Haɗin mai kula da Crystal Palace kuma shugabansa Steve Parish ya tuntuɓi abokin Dwight McNeil kai tsaye kafin ɗan wasan tsakiya ya kammala canjinsa zuwa Selhurst Park a wannan makon.

McNeil, ɗan shekara 26, ya sanya hannu kan kwantir na shekaru huɗu tare da Palace a cikin yarjejeniyar musayar da ta aika Brennan Johnson zuwa Everton a hanyar adawa. Yarjejeniyar ta kawo ƙarshen wasan caji wanda ya ɗauki watanni da yawa.

Yarjejeniyar da ta kusan ɓace

Palace da Everton sun fara yarda da yarjejeniyar aro da siyan wanda ke da ƙimar dindindin ta £20 miliyan a watan Janairu. Sai dai yarjejeniyar ta ruguje a ƙofar ƙarshe lokacin da takardun da ake buƙata ba za a iya cika su a lokaci ba — duk da cewa McNeil ya riga ya wuce gwajin lafiya cikin nasara.

Rugujewa ta haifar da martani mai kaifin baƙin rai na bainar jama'a daga abokin McNeil, Megan Sharpley, wadda ta yi amfani da Instagram don nuna haushi nata. "Muna zaune a duniyar da kowa ya san yadda matsalar lafiyar hankali ke da girma," ta rubuta. "To, a ƙwallon ƙafa, me ya sa muke ganin an yarda, domin waɗannan matasan suna samun kuɗi mai yawa kuma ya yi kyau a yi wasa da lafiyar hankalinsu a matsayin wani ɓangare na aikin?"

Sharpley ta bayyana kwarewa ta a matsayin an ja ta "a kan jirgin ƙarfe na motsin zuciyar da ke canzawa" kuma ta ce an kwace canjin "a ƙarshen dakiƙa ta ƙarshe ba tare da wani bayani ba ya cutar da ni fiye da yadda zan iya faɗi."

BBC Sport na fahimtar cewa Parish ya tuntubi Sharpley don lafa al'amura kafin a kammala yarjejeniyar wannan makon.

Manufofin McNeil a Palace

McNeil ya koma daga Burnley zuwa Everton da £20 miliyan a watan Yulin 2022, inda ya zira kwallaye 15 a wasanni 128 a matsayinsa na Toffees. Yanzu ya zo ɗaya daga cikin tawagar Palace mai nasara ta kwanan nan.

Palace sun lashe FA Cup, Community Shield, da kuma UEFA Conference League a cikin yanayin wasanni biyu da suka gabata, kuma McNeil yana matukar son zama wani ɓangare na abin da ke zuwa. "Yaran sun sami babban nasara a cikin yanayi biyu da suka gabata. Wannan shine wani abu da nake son kasancewa ɓangare nasa, don haka ina farin ciki sosai don fara," ya ce.

Parish ya bayyana McNeil a matsayin "ɗan wasa mai ƙwarewar da aka tabbatar a Premier League," yana ƙarfafa amincin kulob a wannan sa hannun kwantir.

Johnson ya tafi Everton

Brennan Johnson, wanda ya zo Palace daga Nottingham Forest ta hanyar Tottenham Hotspur — inda ya zira ƙwallon nasara a wasan ƙarshe na UEFA Europa League a watan Mayu da ya gabata — ya kasa bayyana iyawarsa a Selhurst Park. Ɗan wasan ɓangarori na Wales ya shiga Palace da yarjejeniyar £35 miliyan a watan Janairu amma ya sami karo 26 kawai a duk gasa ba tare da zira kwallo ba kafin ya tafi Everton.