Elliot Anderson na kusa zama ɗan wasa mafi tsada a tarihin Burtaniya, bayan Manchester City sun amince da Nottingham Forest biyan £116m don rattabawa mabiyar tsakiya — adadin da ya wuce £105m da Arsenal suka biya don Declan Rice shekaru uku da suka wuce.

City sun tabbatar da yarjejeniyar ranar Alhamis, tare da canja wurin da za a kammala bayan Anderson ya gama shiga Kofin Duniya. Ga Forest, wannan rikodi ne na siyarwa, ya wuce £55m da suka karɓa don Anthony Elanga bazara ta bara.

Lambobi da ke bayyana farashi

Yana da shekaru 23, Anderson zai isa Etihad Stadium a matsayin sayan rikodi na kulob, ya zarce £100m da aka biya don Jack Grealish. Duk da cewa Forest sun kammala matsayi na 16 na Premier League a kakar da ta gabata, ƙididdiga na Anderson sun kasance na musamman ta kowace ma'auni.

Babu wani ɗan wasa a cikin ƙwallon da ya rubuta taɓawa fiye da 3,300 na Anderson a lokacin kamfen na 2025-26. Ya jagoranci ƙwallon a cikin gwagwarmayar da aka lashe (298), mallakar da aka samu (306), da laifukan da aka samu (80) — lambobi da ke nuna mabiyar tsakiya da ke shiga cikin wasanni a ƙarshen filin biyu.

Lambobin fasashinsa suna da ban mamaki daidai. Anderson ya kammala fasashe fiye (2,038) fiye da kowane mabiyar tsakiya na Premier League kuma ya jagoranci matsayinsa da fasashe 376 na layin karya — kullum yana neman kawar da abokan hamayya maimakon sake watsar da mallakar kawai.

Ta fuskar jiki, Anderson ya rufe kilomita 411 a duk kakar ƙwallon, na biyu kawai a bayan James Garner na Everton, yayin da matsin lamba na 1,895 mai ƙarfi ya sa shi na biyu a tsakanin mabiyar tsakiya. Ya fara wasanni 37 daga cikin wasanni 38 na gasar, yana rasa sau ɗaya kawai saboda juyawa kafin ƙarshen wasan Europa League da Aston Villa.

Gudunmawarsa ta harin ta kammala kamfen ɗinsa mai faɗi: ƙwallaye huɗu, agajin huɗu, dama 54 da aka ƙirƙira, manyan dama tara, da sa ran agaji na 4.8 — lambobin ƙirƙirar dama mafi girma a cikin ƙungiyar Forest.

Abin da Anderson ya wakilta ga Forest

Anderson ya shiga Forest daga Newcastle a 2024 da £35m kuma ya yi wasanni 94 a duk gasa, yana zura ƙwallaye shida. Da sauri ya sami girmamawa daga ma'aikata da abokan wasan ta hanyar himmarsa da son tattauna da masu horar da shi don inganta kansa da ƙungiyar.

Tafiyarsa za ta bar gibi mai zurfi. Kalmomin tausayi bayan mahaifiyarsa Helen ta mutu a watan Afrilu sun nuna ƙaunar da kulob ya ke yi masa. Forest yanzu suna neman maye gurbinsa tare da masu yiwuwa ɗan wasanni biyu — mabiyar tsakiya mai zurfin zama da lamba takwas.

Davide Frattesi na Inter Milan har yanzu zaɓi ne, ko da yake Juventus da Roma suma suna sa ido a ɗan wasan Italy. Lucas Bergvall na Tottenham Hotspur wani zaɓi ne, tare da ɗan shekaru 20 yana a buɗe don barin Spurs bayan ƙarancin mintuna na wasa.

Daidaituwa da City ta Enzo Maresca

Anderson zai zama babban siyan farko na Manchester City a zamanin bayan Pep Guardiola. An tabbatar da Enzo Maresca a hukumance a matsayin magajin Guardiola, ya bar Chelsea — wanda ya jagoranci zuwa nasarar Club World Cup — farkon shekara bayan City sun cimma yarjejeniyar diyya da Blues.

A Chelsea, Maresca ya gina tsakiyar filin da mayar da ƙwallon cikin zafi da buga zuwa gaba da sauri. Moises Caicedo ya kasance mahangar tsaro, ya dawo da mallakar 315 kuma ya lashe gwagwarmaya 318, yayin da Enzo Fernandez ya buga a matsayi mafi girma da taɓawa 3,569, fasashe 2,306 na nasara, da matsin lamba 1,619 mai ƙarfi — mafi girma a cikin ƙungiyar. Dukansu sun yi aiki sosai a cikin fasashe na layin karya — Fernandez da 313 da Caicedo da 382 — yanki wanda Anderson ke yi kyau a ciki.

An sa ran Anderson ya maye gurbin Bernardo Silva, wanda ya canza zuwa matsayi mai tsaro a karkashin Guardiola. An kuma sa ran zai yi abokin tarayya da Rodri a tsakiyar filin, ko da yake samun kyaftin na Spain ya kasance mai shakka bayan rahotannin tiyata bayan Kofin Duniya.

Idan Anderson zai iya sake samar da ma'aunin kakarsa ta Forest a cikin ƙungiyar City da aka gina don mamaye mallakar, kudin rikodi na canja wuri na iya ganuwa yana da cikakken daidaituwa a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci.