MANCHESTER, Ingila – Manchester United sun yi tribute mai cike da zuciya ga tsohon dan wasan su Denis Law, wanda ya rasu yana da shekaru 84, kafin wasan su da Brighton a ranar Lahadi.
Law ya ci kwallaye 237 a wasanni 404 a kungiyar United a tsakanin shekarun 1962 zuwa 1973, inda ya lashe kofuna da dama. Duk tutoci a filin wasa na Old Trafford sun kasance a rabin gindin, kuma ‘yan wasa sun sanya baƙaƙen hannu, yayin da aka yi waƙar Flower of Scotland a lokacin da ƙungiyoyin suka fito.
An karanta waka a cikin shiru a filin wasa, inda tsoffin taurarin United kamar Sir Alex Ferguson, Pat Crerand, Alex Stepney da Brian Kidd suka halarci bikin. Mai gabatarwa Alan Keegan ya ce wa magoya baya, “Bayan kwallaye, mutumin ya tsaya tsayin daka, zuciya mai kyau wanda ya zaburar da kowa. Shi har yanzu shine Sarkin Stretford End.”
Ferguson ya ajiye wani fure a tsakiyar filin wasa yayin da magoya baya suka yi masa tafi. Ferguson ya kuma yi tribute nasa ga Law kafin wasan, inda ya yaba wa dan wasan da taimakawa wajen sake gina United bayan hatsarin jirgin Munich na 1958.
Law ya shiga United daga Torino a Italiya kuma ya kasance cikin tawagar da ta zama ta farko daga Ingila da ta lashe kofin Turai a 1968, ko da yake ya rasa wasan karshe saboda rauni. Ya kuma lashe kofin FA Cup daya da kuma gasar lig guda biyu tare da United, tare da taimakawa Scotland ta lashe gasar British Home Championship sau shida.
Ferguson ya ce wa MUTV, “Shi ne dan wasan Scotland mafi kyau a kowane lokaci. United suna da George Best da Bobby Charlton, amma sun kira shi Sarki. Lokacin da ya shiga mu a 1963 ya sauya kulob din. Wannan shine babban abin da zai iya yi. Rawar da ya taka a lokacin ya kasance muhimmi ga sake gina kungiyar. Ina tsammanin mutane da yawa suna tunawa da sanya hannun daga Italiya. Ya kasance ginshikin nasarar su na gaba.”
Alex Stepney, tsohon dan wasan United, ya ce, “Na yi bakin ciki da jin cewa Denis ya rasu. Babu wani abu da ya rage shi ba giant ba a wasan kuma ina alfahari da kasancewa abokin wasansa da abokinsa. Allah ya jikansa Den, ya huta cikin lumana.”
Paddy Crerand, tsohon dan wasan United, ya kara da cewa, “Denis babban aboki ne, kuma daya daga cikin mafi kyawun ‘yan wasa da suka taba zuwa Old Trafford. Ya kasance mai hankali a filin wasa; yana da sauri kamar walƙiya. Ya kasance babban yaro a wajen filin wasa. Babu wani abu da ya sa shi ya bambanta, shi ma yaro ne kamar kowa. Akwai ‘yan wasa da yawa a yau da suka zama na musamman, amma Denis ya kasance na musamman, na musamman.”
