Chris Wood, dan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa daga New Zealand, ya zama batun magana a gasar Premier League ta Ingila bayan ya zura gawaye sabbin a wasanni tara a lokacin 2023-24. A wasan da suka taka da Leicester City, Wood ya zura gawaye biyu, wanda ya sa Nottingham Forest suka kai matsayi na bakwai a teburin gasar.
Wood, wanda yake da shekaru 32, ya zura gawaye 18 a wasanni 25 tun bayan manaja Nuno Espirito Santo ya karbi mulki a Nottingham Forest. Ya zama daya daga cikin ‘yan wasan da suka fi zura gawaye a gasar Premier League, inda ya fi ‘yan wasan kamar Mo Salah na Ollie Watkins. Wood ya ce aniyar sauya shi ya faru ne bayan Nuno ya fara amfani dashi a matsayin dan wasa na farko.
Koyaya, a yanzu haka, Wood ya samu rauni wanda ya sa ake shakku idan zai iya taka leda a wasan da suka yi da West Ham. Manaja Nuno Espirito Santo ya ce suna aikin kimanta yan wasan da suka samu rauni, ciki har da Morgan Gibbs-White, Elliot Anderson, da Jota Silva.
Wood ya kuma bayyana cewa ya samu sa’a da yawa a lokacin da yake Burnley, inda ya zura gawaye 49 a wasanni 144. Ya kuma shiga Newcastle United a shekarar 2022 kan dalar miliyoyi 25, amma ya koma Nottingham Forest a shekarar 2023 bayan ya samu rauni a lokacin rani.