Newcastle United sun sha wahala a lokacin rani. Tafiyar Alexander Isak, Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimarães, Anthony Gordon — wanda ya fi duka zura a gasar da ta gabata — da kuma manaja mai taken gasar Eddie Howe, ya wakilci tafiyar da klabobi kaɗan za su iya jimrewa ba tare da damuwa ba. Amma duk da haka, cikin wannan garaje, wani zuwa ya shige ba tare da jan hankalin da ya cancanta ba: dan wasan tsakiya Sean Steur, mai shekaru 18, wanda aka rattaba hannu daga Ajax akan har zuwa £23 miliyar a kan kwantiragin shekaru biyar.

Frenkie de Jong na gaba?

Ba a fadi sunan Frenkie de Jong a Amsterdam da sauƙi ba. Dan wasan tsakiya na Barcelona ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyau a duniya idan yana da lafiya, kuma malamai a makarantar matasa ta Ajax sun nuna Steur a matsayin mafi kyawun hazaƙa mai fitowa tun lokacin De Jong kansa — dan wasan da Steur a bayyane yake kiransa kamar gwarzonsa.

Ana iya ganin kamanceceniya a filin wasa. Steur yana amfani da ƙafafu biyu, yana da ilimin dabara na matakin sama, kuma kullum yana wasa da kai sama — yana iya rage ko hanzarta gudu na wasa a lokaci guda. Da shekaru 18, yana riga da nutsuwar dan wasa mai gogewa. Labarin Steur dan shekaru 10 yana yin sama da juggling 2,000 kafin wasan a Johan Cruijff Arena ya ce da yawa game da alakarsa da ƙwallon.

Duk da samun ƙananan bayyanar da tawagar farko kafin canja wurinsa zuwa Tyneside, ƙididdiga na Opta daga Eredivisie mai ban mamaki ne. Daga cikin dan wasa a tsakiya masu shekaru 18 ko ƙasa waɗanda suka fara kakar da ta gabata, Steur ya kasance na farko wajen damar da aka kirkira, ɗaukar ƙwallon, da nasara a gwagwarmaya — na biyu wajen daidaiton wucewar ƙwallo, jimlar wucewa, da kwace. Ya kuma kare na uku daga cikin dukkan 'yan wasan Ajax don cikakken wucewar ƙwallo a rabin gaban abokin hamayyar, yana nuna iyawarsa na yin wucewa mai shigewa gaba a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba.

Ya fi girma fiye da shekarunsa

Ƙididdiga kadai ba su ba da cikakkiyar labari ba. Yana da shekaru 17, Steur ya fara De Klassieker — wasan tsanani tsakanin Ajax da Feyenoord, wasan da ya yi zafi sosai har 'yan kallo na bako an hana su shiga tun shekara ta 2009 — kuma ya zura ƙaraminsa na farko na ƙwararru a wasan bako a De Kuip. Yin aiki sosai a irin wannan yanayi yana ɗan shekarun nan yana buƙatar wani nau'in nutsuwa da ake da wuya a same shi.

Ya kuma bayyana a lokacin ɗaya daga cikin mafi rikitaccen kakar wasa na Ajax a ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya ta kwanan nan. Kulob din ya sami manajoji uku daban-daban, kuma ƙungiyar ta ƙare a matsayi na biyar a Eredivisie — mafi ƙasƙantar da aka taɓa samu tun shekara ta 1999. Maimakon a rikitar da shi ta hanyar wannan rikici, Steur ya ƙarfafa kansa ya zama dan wasan tawagar farko. Wannan tsayin daka ba za a iya siyan ta da kowane kudin canja wuri ba.

Steur yana da tsayin ƙafa shida tare da ƙaramin tsarin jiki, amma ƙididdiga na tsaron filin ya nuna ƙarfin gwagwarmaya da ya fi abin da tsarinsa na jiki zai iya bayarwa. Ya bar Ajax musamman saboda kulob din ya ƙi tabbatawa shi matsayin farawa a tattaunawar tsawaita kwantiragensa. Ya zo Newcastle United don yin gogayya don matsayi, ba don zaune a benci ba.

Dacewa sosai da sabon mai horarwa Matthias Jaissle

Sabon mai horarwa Matthias Jaissle, wanda ya fito daga Red Bull Salzburg da Al-Ahli, yana son tsari mai matsin lamba mai ƙarfi da tsayin daka tare da hanzarin cigaban ƙwallon daga nutsubataccen ginin farmaki. Bayyanar Steur ta dace kusan ba sosai ba. Tsayin dakansa ga matsin lamba, amfani da ƙafafu biyu, da zaɓin ƙwallon mai shigewa gaba maimakon zaɓuɓɓukan amintattun na gefe, sun sa shi dan wasan halitta a tsarin Jaissle.

Iya wasan matsayi da yawa ya ƙara ƙimar da yake da shi. Steur yana iya wasa a matsayin shida na zurfi, takwas na box-to-box, ko lamba goma — yana ba Jaissle sassauƙan dabarun da ke da ƙima ƙwarai lokacin daidaita sifofin tsakanin wasanni. Yanki ɗaya da ke buƙatar ci gaba shine gudummawarsa ga ƙwallo a raga, amma wannan ita ce tantanin da ake tsammani daga saurayin da har yanzu yana bincike cikin wannan fage.

Dan wasa na yanzu da na gaba

Yanke shawara na Newcastle United na yin aiki da sauri da ƙuduri wajen dan wasa mai ƙarancin gogewa ya nuna gaske imani ga iyakar Steur. Daidaita da gudu da ƙarfin Premier League zai ɗauki lokaci, kuma magoya baya ya kamata su ba shi wannan damar koyo. Amma ingancin fasaha, ƙarfin hankali, da hankali na ƙwallon suna nan tuni. Sean Steur ba kawai saka hannun jari na dogon lokaci ba — zai iya zama daidai abin da Newcastle United ke buƙata yanzu.