LONDON, Ingila – Jarumi kuma mawaki Billy Bob Thornton ya bayyana cewa yana goyon bayan kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Liverpool saboda alakar da ke tsakaninsa da garin. Thornton, wanda ya fito a fina-finai da yawa kamar ‘Trailer Park Boys Presents: Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties’, ya ce ya gano cewa kakanninsa sun fito ne daga yankin Liverpool da Lancashire.
“Lokacin da nake karama, iyalina suna tunanin mu ‘yan Ireland ne,” in ji Thornton a wata hira da BBC Sport. “Amma daga baya mun yi gwaji kuma ya bayyana cewa ni 78% Ingilishi ne, 8% Irish, da 11% Faransa-Swiss. Na gano cewa kakannin mahaifina sun fito ne daga yankin Liverpool, wanda hakan ya sa na ji daɗin garin.”
Thornton ya kuma bayyana cewa ya sami rigar Liverpool a farkon shekarun 2000 daga abokinsa, Eunice Huthart, wanda kuma mai sha’awar Liverpool ne. Ko da yake bai taba ziyartar filin wasa na Anfield ba, amma ya jinkirta wani wasa a Cavern Club domin ya kalli wasan Liverpool a gidan talabijin.
“Na yi tafiya tare da Gerry Marsden daga Gerry and the Pacemakers a ranar, kuma na yi masa tambaya ko zai yi mini wasa a Cavern Club,” in ji Thornton. “Amma ya ce za mu jira har sai mun kalli wasan. Mun kalli wasan a wani gidan mashaya kusa, sannan duk mutanen da ke cikin gidan sun bi mu zuwa Cavern. Abin ya kasance mai ban sha’awa.”
Thornton ya kara da cewa, ko da yake bai san cikakken bayanin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ba saboda ya girma a Arkansas, amma yana goyon bayan Liverpool a duk lokacin da suka fito.
Chris Sutton, tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa kuma mai sharhi a BBC Sport, ya yi hasashen sakamakon wasannin zagaye na uku na FA Cup, inda ya ba da shawarar cewa za a yi nasara a wasu wasannin da za su yi ban mamaki.
