Jude Bellingham ya bayar da wasan da ya sa masu sharhi na neman kalmomi mafi girma — kuma, abin mamaki ma, suna ƙarfin zuciya su ambato sunansa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na dukkan lokuta. Nasarar England ta 7-0 kan Croatia a Nations League ranar Asabar ta kasance daren sanarwa, kuma Bellingham ya kasance a tsakiyar komai.

Dan wasan tsakiya na Real Madrid mai shekara 23 ya zira ƙwallo ɗaya kuma ya yi taimako na ƙwalaye uku, kafin ya karɓi kyaftin na hannu da zarar an cire Harry Kane daga filin mintuna 20 kafin ƙarshen wasan. Wannan shi ne karo na farko a cikin aikinsa na ƙasa da ƙasa da Bellingham ya shiga kai tsaye a fiye da ƙwallaye biyu a wasa ɗaya tare da England — kuma shi ne ɗan wasa na farko da ya yi taimako uku a wasa ɗaya ga Three Lions tun lokacin da Trent Alexander-Arnold ya yi hakan kan San Marino a watan Nuwamba 2021.

Hukuncin Keane mai kaifin baki

Roy Keane, tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na Manchester United da Jamhuriyar Ireland, bai jingina ba a kimantawarsa a ITV bayan ƙarshen wasan. "Jude Bellingham na iya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan da duniya ta taɓa gani," in ji Keane. "A wannan lokacin, shi ɗan wasa ne mai ban mamaki. Duk abubuwan da ke ciki — ƙarfin gudu, ingancin kewayawa, haɗarin da yake haifarwa a ƙofar abokan hamayya. Hanyar da yake ci gaba da girma a matsayin ɗan wasa, har yanzu ina tsammanin akwai ƙari mai yawa da zai bayar."

Keane kuma ya nuna tasirin Bellingham a wajen lokutan haske na mutum ɗaya. "Ya kasance mai kyau sosai da ƙwallon, amma abin da yake yi ba tare da ƙwallon ba yana ɗaukaka sauran 'yan wasan," ya ƙara da cewa. "Himmarsa ba tare da ƙwallon ba za ta yi wahayi ga sauran 'yan wasa. Babban jagora ne a gare su."

Huɗun na gaba suna ci wuta

Rushewar Croatia da England ta yi ya kasance ƙoƙarin gama-gari kamar yadda ya kasance nunin mutum ɗaya. Harry Kane ya zira ƙwallo sau biyu, yana ɗaukakawa zuwa ƙwallaye 89 na ƙasa da ƙasa, yayin da Bukayo Saka ma ya zira sau biyu. Anthony Gordon ya ba da gudunmawa da ƙwallo ɗaya da taimako ɗaya, yana kammala nuni mai wayo wanda ya jefa Croatia cikin mafi munin shan kashi a tarihin ƙasar.

Saka, wanda ya ci gajiyar kewayawa mai inganci da Bellingham ya yi don ƙwallonsa na farko, ya kasance mai karimci a yabonsa bayan wasan. "Ya kasance mai ban mamaki da daren yau. Ya cancanci ɗan wasan shekara kuma ya cancanci mutumin wasan daren yau ma. Ya kasance na musamman," in ji Saka. "[Ina] farin ciki don wasa tare da shi kuma farin ciki da kasancewarsa a cikin ƙungiyar England."

Sakon Tuchel game da matakala

Babban kocin England Thomas Tuchel ya yarda cewa Bellingham yana bayyana yana aiki a matakin sabon — kuma ya bayyana cewa tsayawa ba tare da ci gaba ba ba zabi bane a mafi girman matakan wasan. "Yana kama da waɗannan matakalar wuta," Tuchel ya gaya wa BBC Sport. "Idan ka tsaya, kana tafiya a baya. Dole ne ka tafiya ma don kula da matakin ka. Dole ne ka ci gaba kuma ka tura zuwa matakin gaba, in ba haka ba sauran ƙungiyoyi za su kama ka."

Tuchel ya ƙara da cewa yaƙin Nations League ya kasance dama ta "ci gaba" bayan hasarar England a matakin ƙwarewa ta kusa da Argentina a Gasar Duniya, yana bayyana cewa ya "shirya wasu abubuwa" ya kuma ba 'yan wasa, ciki har da Bellingham, "alhakin da yawa."

Daga gefuna zuwa filin

Juyin da ya samu a matsayin Bellingham abin mamaki ne. Shekara guda da ta wuce, matsayinsa a cikin tawagar England bai tabbata ba bayan an bar shi a wajen tawagar Tuchel ta Oktoba 2025, inda babban kocin ya jaddada cewa Bellingham ba zai sami kula ta musamman ba. Daga ƙarshe ya shiga Gasar Duniya, ya fito a matsayin babban mai zira ƙwallo na England da ƙwallaye bakwai yayin da suka kai matsayin na uku.

Bayan an zaɓe shi karo na biyu a jere a matsayin ɗan wasan shekara na England, yanzu ana kwatanta Bellingham a matsayin "tabbatacce a matsayin 10" na makomar England, bisa ga tsohon mai tsaron ƙarshe Matt Upson, yana magana a BBC Radio 5 Live. Tsohon ɗan wasan gaba Ian Wright ya yarda, yana cewa: "Bellingham yana kan filin, koyaushe yana tukawa gaba. Ƙarfin jikinsa, ikon fasaharsa, zafin yunƙurinsa — baya tsayawa."