Austin Okocha, ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun ɗan wasan tsakiya na Super Eagles, ya bayyana cewa Bayern Munich sun kusa sa hannunsa a 1991 — sai dai dokokin shekarun ƙwallon ƙafa na Jamus suka hana a ƙarshe.

A hirarrakinsa a cikin Obi One Podcast, Okocha ya bayyana cewa ya tafi Switzerland don buga gasar tare da ƙungiyar matasa ta Bayern Munich. Wasanninsa sun yi kyau sosai har suka sami tayin daga ƙattai na Bavaria — amma tayin bai wuce musafaha ba.

Dokokin shekaru da suka canza rayuwar wani ɗan wasa

A ƙarƙashin ƙa'idojin ƙwallon ƙafa na Jamus a wancan lokaci, ɗan wasan dole ya cika shekara 18 kafin Yuli domin ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragin ƙwararru a kakar wasa. Ranar haifuwar Okocha ta 18 ta faɗa a watan Agusta, wanda ya sanya shi a wajen tagar da aka tsara.

«Saboda na cika shekara 18 a watan Agusta, dokokin Jamus sun nuna cewa dole ka cika shekara 18 kafin Yuli don buga ƙwallon ƙafa a ƙwararru a wannan kakar,» in ji Okocha. «Saboda haka, ba a yarda da ni in buga wasan tashin ƙungiya tare da ƙungiyar rukuni na uku da nake buga wa — ko da yake mun lashe gasar yankinmu kuma muna son yin gaba da rukuni na biyu na ƙwararru.»

Wannan doka ma ta hana Bayern Munich ba da tayin nasu a rubuce. Okocha, wanda bai yarda ya bar Nigeria ya dogara ga alkawarin baka ba, ya nemi wani abu mai ƙarfi fiye da haka.

«Na tambayi su, 'Shin, kuna iya rubuta hakan a takarda? Domin ba zan iya zuwa daga Nigeria in dogara kan kwantiragin baka ba. Idan na ji rauni kuma kun ce in koma gida, ba zan da komai,'» ya tuna. «Suka amsa, 'To, idan ba ka yarda ba, mun yi hakuri.'»

Daga Neunkirchen zuwa Frankfurt — hanya da ba a sani ba

Maimakon jira kusan shekara guda cikin rashin tabbas, Okocha ya zaɓi yin aiki. Ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragi tare da Borussia Neunkirchen na rukuni na uku don kasancewa a cikin lafiya ta wasannin a farkon kakar — wani abu da mafi yawan magoya bayansa ba su san shi ba, tunda da yawa suna ɗauka cewa Eintracht Frankfurt ita ce farkon tashirsa a Jamus.

Zuba jarumi ya biya. A lokacin kasuwar yarjejeniyar hunturu, Eintracht Frankfurt suka zo da tayin da ya ba shi kwantiragi na mai son wasa na shekara ɗaya sannan ya biyo bayan kwantiragi na ƙwararru na shekaru biyu — kuma Okocha ya yarda.

Sauran ya zama tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Najeriya. A Frankfurt, Okocha ya haskaka Bundesliga kuma ya zura ɗaya daga cikin mafi shaharar ƙwallaye a tarihin gasar, yana lob da Oliver Kahn cikin ƙarfin hali mai ban mamaki don sanar da kansa a Turai. Asarar Bayern Munich ta zama riba ta ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya.