West Ham United sun rubuta tarihi ta hanyar sanya hannu ga Arne Engels daga Celtic da fam miliyan 22 — kuɗin da ya wuce rikodin da ya gabata na canja wurin EFL Championship kuma ya nuna manufofin ƙungiyar yayin da suke shirya rayuwa a wajen ɗaukacin manyan ƙasashe.

Dan wasan ƙasar Belgium mai shekaru 22 ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragin shekaru biyar, tare da West Ham sun kira adadin a matsayin "rikodin kuɗin da ƙungiyar EFL Championship ta biya." Iyakar da ta gabata ita ce fam miliyan 17.5 da Ipswich Town suka biya don kawo dan gaba dan ƙasar Norway Sindre Walle Egeli shekara guda da ta wuce.

Bayani da zuwan Engels

Engels dan wasa ne mai iya wasa a wurare daban-daban, yana iya aiki a tsakiyar filin wasa, a baya na dama, ko a reshen dama. Ya zo Celtic daga Augsburg a watan Agusta 2024, bayan ya fara aikinsa a Club Brugge. A lokacin da yake Glasgow, ya lashe kambun Scottish Premiership na jere biyu kuma ya samu kira zuwa ƙasar Belgium sau 4.

Engels ba zai samu damar buga wa West Ham wasan farko na Championship ba — tafiya zuwa Burnley ran Lahadi — yayin da ƙungiyar ta dawo ƙaramar ƙungiya a karon farko tun 2012 bayan sun sauka a watan Mayu. Ana sa ran ya yi wasansa na farko a derby na gida da Charlton Athletic a London Stadium ran Asabar, 22 ga Agusta.

Gina ƙungiya don haɓaka

Engels ya zama ɗan wasa na huɗu da West Ham suka sanya hannu a lokacin rani, bayan zuwan dan tsakiya dan ƙasar Venezuela Keiber Lamadrid, mai tsaron baya na Holland Joel Veltman, da dan wasan fikafikan ƙasar Isra'ila Manor Solomon.

Daraktan neman 'yan wasa na West Ham Nils Koppen ya bayyana amincewarsa da wannan sanya hannu a shafin yanar gizon ƙungiyar, yana mai cewa: "Arne dan wasa ne da muke bi da shi tun lokaci mai tsawo a matsayin babbar manufa. Ga dan wasa har yanzu yana ƙarami sosai kuma mafi kyawun shekarunsa a gabansa, yana da gogewar gaske kuma ya kafa kansa a babbar ƙungiya, yana nuna daidaito da kwarin gwiwa."

Koppen ya ƙara da cewa: "Arne yana da kyawawan halaye, a matsayin dan wasa da kuma hali, don ya dace da abin da muke kokarin gina ci gaba. Yana da sha'awa sosai don kasancewa nan don wannan ƙalubale."

Buri na dan wasa

Engels kansa ya bayyana a fili game da abin da ya sa ya yanke shawara na shiga. "Aiki ne mai kyau don shigowa," in ji shi. "Don kokarin dawo Premier League — wannan shi ne babbar manufa. Yana kan ni kawai in taimaki ƙungiyar kuma tare da masu goyon baya mu samu nasarori. Ina fata zai zama shekara mai kyau."