Sun kwafa tsarin gashinsas, tufafinsa, takalminsa, har da zaɓin kiɗansa. Ga Harry da John Souttar, ɗan'uwansu babba Aaron ya kasance fiye da abin koyi — shi ne ma'auni da ake auna komai da shi.

Wannan lokacin rani, 'yan'uwan biyu za su wakilci ƙasashe daban-daban a Gasar Duniya: John yana sanye da launin shuɗi na Scotland, Harry kuma yana ɗaga tutar Australia. A tsakiyar tafiyoyin biyu haka akwai tunan Aaron, wanda ya rasu a watan Yuli 2022 yana da shekaru 42, bayan dogon gwagwarmaya da cutar motor neurone.

Uban gida na biyu

Aaron ya fi Harry shekaru 18, kuma mai tsaron Leicester City yana bayyana shi da kalaman sauƙi amma masu zurfi. "Na ɗaukaka shi sosai. Shi ne mai kyaun hali," in ji shi. "Shi ne kamar uban gida na biyu a gare ni."

A matsayinsa na ƙwararren ɗan wasan golf da mashaƙin ƙwallon ƙafa, Aaron ya halarci wasanni da yawa gwargwadon iya. Harry — wanda ya cancanci buga wa Socceroos tun da mahaifiyarsa Heather ɗan asalin Ostiraliya ce — yana tuna yadda yake neman fuskar ɗan'uwansa babba a gefen filin kafin fara wasa. "Ina buga sai in kalle gefen in gan shi a can, kullum ina ƙoƙarin burge shi," in ji ɗan wasan ɗan shekara 27.

Rashin Aaron za a ji sosai a gasar. Harry yana tunanin abin da ɗan'uwansa da ya yi da ya kasance a nan: "Da ya kasance a nan da abokai a wani mashaya, yana sha duk yini kuma yana buga golf kaɗan."

Alamu na kyauta

Dukkan 'yan'uwan za su ɗauki alamun dindindin a jikinsu — tattoo don girmama Aaron — yayin da suke yin gasa a fagen duniya.

Ga John, wanda yake da shekaru 29, waɗannan girmamawa sun fara kafin mutuwar Aaron. Mai tsaron tsakiya ya sha wahalar raunuka masu tsanani a tsawon aikinsa da ya kai shi daga Dundee United zuwa Hearts sannan zuwa Rangers. Sa'ad da ya dawo daga dogon barin wasa ya ci ƙwallon farko na Scotland a gasar neman kofin duniya da Denmark a watan Nuwamba 2021, ya ba da wannan lokaci ga ɗan'uwansa. "Ɗan'uwana Aaron yana gida," John ya ce a lokacin. "Bai iya zo da dare ba, amma wannan ya kasance dominshi domin ya taimake ni sosai a lokacin warkar da ni."

Yadda baƙin ciki ya ƙarfafa alaƙarsu

Harry, wanda ya shafe kakar da ta gabata a Sheffield United a matsayin aro, ya yarda cewa rashin lafiyar Aaron — da mutuwarsa a ƙarshe — ya sake tsara alaƙa tsakanin 'yan'uwan ƙanana biyu.

"Aaron ya yi rashin lafiya, wannan ya ƙara kusantar da ni da John, musamman bayan mutuwarsa," in ji Harry. Nisan wuri ya raba su: Harry a Ingila, John yana buga wasa a Scotland, da ƙarancin kiran waya a tsakaninsu. Baƙin ciki ya canza komai.

"Abu ɗaya mai kyau da ya fito daga wannan, idan ana iya kiransa mai kyau, shi ne ya kusantar da ni da John," Harry ya ƙara da cewa. Yanzu saƙonni da kiran wayoyi sun zama ɓangare na yau da kullun — ko da kuwa kawai don "magana a kan abubuwa na yau da kullun."

Iyali sun haɗu a Gasar Duniya

Dukkan 'yan'uwan za su fara kamfen ɗin Gasar Duniyarsu a Lahadi, Scotland tana fuskantar Haiti kafin Australia ta buga da Turkey. Iyalin za su warwatse tsakanin biranen Amurka da Kanada, amma alfarmarsu ɗaya ce.

"Abin farin ciki ne kawai cewa mu biyunmu muna nan," in ji Harry. "Na san John ya rasa damar Euros 'yan shekarun da suka wuce, kuma ya damu da hakan ƙwarai. Ina cikin farin ciki ƙwarai cewa yana nan. Kuma iyali duka sun cika alfarma. Ga nawa ɓangaren, ina alfaharin sa."