Manajan Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, ya yabi Ceadach O'Neill mai shekaru 18 da dumi-dumi, yana mai bayyana cewa kulob din na da "manyan bege" ga ƙaramin ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Northern Ireland.

O'Neill, ɗan wasan gefen da ya fito daga Linfield kafin ya shiga makarantar Arsenal, ya bayyana sosai a shirye-shiryen pre-season na Gunners a wannan watan. Ya taka rawa a wasannin sada zumunci da Girona da Real Betis, kuma ya ci kwallo a wasa a bayan ƙofofin da aka rufe da MK Dons.

"Na yi matukar farin ciki da shi," in ji Arteta wa Thomas Kane na BBC Sport NI bayan rashin nasara da Real Betis da ci 3-1 a Dublin ranar Laraba. "Ga shekarunsa, ya nuna girma sosai, maida hankali sosai, kuma yana da kwarewa mai ban mamaki. Shi ne ɗan wasa da muke da manyan bege da shi kuma dole ne mu samar da shi ta hanya ta dace."

Hauhawa mai sauri cikin matakan ƙwallon ƙafa

Fitowar O'Neill ta kasance abin burgewa. Bayan ya zura kwallaye 18 a wasanni 30 na makarantar, an kira shi zuwa tawagar farko ta Northern Ireland kafin ya taka filin wasa na farko don gwarzon Premier League.

Ya fito a matsayin mai maye gurbi ga tawagar Michael O'Neill a wasan sada zumunci na watan Yuni da Guinea, sa'an nan ya sake buga wasa kwana huɗu bayan haka da France — gogewa guda biyu da yake ji sun shirya shi sosai don pre-season.

Matashi mai shekaru 18 ya ci gaba da cancanta ya wakilci Jamhuriyar Ireland, amma ya bayyana fatan kasancewa cikin jerin Northern Ireland lokacin da yakin Nations League nasu ya fara a waje a kan Georgia watan mai zuwa. A yanzu, duk da haka, hankalinsa yana mai da hankali sosai kan yin nasara a matakin kulob.

"A yanzu haka zan yi aiki kwana-kwana, in ci gaba da zuwa in ba da duk abin da zuciyata ke ciki. Hakan ne kawai zan iya yi," in ji O'Neill. "Na yi magana da Michael kwanan nan amma dole ne in ci gaba da matsawa a matakin kulob kuma za mu ga abin da zai faru. Ina jin daɗi sosai da abin da nake yi da kuma inda nake."