya bunƙasa a wani wuri — da farko a matsayin aro zuwa Valencia, sannan a matsayin dindindin zuwa Porto yana da shekara 21, kafin ya sami damar zuwa Manchester City.

Tsohon aboki a ƙungiyar Barcelona B, Roger Riera, ya biyo wannan sauyin da sha'awa. "Nico ya ga ƙasashe daban-daban da salo daban-daban na ƙwallon kafa. Ya ƙara abubuwa da yawa a wasansa, wanda ya sa shi ya zama ɗan wasa mai cikakken halin. Yanzu shi ne mafi kyawun fakiti," in ji Riera.

A St James' Park, a karshe mataki nashi kaɗai ne.