Kevin Kelsy ya ɓoye kansa cikin wata motar hakar ma'adini don gujewa haramcin tafiya, kuma ya ga jiragen yaƙi na drone suna fado daga sararin sama na Ukraine. A shekarun 22 kawai, ɗan wasan Portland Timbers ya riga ya ƙware da abubuwa masu yawa don aikin wucin-gadi na tsawo sau biyu — kuma yana iya zama a gab da rubuta sabon babi a Ibrox, bayan an ba da rahoton cewa an amince da canjinsa zuwa Rangers.

Daga Valencia zuwa Glasgow — ta hanyar motar hakar ma'adini

Kelsy ya fara aikinsa a Mineros de Guayana a Venezuela, yana bayyana kansa a wasanni a shekara ta 2021 yana ɗan shekara 16. Zuwa can ya buƙaci tafiya kilomita sama da 800 daga garin da aka haife shi na Valencia — amma ƙuntatawa kan tafiya saboda Covid-19 ta sa wannan tafiya ba za ta yiwu ba.

Maimakon rasa damarsa, Kelsy ya ɓoye kansa cikin motar hakar ma'adini don ƙetare shinge-shinge ba tare da an gano shi ba. "Da na yi tunani game da shi, ee, ra'ayin ya kasance mahaukaci a gaskiya," ya faɗa wa wata shafin Portland Timbers a farkon wannan shekara. "Ina da ƙaramin shekara ƙwarai, na bar kaina kawai na jagoranci ta mafarkai, ba tare da yin tunani game da hauka na abin da nake yi ba."

Niyarsa ta samar da sakamako da sauri. A kakarsa ta biyu, ya zura ƙwallaye 5 a wasa 24 — salo na wasa da ya ba shi damar canja zuwa Turai ta hanyar zama a Uruguay da Boston River, kafin ya rattaba hannu tare da Shakhtar Donetsk.

Zakara na gasar sau biyu — a tsakiyar rikicin Ukraine

Kelsy ya lashe taken gasar sau biyu da Shakhtar, ya zura ƙwallaye 9 a wasa 37 a cikin wadannan kamfen guda biyu. Duk da haka, lokacinsa a Ukraine ya zo a cikin yanayin yakin da ke ci gaba da Russia.

"Akwai lokutan da na zauna face da hari kan kasar, amma kuma na ga yadda kasar take kare kanta," ya ce. "Ba zan yaudare ku ba, zan iya ganin a sararin sama jiragen yaƙi na drone suna ƙafewa."

Maimakon barin rikici ya rushe burinsa, Kelsy ya ciro ƙarfi daga gare shi. Ya ce: "Wadannan lokutan ne ke ƙarfafa ka, girma da ka. Ina tsammanin a ƙarshe mafarkai sun fi komai girma, don haka na yi ƙoƙarin kada na damu da dukkan wadannan abubuwa gwargwado iya ikonata."

Tabbatar da kansa a MLS

Yana neman lokutan wasa na yau da kullum, Kelsy ya koma Major League Soccer, yana shiga FC Cincinnati a matsayin aro a shekara ta 2024. Ƙwallaye 6 a wasa 29 sun ba shi canjin dindindin zuwa Portland Timbers, inda ya riƙe wannan matakin da ƙwallaye 9 a wasa 34.

Manajan gaba na Portland Timbers, Ned Grabavoy, ya bayyana hoton rayayye na tasirin jiki na dan wasan. "Dole in ce, shi ne wani tunto ƙarfe na gaskiya," Grabavoy ya ce. "Halayyar aiki a wasu lokutan, kusan kamar yana yin aiki fiye da kima." Grabavoy ya ƙara cewa Kelsy ya bunƙasa a aikinsa a kulob, yana da sassauci ga jagoranci da ƙarin tasiri a fagen wasa.

Me Kelsy zai iya kawo wa Rangers

Tsayin sama da ƙafa shida kuma yana amfani da ƙafarsa ta hagu, Kelsy ɗan wasan kai-tsaye ne mai ƙarfin jiki da aka gina don jagorantar harin — siffa da Rangers ta rasa tun Youssef Chermiti ya sha rauni a haɗin gwiwar gaban (ACL) a farkon kakar.

Lawrence Shankland, wanda aka rattaba hannu da shi wannan lokacin rani kuma aka naɗa kyaftin bayan tafiyar James Tavernier, ya fara a wasa 3 ne kawai cikin fiye da 6, kuma ya zura ƙwallon farko a gasar Premiership — a bugun fanariti — akan Aberdeen a ranar Lahadi. Ryan Naderi ya zura ƙwallaye 2 a wasa 3 a matsayin ɗan wasan da manajan Derek McInnes ya fi so kafin wannan wasa, yayin da Olek Miovski — wanda ya zura ƙwallaye 14 a wasa 47 a kakar da ta gabata — ya bayyana sau ɗaya kawai a matsayin wanda aka maye gurbi har yau.

Idan Kelsy ya iso Ibrox, Miovski ne ya fi kowa damar tafiya — ko da Chermiti ba ya nan na dogon lokaci.