Alan Shearer ya kasance mai zura kwallaye mafi yawa a tarihin Premier League — kwallaye 260 a tsawon shekaru 14 — amma ya san cewa Erling Haaland yana kusa da wannan adadin da saurin ban mamaki.

Haaland ya zura kwallaye 120 a Premier League a cikin kasa da kaɗan fiye da yanayi huɗu tare da Manchester City, yana nufi daidai ga rikodin Shearer na dadaddiyar mulki. Shearer, wanda yake da shekaru 56, bai yi wata shakka ba game da iyawar ɗan wasan Norway.

"Tabbas za a karya shi wata rana, amma zan ji daɗinsa muddin yana daɗewa," Shearer ya shaida wa Football Interview. "Idan za mu iya tura Haaland zuwa Real Madrid ko wuri kamarsa a cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa, to yakamata ya yi daidai."

Kafin Haaland ya fito a matsayin babban mai ƙalubalantarwa, Harry Kane shi ne wanda yake barazanar sake rubuta tarihin. Kane ya kai kwallaye 213 na Premier League kafin ya bar Tottenham Hotspur zuwa Bayern Munich a shekarar 2023, inda farautarsa ta rikodi ta tsaya a wannan matakin.

Yaro daga Newcastle

Shekaru ashirin bayan yin ritaya, Shearer ya zauna tare da Kelly Somers don yin tunani kan rayuwar da kwallon kafa ta tsara gaba ɗaya. Alaƙarsa da Newcastle United ta fi kowane kwangilar — ta ɓullo a kan tsak-tsaken St James' Park yana ƙarami, yana kallo a kan gwarzonsa Kevin Keegan.

"Na ga yabo da yaɗuwarsa tare da shi. Shi kamar marabadin busa a Newcastle ne, kowa yana biye da shi ko'ina," Shearer ya tuna. "Ni ɗaya ne daga cikin waɗannan ƴan ƙanana da suke zuwa filin horar da 'yan wasa da filin wasa — kuma ina son samun rabona na haka."

Wannan tafiya ta fara da yana da shekaru 15 lokacin da Shearer ya bar Newcastle don shiga Southampton, yana zaune nesa da gidansa. Wannan mataki ya tsara shi — ko da yake a matsayin uba, yanzu yana kallon ta ta wata hanya daban.

"Lokacin da yaran na suka kai shekaru 15, na yi tunani, 'ta yaya mahaifana suka yarda na bar gida ina da wannan shekaru?'" ya ce. "Ba zan taba yarda 'yan matan na biyu da ɗana su tashi daga gidansu suna da shekaru 15 ba."

Canjinsa zuwa Blackburn Rovers a shekarar 1992 a ƙarƙashin Sir Kenny Dalglish ya kawo masa kawunsa na farko a babban gasar kwallon kafa, kafin ya koma arewa maso gabas a shekarar 1996. Ya kwashe shekaru goma a Newcastle, yana zurar kwallaye 206 a wasanni 405 — ya zama tatsuniya ta kulob. Ko a yau, ziyararsa zuwa St James' Park a ranar wasa tana buƙatar hula da kallace-kallace ƙasa domin guje wa ɗimbin masu sha'awar ba su ƙarewa.

Gudanarwa, Cardiff, da hanyar zuwa MOTD

Rayuwar Shearer bayan buga wasa na iya zama da dabam sosai. A shekarar 2009, ya shiga filin Newcastle a matsayin maneja na wucin gadi ga wasanni takwas na ƙarshe na kakar, yana ƙoƙarin kiyaye kulob a Premier League. Bai yi nasara ba — Newcastle sun saukar, kuma Shearer bai taɓa komawa filin ba.

"Newcastle suna cikin halin da ake ciki sosai kuma ban taɓa iya cewa a'a ba," ya bayyana. "Ya kamata na sani cewa sanya hannu kan kwangilar a ranar farko na Afrilu ba alama ce ta sa'a ba!"

Sha'awarsa ta gudanarwa ta ci gaba. Ya yi hirarraki don sauran muƙamai kuma an ma ba shi aikin Cardiff — kafin yanayin ya sauya.

"Abubuwa sun canza... sai na yi tunani, 'me nake yi anan?'" ya ce, alama ce ta ƙarshen taɗin ɗan gajeren lokacin da ya yi tare da duniyar gudanarwa.

A maimakon haka, Shearer ya zauna a matsayin mai sharhi, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin fuskokin da ake sani sosai a Match of the Day tare da Gary Lineker da Micah Richards a podcast na The Rest Is Football. Wannan aiki yana buƙatar fiye da yadda yake kallo — tafiya ta yin da komo tsakanin Newcastle da Salford na iya ɗaukar awowi 19 zuwa 20, ta ƙare da watsa shirye-shirye kai tsaye da ƙarfe goma da rabi da dare.

"Abin da mutane ba su gane ba shi ne cewa ana tsammanin ku zama mafi ƙarfinku da rayuwarku lokacin da kuka shiga kai tsaye da ƙarfe goma da rabi," ya ce, "yayin da idan kun kasance kuna kallo kwallon kafa duk rana a kan kujerar, kuna shirye don bacci a wannan lokacin."