Yarjejeniya mafi ƙauna ta wannan rani ta fito daga Wolverhampton Wanderers. Raul Jimenez, dan wasan gaba na Mexico wanda ya bayyana wani zamani a Molineux, ya dawo gida — kuma kulob din bai kasance iri ɗaya ba tun lokacin.

Jimenez, wanda yanzu yana da shekara 35, ya sake shiga Wolves don kakarsu ta farko a Championship bayan faɗuwa daga Premier League. Isowansa bai daga ruhin masoya kaɗai ba; ya canza yanayin kulob din gaba ɗaya. Duk manyan wallafe-wallafe goma da suka fi yin hulɗa a kafofin sadarwar zamani tun daga sanarwar sun kasance game da shi, kuma Wolves sun ce martanin Instagram shine mafi girma da kowa ya taba tunawa.

Lamba ɗin rigar da take faɗin komai

A kan tituna, ba riguna na Wolves masoya ke sawa ba — riguna na Jimenez ne. A wasan kokan kafin kakar wasa da Real Sociedad, masoya sun rera sunansa kafin ma ya taka filin wasa, tare da riguna na Mexico — na gida da na waje — a warwatse a cikin manyan tarurruka.

A cikin shagon kulob, rigarsa tana yin tallace-tallace fiye da ɗan wasa mafi mashahuri na kakar wasa ta ƙarshe da kashi 250 cikin ɗari. Don samun kwatancen, za ku buƙaci komawa Steve Bull — ɗan wasa da aka ƙaunace shi sosai har ya wuce iyakokin kulob din kansa.

Kwallayen, ɗaukaka, da dare na Turai

Lambobin kaɗai sun isa su tabbatar da wannan ƙauna. Kwallayen 40 na Premier League suna sa Jimenez zama ɗan wasa na Wolves mai tarihin kwallayen mafi yawa a gasar, kuma kwallayen 57 a duk gasa sun haɗa da tarin tunawa da abubuwa na Turai masu ban mamaki. Shi ne mai rikodin kulob don zura kwallo a gasan Turai, ya bugi raga akan Crusaders, Pyunik Yerevan, Torino, Slovan Bratislava, da kuma a ƙarƙashin ruwan sama mai ƙarfi a Braga — darajen da masoya har yanzu suna raira waƙarsu game da su a yau.

Ya ci kwallo a wasan semi-final na FA Cup a Wembley. Ya taimaka kai Wolves zuwa manyan bakwai na Premier League a kakakin jere biyu, abin da bai faru ba tun zamanin Stan Cullis. A kakar 2019/20, kwallayen 27 na gasar ƙasa ba wani ɗan wasan Wolves ya zarce su sai sau ɗaya — Bull, a Tier 3, a 1989. Don samun adadi mai kama da shi a babbar gasar, dole ne a koma John Richards a 1973.

Rauni da ya ƙarfafa alaƙar

Sa'an nan sai ya zo karo da David Luiz a Arsenal a watan Nuwamba 2020 — ƙasuwar kwanyar kai, filin wasa da ya yi shiru, da kuma dogon hanya mai wahala na murmurewa. Jimenez bai sake dawo da cikakken kwarewarsa ta kafin rauni a riga ta Wolves ba, kuma bai ci kwallo da kansa wa kulob din tun daga lokacin ba. Lokacin da zai zo, yana alƙawari zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan lokutan fitar da rai a Molineux.

Amma idan rauni ya taƙaita wasansa a filin, ya ƙara zurfafa alaƙarsa da masoya. Budaɗɗiyar iyalinsa game da goyon bayan da suka samu daga masoya Wolves a lokacin murmurewa ya kawo bangarorin biyu kusa da juna fiye da kowane lokaci. Matarsa Daniela ta rungumi birnin, kuma ma'auratan sun ma yi sanarwar jinsin ɗansu na biyu a filin Molineux.

Ƙarshen da aka sake rubuta shi

Fitarsa ta farko, a watan Mayu 2023, ya kasance cikin zafi — wanda ake ajiya wanda ba a yi amfani da shi ba akan Everton, yana kuka a benci, yana gaisuwa wanda bai taba zama na ƙarshe ba a ganin kowa. Yanzu, ƙarƙashin sabon manajan Cesar Peixoto, yana da damar rubuta ƙarshen da aikinsa na Wolves ya cancanta.

Masu sa caca sun sa shi a matsayin ɗan takara mafi girma don lakaba na fi cin kwallo a Championship — wani abu da bai ba da mamaki ba ga dan wasan da ya juya kowane bugun daga kai tsaye da ya yi a Premier League, yana tara kwallayen bugun daga kai tsaye fiye da kowace ɗan wasa a tarihin gasar. Idan ya tsira lafiya, kwallaye 20 manufa ce ta gaskiya.

Ikon Wolves na gina tawaga da za ta cancanci tashi sama a kewaye da shi ya kasance tambaya mai buɗewa. Amma ta wata hanya, wannan ba ta zuciyar al'amari ba. Bull ya yi shekaru goma a Tier 2 ba tare da samun tashi ba kuma ya ƙara ƙarfafa labarinsa a wannan lokacin.

Bull ya zauna. Jimenez ya dawo. Wolves sun sami Lamba 9 dinsu.