James McAtee, dan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Manchester City, yana ƙoƙarin tabbatar da cewa zai iya zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyar farko ta City bayan ya dawo daga aro a Sheffield United. McAtee, wanda ya fito daga dangin ƙwallon ƙafa da rugby a Salford, ya yi wasa a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya kuma yana neman nuna cewa zai iya zama ɗaya daga cikin ƴan wasan da ke cikin ƙungiyar farko ta City.
McAtee, wanda ya kammala matakin matasa a City kuma ya lashe kyautar Gwarzon Dan Wasa a rukunin U-23 yana da shekaru 19, ya yi ƙoƙari ya tabbatar da cancantar sa a wasan manya. Ya yi amfani da lokacin aro a Sheffield United don nuna ƙwarewarsa, inda ya sami karbuwa daga masu sha’awar kungiyar. Duk da haka, komawarsa City bai ba shi damar yin wasa sosai ba, kuma yana fuskantar matsalar samun lokacin wasa a ƙungiyar farko.
Mahaifinsa, John McAtee, ya bayyana cewa James yana da burin zama ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa kuma yana shirye ya yi duk wani abu don samun damar yin wasa. “Yana da tushen Salford daga danginmu, amma ya fi kasancewa a baya, an rene shi ta hanyar City,” in ji John. “Amma yana da babban dangi mai ƙarfi. Yana son yin ƙwallon ƙafa kawai. Zai yi duk wani abu don yin ƙwallon ƙafa kuma ya shiga cikin ƙungiyar farko.”
McAtee ya yi wasa a wasanni uku kacal a kakar wasa ta bana, kuma yana fuskantar yuwuwar barin City a watan Janairu saboda rashin samun lokacin wasa. Duk da haka, yana da burin yin nasara a City, inda masu sha’awar suka ba shi laƙabi da “Salford Silva” saboda salon wasansa mai kama da tsohon dan wasan City, David Silva.
Kungiyar Fulham ta nuna sha’awar sayen McAtee, kuma an ba da rahoton cewa suna shirye su biya kudin da ya kai fam miliyan 40 don sayen dan wasan. Duk da haka, City ba su da niyyar sayar da McAtee, amma suna shirye su saurari tayin da za su yi masa idan ba ya cikin tsarin su na dogon lokaci ba.
