Yan Diomande, ɗan wasa mai shekara 19 daga Ivory Coast, yana kusa da kammala tasirinsa zuwa Real Madrid a cikin yarjejeniyar da ta wuce £100 miliyan — adadi wanda a lokaci guda ya kafa sabon rikodin sayarwa ga RB Leipzig, sabon rikodin siya ga Real Madrid, kuma ya mai da Diomande ɗan wasan Afirka mafi tsada a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa.

Ƙasa da watanni 18 da suka wuce, Diomande ba a san shi ba kwata-kwata. Masu gano ƙwararru da mutanen ciki kaɗan suka ji labarin wannan mai wucewa mai ƙarfi wanda ya ɗan kwana a DME Academy a Florida, wata cibiya da ta fi shahara da shirin basketball nata fiye da ƙwallon ƙafa.

Gwaje-gwaje, ƙi, da nasara a Spain

Diomande ya yi gwaje-gwaje a Chelsea, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Rangers, da Olympiacos, amma kowanne kulob ya ƙi shi. Har ma ƙungiyoyin rijistar MLS sun ƙi ba shi kwantiragin. "Har ma ƙungiyoyin B na MLS ba su so ni," ya tuna daga baya. "Ban ma san dalilin ba. Sun taɓa ba ni dalili. Manya sun kula da komai. Suna ɗauke ni ko'ina a Turai, kuma duk suka ci gaba da cewa a'a."

Sa'arsa ta canza bayan vizan sa ya ƙare ya dawo gida Ivory Coast. La Liga kulob Leganes ya yarda ya ɗauki haɗari, ya ba shi kwantiragi na ƙwararre. A cikin wasanni goma kaɗai a babban ƙwallon Sipaniya, darajarsa ta kasuwa ta tashi sosai, kuma RB Leipzig ya yi sauri don ya rattaba hannu a kan shi da €20 miliyan.

Hawan gaggawa a cikin Bundesliga

Leipzig sun yi imani cewa sun gano lu'u-lu'u — kuma shaida ta tabbatar da hakan nan da nan. Diomande ya kammala kaka na farko na cikakke na Turai da kwallan goma sha uku da taimako goma a duk gasa, yana kafa kansa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan da suka fi ƙarfin wutar lantarki a Bundesliga. Ya haɓaka kyakkyawar dangantaka da baya na dama Ridle Baku a gefe kuma ya nuna yana iya aiki a kowanne gefenba tare da yin aiki a gefen biyu ga Ivory Coast a Gasar Duniya.

Leipzig da farko sun tsara riƙe Diomande na ɗaya karin kaka don darajarsa ta ci gaba da girma. Sai dai matakin sha'awar daga kulob ciki har da Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, da Real Madrid ya sa haka ba zai yiwu ba. Real Madrid a ƙarshe ya lashe tseren, ko da yake Paris Saint-Germain — kulob da Diomande ya ƙaunata yana yaro, mahaifinsa yana ɗaya daga cikin masu goyon bayan ƙungiyar — ya bayyana a matsayin mai jagoranci mafi yawan lokacin rani.

Labarin hadaya da baƙin ciki

Tafarkin Diomande zuwa saman ya kasance an bayyana shi da wahala kamar yadda aka bayyana shi da hazaka. Yana girma a Abidjan, ya bar gida yana da shekara tara don ya buga wa Inter Foot Sud Comoe, kulob da ke nisan kusan mil 70 kusa da iyakar Ghana, inda ya zauna shi kaɗai yana da kayan aiki kaɗan. Yana da shekara 15, ya bar Ivory Coast gaba ɗaya don ya bi mafarkin sa a Amurka, yana zuwa makarantar sakandare ba tare da iya magana da Ingilishi ba.

Fitowarsa ta farko da Leganes ta kai shi Santiago Bernabeu don ya fuskanci Real Madrid yana da shekara 18 — mafarki da ya cika. Amma wannan lokaci ya kawo asarar da ta yi zafi: 'yar uwarsa Roxanne mai shekara 15 ta rasu jim kaɗan bayan wannan wasan. A cikin wasiƙa da Players' Tribune ta buga a watan Yuni, Diomande ya rubuta: "Yanzu, ban ji komai ba. Kamar ba mutum ba ne. Tun da ka mutu, na zama wofi kaɗai." Yanayin mutuwar Roxanne har yanzu bai bayyana sosai ba; an sanar da Diomande cewa an shafi abin sha ta a wata biki.

Rigimar hukumar wakilci tana ƙara firgici a wajen filin wasa

A wajen filin wasa, tafiyar sauya kulob din Diomande ta rikitu da rigima kan wakilcinsa. Da farko Maxidel, hukumar da Max Gradel ke jagoranta — tsohon mai wucewa kuma ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan Ivory Coast da suka fi yin wasannin ƙasa da ƙasa — ta wakilce shi, kafin ya canza zuwa hukumar nishaɗi ta Jay-Z, Roc Nation, a watan Fabrairu. Maxidel ta shigar da korafi a Kotun Sasantawa na Wasanni a Lausanne, tana iƙirarin cewa sauyin ya saba yarjejeniyoyin da suka wanzu.

Paris Saint-Germain a ƙarshe ya ja da baya daga tseren, yana ɗauke abin lissafi na jama'a game da matsalolin da hukumar Diomande ta yi lokacin tattaunawar. Roc Nation ta riga ta wakilci 'yan wasan kai hari na Real Madrid Vinicius Junior da Endrick, dangantakar da wasu masu sa ido suka lura da alama ba abin cika gumi ba ne.

Duk da dukkan tabarbarewar a wajen filin wasa, ci gaban Diomande a filin wasa har yanzu yana da ban mamaki da gaske. Mai wucewa mai ƙarfin jiki, wanda ya fi imani da sata-sata da farko, tare da ƙarfin wucewa da aka yi ƙasa da shi, kuma mai jin yunwar bayyana abubuwan ban sha'awa, ya isa Real Madrid yana da shekara 19 tare da duk dalilan da za su sa ya yi imani cewa mafi kyawu har yanzu yana zuwa.