Daga Ibrahim Hassan GIMBA, Abuja
Manchester City ta yi farin cikin sanar da daukar Kalvin Phillips kan kwantiragin shekaru shida.
Dan wasan tsakiyar, mai shekaru 26 ya koma Leeds United, bayan da ya buga wasanni 234 a tsawon shekaru takwas, inda ya zura kwallaye 14 sannan ya taimaka 14.
Baya ga sha’awar da ya yi a cikin gida tare da kulob din Elland Road, Kalvin ya kuma sami karbuwa saboda rawar da ya taka da gudummawar da ya bayar ga tawagar Ingila.
Ya kasance daya daga cikin muhimman abubuwan da kungiyar ta Zakarun uku suka kai wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin nahiyar Turai ta Euro 2020 a bazarar da ta gabata, sannan kuma ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen taimaka wa kungiyar ƙasar zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ta bana a Qatar.
“Na yi matukar farin cikin shiga Manchester City,” in ji Phillips. “City ta sake tabbatar da mafi kyawun ƙungiyar a ƙasar, tare da tawagar ban mamaki da kuma koci a Pep Guardiola wanda ake ganin shi ne mafi kyau a duniya.
“Don samun damar taka leda a karkashin Pep da koyi daga gare shi da kuma ma’aikatansa masu horarwa da kuma kasancewa cikin irin wannan gagarumar tawagar wata dama ce da nake matukar farin ciki da ita.
“Birnin kulob ne mai daraja ta duniya tare da ma’aikata da kayan aiki na ajin duniya, kuma mafarki ne ya zama gaskiya don shiga kungiyar. “Yanzu na ƙagu don farawa, kuma in nemi gwadawa da taimaka wa ƙungiyar don ci gaba da samun ƙarin nasara.”
Daraktan kulab din kwallon kafa Txiki Begiristain ya ƙara da cewa: “Kalvin dan wasa ne da muka dade muna sha’awarsa, kuma a matakin gida da na ƙasa da kasa, ya nuna ƙwarewarsa da ingancinsa a shekarun baya.
“Karanta wasansa, tare da iya wuce gona da iri, kuzarinsa da kuma tukinsa sun sa ya zama babban me hazaka kuma dan wasa ne wanda yake da kwazon yin nasara.
“Muna jin zai zama babban ƙari a cikin ‘yan wasanmu kuma zai dace da wasanmu daidai. “Kowa a nan yana fatan kallon wasan Kalvin kuma ya ci gaba har ma a cikin ‘yan shekaru masu zuwa.”
