Ben Davies ya shiga wani sabon fage — ba a fagen wasa ba, sai a cikin dakunan kwamiti na Football Association of Wales. An nada shi a Majalisar FAW a watan Agusta 2026, kuma kyaftin din Wales yanzu yana da kujera a tebur na shugabanci a matsayin wakilin 'yan wasan Wales da aka keɓe.
BBC Wales Sport ta sami damar da ba kasafai ba ta shiga cikin harkokin ciki na FAW a Dragon Park a Newport, inda Davies ya yi taro da manyan shugabanni don tattauna makomar kwallon kafa ta Wales.
Murya mai muhimmanci daga dan wasa
Davies, mai shekara 33, ya bayyana shawarar sa ta ɗaukar wannan matsayi tare da aikin wasan kwallo mai gajiyarwa a matsayin aikin kula da amanah. Ya ce: "Da farko, wata darajar girmamawa ce ta taka kwallon kafa don Wales. Saboda wannan girmamawa da ƙaunata duka — har yanzu ina son hakan — kana son ba da taimako ta kowace hanya da za ka iya."
A matsayinsa na wanda ya lashe UEFA Europa League kuma wanda ya kare na biyu a UEFA Champions League tare da Tottenham Hotspur, Davies ya fahimci abin da ya kawo a ɗaki mai cike da shugabanni masu gogewa. Ya yarda ya ce: "Akwai mutane da yawa a wannan ɗaki masu gogewa sosai, waɗanda suka fi sani fiye da ni game da abin da ke faruwa a bayan fage a kwallon kafa. Amma ina nan da muryar ɗan wasa."
Burinsa ya zarce sha'awar 'yan wasa na ƙwararru. Yana son tabbatar da cewa shawarwari da aka yanke a matakin shugabanci su amfanar da dukkan kwallon kafa ta Wales, tun daga gasar gida zuwa tushe.
Manyan tsammanin
Shugaban FAW Mike Jones ya yabi tasirin Davies nan take a zaman su na farko na safe. Jones ya nuna cewa: "Ya yi magana da safe — kuma mutane da yawa a wannan ɗaki ba sa yin magana. Gaskiyar cewa ya yi magana alamar alheri ce game da abin da zai zo."
Ga masu lura da kwallon kafa ta Wales, sauyin Davies zuwa shugabanci ya zama kamar ci gaba na halitta. Yana da digiri a Business Management da lasisi na UEFA A na horar da 'yan wasa, ya buga wasanni 104 na ƙasa da ƙasa da Wales tun da ya fara bugawa yana da shekara 19, kuma yana aiki tare da UEFA a wasu ayyuka.
Jones ya nuna fata game da hanyar da Davies zai bi: "Na fahimci sha'awarsa da dalilin da ya sa yake son kasancewa nan. Farkon ne, amma ina tsammanin manyan abubuwa daga gare shi."
Hanya da kadan suka bi
Davies ya rage buɗe game da makoma sa bayan kwallon kafa, ko a kan teburin masu horo ko a ofis. Ya ce: "Kana zaman ritaya tsawon lokaci a wannan wasanni, kuma ba na ganin kaina ba yin kome bayan kwallon kafa. Ina son zama wanda ya iya tsallaka wannan rami daga dan wasa zuwa dakin shugabanci, domin ban ga 'yan wasa da yawa sun yi hakan ba. Ina tsammanin hakan yana ƙara kyakkyawar hangen nesa yayin yanke shawarar."
