Kusan shekara goma, Mohamed Salah ya tsaya a matsayin fuskar kwallon kafa ta Afirka da ba a ƙaryata ta ba a Premier League. Yanzu, bayan tafiyarsa daga Liverpool zuwa Trabzonspor a Turkiya, kursiyin ya fantar — kuma sabon ƙarni na taurari daga Afirka yana shirye don neman nasa.

Tarihin Salah a Premier League yana magana da kansa: kwallaye 191 da taimakawa 93 a wasanni 308 kan yanayi tara, wanda ya sa ya zama mai ci guda hudu mafi yawa a tarihin gasar. Cike wannan gibin ba ƙaramin aiki ba ne.

Antoine Semenyo — babban ɗan takara

In wani dan wasa yana da kuzari don ɗauke wa Afirka fitilar a Premier League, shi ne Antoine Semenyo. Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, da Crystal Palace suka ƙi shi yana saurayi, kuma dan wasan kai harin Ghana bai yi fitowarsa ta farko a babban gasar ba sai Fabrairu 2023. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, Manchester City ya biya £65 miliyan don kawo shi Etihad.

Dan wasan mai shekara 26 ya ci kwallaye 17 na Premier League a kakar da ta gabata — mafi kyawun adadin da ya taɓa samu — kuma haɗin nasa na saurin gudu, ƙarfi, da iya ci kwallo ya jawo kwatancen mafi kyawun 'yan wasan kai hare-hare. Ci gaba da inganta a ƙungiyar da ta lashe gasar na iya sa Semenyo ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan sunayen wasanni nan gaba kaɗan.

Omar Marmoush — magajin Masar da ake jira

In sabon Sarkin Masar zai bayyana, Marmoush yana da cancantar. Dan wasan mai shekara 27 ya yi wasanni 22 na farko a Premier League tun da ya shiga Manchester City daga Frankfurt, amma ya ci kwallaye uku ne kawai a gasar a 2025-26. Kwallo biyu da ya ci wa Atletico Madrid kafin kakar ta yi tuna da ingancin sa, kuma yuwuwar aro zuwa Tottenham Hotspur na iya ba shi dandalin daidai da yake bukata.

Bryan Mbeumo — ƙarfin Kamaru a United

Bryan Mbeumo ya zo Manchester United da £65 miliyan bayan da ya samu hannu a kwallaye 27 a kakarsa ta ƙarshe ta Brentford. Yaƙin neman zaɓensa na farko a Old Trafford ya ba da hannaye 14 a kwallaye, amma ya ƙare kakar 2025-26 da ƙarfi bayan dawowarsa daga Africa Cup of Nations yayin da United, da ta farfaɗo a ƙarƙashin Michael Carrick, ta dawo sura ta. Hutu mai kyau na bazara na iya taimaka masa ya fara da ƙarfi.

Ismaila Sarr — mai ɗan damun raƙumin Kofin Duniya

Yan wasan Afirka kaɗan ne da za su shiga sabuwar kakar suna da kuzari fiye da Ismaila Sarr. Mai fika-fika na Senegal ya daidaita tarihin Roger Milla na kwallaye hudu a Kofin Duniya ɗaya kuma shi ne ginshiƙin nasarar Crystal Palace a Gasar Conférence ta UEFA, inda ya ƙare kakar da kwallaye 21 a dukkan gasa. Yana da shekara 28, an ruwaito cewa Sarr yana jan hankalin Manchester United — wani tafiya da zai ƙara ɗaukaka sunansa.

Masu fafatawa daga wajen da suke da gaske

Mohammed Kudus ya zauna a gefen filin Kofin Duniya saboda rauni, amma dabara da sabbin dabaru na ɗan wasan tsakiya na Ghana suna sa shi cikakken mai ƙarfi a sake ginin Tottenham Hotspur a ƙarƙashin Roberto de Zerbi. Kasancewa lafiya akai-akai shi ne babban tambayar.

Iliman Ndiaye na Everton ya haskaka a duk Kofin Duniya kuma ya yi dribble fiye da kowane ɗan wasa a Premier League a kakar da ta gabata ban da Jeremy Doku na Manchester City. Sha'awar Al-Hilal, Manchester United, da Arsenal na nuna yadda ake ɗaukar shi, kuma shiga ƙungiyar Kofin Zakarun Turai na iya ba da mataki da fasaharsa ta cancanta.

A Newcastle United, Yoane Wissa ya rasa rabin farko na kakar da ta gabata saboda rauni a gwiwa, amma ya ci kwallaye uku a Kofin Duniya don DR Congo kuma zai zama ginshiƙin Newcastle yayin da suke neman farfaɗowa.

Sabon masu zuwa da ya kamata a kalli su

Zadok Yohanna, wanda Brighton & Hove Albion suka sanya hannu a kakarsa da £21.5 miliyan wannan bazara — ɗan wasan gefan Najeriya mai saurin gudu wanda yake bugawa da ƙafar hagu kuma yana wasa a gefan dama — yana jan kwatancen da farkon rayuwar Salah nan take. Bazoumana Traore, wanda Newcastle United suka samu da £43 miliyan, wani ɗan ƙasar Ivory Coast wanda yake aiki a gefen kishiya, ya riga ya sami yabo a wasannin kafin kakar.

Coventry City ya karya tarihinsu na kashe kudi ta hanyar sanya hannu da ɗan wasan Ghana Caleb Yirenkyi da £23 miliyan bayan wasannin nasa a Kofin Duniya — ciki har da kwallon karshe da Panama — wadanda suka faranta ido a fadin nahiyar. Ɗan wasan tsakiya mai shekara 20 yana ɗaya daga cikin matasa mafi ban sha'awa a kwallon kafa na Afirka.

Ayyoub Bouaddi na Morocco, mai shekara 18, wanda ya burge da Atlas Lions a kan Brazil a Kofin Duniya, yana kusa da shiga Manchester City daga Lille. Kuma tare da Salah yanzu a Turkiya, masu sha'awar wasannin Afirka da yawa suna fatan cewa Victor Osimhen — kwallaye 29 a dukkan gasa a kakar da ta gabata — zai ƙarshe yi hanjin da ake jira daga Galatasaray zuwa Premier League don cike gibin da Sarkin Masar ya bari.