Declan Rice yana daga cikin 'yan wasa da ake magana akai fiye da kowa a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingilishi wannan kakar — an bayyana shi a matsayin kyaftin na gaba na England, ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan tsakiyar filin Arsenal a tarihi, kuma, har zuwa kwanan nan, an san shi da "haske". Yanzu, bayan tattaunawa ta kai tsaye da manaja Mikel Arteta kafin kakar ta fara, Rice na sake fasalta yadda mukaminsa zai iya kama.
Sakon Arteta: yi ƙari
A farkon wannan kakar, Arteta ya zauna tare da Rice ya kuma fada masa a sarari cewa laƙabin "haske" — wanda manajan kansa ya ƙirƙira — ba ya shafa masa kuma, kuma cewa yana sa ran ƙari daga gare shi. Rice ya amsa. Arteta ya bayyana cewa ya riga ya ba Rice laƙabi sabon, wanda yake shirin bayyanawa kawai a ƙarshen kakar.
Rice ya yi nuni da wannan tattaunawa bayan nasarar Arsenal a Premier League akan Liverpool ranar Lahadi. "Yadda na fara wannan kakar shine matsayi da ya fi dacewa da ni," ya shaida wa Match of the Day. "Na yi kyau amma yana ganin ina iya yin ƙari kuma ya tanadar da ni wannan. Wannan kakar na gwada yin haka daga gaba — ƙoƙarin samar da taimako, ƙirƙirar dama, ƙirƙirar lokuta."
Lambobi da ke goyan bayan yabo
Rice ya riga ya jagoranci Premier League da tallafi 5 wannan kakar, duka daga wasan buɗaɗɗe — sakamakon kai tsaye na 'yancin matsayi da Arteta ya bashi. Tun ya shiga Arsenal a 2023, ya taimaka wajen zura kwallaye 55 gaba ɗaya, adadi da yawanci yakan wuce ba tare da a gane shi sosai ba saboda makamashinsa da aikin tsaro sukan mamaye tattaunawa.
Tsohon mai tsaron baya na Liverpool Jamie Carragher ya kasance a sarari bayan nasarar ranar Lahadi. "Shi ɗaya ne daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan tsakiyar filin da Arsenal ta taɓa da su," Carragher ya ce. "Shi ne mafi kyawun ɗan tsakiyar filin a Premier League ta hanyar nisa. Ba ma muhawara ba ce."
Abokin wasansa Kai Havertz ya yaba wa Rice da "90%" na kwallo ta nasara kan Liverpool, godiya ga ingancin ƙwallon taimako da Rice ya samar.
Sarrafa nauyin wasanni da hikima
A kakar da ta wuce, Rice ya buga wasanni 55 na Arsenal — jadawali mai wahala wanda, haɗe da kaiwa zuwa wasan semi-final na Kofin Duniya tare da England da ciwo na jijiya ta hamstrings, ya yi tasiri sosai a kansa. Wannan kakar, kulob din ya sarrafa mintunansa da hankali.
Zuwan Bruno Guimaraes ya ba Rice damar huta a wasannin EFL Cup, kuma England sun huta masa a hutun kasa da kasa na ƙarshe. Yana buga wasa tare da Guimaraes da Myles Lewis-Skelly, an ba Rice 'yanci na ɗaukar matsayi mafi girma a tsakiyar filin, yayin da yake iya komawa baya lokacin da ya zama dole. Duk da haka, ya fara duk wasannin Premier League da UEFA Champions League.
Nan gaba mai tsawo tare da Arsenal
Arteta ya tabbatar da cewa tattaunawar kwantiragi tana ci gaba, yana mai cewa Rice "yana son ci gaba anan na dogon lokaci kuma zai kasance tambaya ta lokaci ne kawai kafin mu warware hakan." Da Arsenal suna kan gaba a Premier League da Rice a tsakiyar duk abin da suke yi da kyau, ɓangarorin biyu sun bayyana suna sha'awar ci gaba da wannan haɗin gwiwa.
