MIDDLESBROUGH, Ingila – Middlesbrough na cikin tattaunawa da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Atlanta United kan sayar da dan wasan gaba Emmanuel Latte Lath, bayan da kungiyar ta MLS ta gabatar da tayin fam miliyan 16 (£16m). Dan wasan mai shekaru 26 ya nuna sha’awar shiga kungiyar Amurka, bayan ya zura kwallaye 10 a wasanni 26 a gasar Championship a wannan kakar.
Latte Lath, wanda ya fara aikinsa na ƙwararru a Atalanta BC, ya zama babban burin Atlanta United, wanda ke neman ƙarin ƙarfin gaba kafin ranar rufe kasuwar musayar ‘yan wasa a Amurka a ranar 22 ga Fabrairu. Dan wasan ya zura kwallaye 28 a wasanni 64 a dukkan gasa tun lokacin da ya koma Middlesbrough.
“Atlanta United sun gabatar da tayin da zai sa su zama masu rike da rikodin sayan ‘yan wasa mafi tsada a tarihin MLS,” in ji wani majiyyacin da ke kusa da tattaunawar. “Idan an amince da shi, wannan zai wuce duk wani tayin da aka yi a baya.”
Mai shekaru 26, wanda ya wakilci Ivory Coast sau biyu, ya zama babban ɗan wasa a karkashin jagorancin Michael Carrick a Middlesbrough, wanda ke kokarin samun gurbin shiga gasar Premier League. Kungiyar ta kasance a matsayi na biyar a gasar Championship.
“Latte Lath ya nuna halayen da ake bukata a matsayin dan wasan gaba, kuma yana da gogewa a Turai da kuma gasar MLS,” in ji wani masani na kasuwar musayar ‘yan wasa. “Wannan zai zama babban ci gaba ga Atlanta United.”
Atlanta United, wanda ke karkashin jagorancin Ronny Deila, sun kasance masu himma wajen kara karfinsu a kakar wasa mai zuwa. Kungiyar ta kasance cikin manyan masu kashe kudi a kasuwar musayar ‘yan wasa, inda ta sayi ‘yan wasa kamar Thiago Almada da Ezequiel Barco da kudade masu yawa.
Idan aka amince da tayin, Latte Lath zai zama dan wasa na uku da aka sanya a matsayin “Designated Player” a kungiyar, wanda ke nufin cewa kudin da ake bi masa ba zai shiga cikin iyakar kasafin kudin kungiyar ba.
“Wannan zai zama babban ci gaba ga kungiyar,” in ji wani mai sha’awar kwallon kafa na Atlanta. “Latte Lath yana da gwaninta da kwarewa da za su taimaka wa kungiyar samun nasara a gasar MLS.”