Swansea City sun ƙarfafa layin tsakiyarsu ta hanyar saukar da hannu da ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Canada, Stephen Eustaquio, daga Porto da kuɗi da ba a bayyana ba, wanda ake fahimta cewa ya kai kimanin fam miliyan 3.4. Ɗan wasan mai shekaru 29 ya rattaba hannu kan kwantiragin shekaru biyu tare da zaɓin karin watanni 12 a kulob din Championship.

Babban nasara ga Swans

Eustaquio yana kawo gogewa mai yawa zuwa Swansea, saboda ya taka a UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, da FIFA Club World Cup a lokacin da yake Porto. Ya shiga daular Fotigal ta 2022 kuma ya taimaka wajen lashe gasar ƙasa sau biyu kafin ya zo Wales.

Kocin Swansea, Vitor Matos, ya yabi siffofin ɗan wasan sabon. "Stephen jagora ne mai ƙwarewa wanda yana da ingancin fasaha da fahimtar wasan," in ji Matos. "Siffofin sa za su kara wa zaɓuɓɓukan da muke dasu a layin tsakiya, kuma yana da ƙwarewa matuƙa."

Matos ya ƙara da cewa: "Zai zama ɗan wasan muhimmi a gare mu, a filin wasa da kuma a wajen sa, kuma ina tabbata magoya bayanmu za su ji daɗin ganin sa yana wasa wa Swansea City."

Jagorancin amintaccen Canada

Eustaquio shi ne mataimakin kyaftin na yau da kullum na Canada kuma ya ɗauki kyaututtukan garkuwar a lokaci mai yawa na FIFA World Cup na wannan shekara saboda matsalolin kiwon lafiya na Alphonso Davies. Ɗan wasan da ya taka a wasanni 61 na ƙasa da ƙasa ya bari alamar a gasar, inda ya zura ƙwallon nasara a ƙarshe — burinsa na biyar na ƙasa da ƙasa — yayin da Canada ta doke South Africa a zagayen 32.

An haife shi a Canada ga iyayen Fotigal, Eustaquio ya koma Fotigal yana yaro kuma ya wakilci tawagar Portugal ta 'yan ƙasa da shekaru 21 kafin ya yanke shawarar sadaukarwa ga Canada. Sana'arsa ta kulob ta fara da Torrense, sannan Leixoes, Chaves, Cruz Azul a Mexico, da Pacos Ferreira, kafin ya shiga Porto a 2022.

Farkon wannan wata, ya fita a matsayin wanda ya maye gurbi a wasan Primeira Liga na Porto da Rio Ave, kuma ya kasance ya yi wasanni 12 a rabi na farko na kakar da ta gabata kafin a ba da shi aro ga Los Angeles FC.

Daukar ma'aikata na lokacin rani na Swansea

Sa hannu ɗin ya magance bukatar da ke bayyane a tsakiyar filin Swansea bayan siyar da Ethan Galbraith wa Stoke da bankwana da Malick Yalcouye wanda arowarsa daga Brighton ta ƙare. Eustaquio ya zama sabuwar zartarwa ta shida ta dindindin a kulob din a wannan rani, yana haɗuwa da Stephen Welsh, Elijah Just, Joseph Opoku, Moussa Yeo, da Ross Stewart. Bakan gizo na hagu Tiago Parente ya zo aro ma, amma Swansea har yanzu na neman ƙarfafa tsaron tsakiya kafin ƙarshen kasuwar canja wurin Talata.