CHICAGO, IL – Chicago Fire FC ta sanar da sanya hannu kan dan wasan Danish Philip Zinckernagel daga kulob din Club Brugge na Belgium. Zinckernagel ya zo a matsayin dan wasan TAM (Transfer Allocation Money) kuma ya sanya hannu tare da Fire har zuwa 2028. Zinckernagel zai mamaye wurin kasa da kasa a cikin jerin ‘yan wasan Fire, yana jiran kammala gwajin lafiya da samun takardar shiga P-1 da kuma takardar canja wurin kasa da kasa (ITC).
“Mun so mu kawo dan wasa mai tasiri sosai a cikin matsayinmu na TAM, kuma Philip ya dace da wannan bayanin,” in ji Daraktan Kwallon Kafa na Chicago Fire FC kuma Kocin Gregg Berhalter. “Shi dan wasa ne mai fasaha kuma mai fahimta wanda zai iya samar da dama don kansa da abokan wasansa, yayin da kuma ya nuna jajircewa wajen karewa. Tare da kwarewa a wasu kasashe da kuma gasa na Turai, Philip zai kawo tunanin nasara da jagoranci ga tawagarmu don kakar wasa mai zuwa da kuma bayan haka.”
Zinckernagel, mai shekaru 30, ya yi sama da wasanni 400 tare da kungiyoyi tara tun lokacin da ya fara aikin kwallon kafa a shekarar 2013. Babban nasararsa ta kasance tare da kulob din Bodø/Glimt na Norway a lokuta biyu. Lokacinsa na farko daga 2018 zuwa 2020 ya sa ya zura kwallaye 31 a wasanni 82 wanda ya kai ga lashe gasar lig a 2020. Ya koma kulob din a matsayin aro daga Brugge a 2024 inda ya kasance cikin tawagar da ta lashe gasar. Sauran wuraren da ya fara sun hada da Watford, Nottingham Forest (aro), Olympiacos, da Standard Liege.
“Ina matukar farin cikin shiga Chicago Fire kuma in fuskantar sabon gasar,” in ji Zinckernagel. “Burin kulob din da hangen nesa na gaba suna da kwarin gwiwa sosai, kuma ina sha’awar taimakawa tawagar ta cimma burinta. Ina fatan yin aiki tare da kocin da sababbin abokan wasana don gina wani abu na musamman tare.”
Zinckernagel zai iya shiga a hukumance a ranar 31 ga Janairu lokacin da taga canja wurin MLS ya bude, amma zai iya shiga Fire yayin kakar wasa yana jiran samun takardar shiga aiki.