Tsohon mai tsaron ragar Super Eagles, Carl Ikeme, ya yi magana a sarari game da rauni ɗaya daga aikinsa na kwallon ƙafa wanda lokaci bai warkad da shi gaba ɗaya ba — rasa yakin neman zabe na Nigeria a FIFA Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2018 a Rasha, saboda an gano yana fama da ciwon leukemia.

A tattaunawa da Brila FM, Ikeme ya ce rashin wakiltar Super Eagles a manyan gasa shine kawai bangare na aikinsa da ya taɓa so ya kasance daban. "Nadamata a aikin ƙwallon ƙafata shi ne rashin wakiltar Najeriya sosai da rashin zuwa manyan gasar tare da tawagar," in ji shi. "Ya kamata na kasance a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, ba sa'a mun san dalilin da yasa ban iya zuwa ba. Koyaushe wannan abu yana cikin zuciyata. Babu wani nadama game da kwallon ƙafa a wurina sai wannan abu ɗaya da ke ci mini wuta."

Ganewar da ta canza komai

An gano Ikeme yana da ciwon leukemia na gari a watan Yulin 2017 yayin horo na kafin kakar wasa tare da Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wannan gano ya katse tashinsa a matsayin mai tsaron raga na farko na Najeriya. Ya yi maganin cuta, kuma a shekarar 2018, bayan likitoci sun tabbatar da cewa ya warke gaba ɗaya, ya yi ritaya a hukumance daga ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙwararru.

Rashin sa a wannan lokacin ya bar Super Eagles ba tare da wanda zai iya dogara masa a matsayin mai tsaron raga na farko na shekaru da yawa ba. Ba sai Stanley Nwabali ya fito fili ba ne Najeriya ta samu zaɓin farko da za a iya amincewa da shi tsakanin sanduna.

Aiki ɗan gajere amma mai muhimmanci na ƙasa da ƙasa

Ikeme ya samu wasanni 10 tare da Najeriya tsakanin 2015 da 2017. A wannan lokaci, ya buga wasan cancanta na muhimmanci na Africa Cup of Nations da FIFA Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya yayin da Super Eagles ke sake gina kansu ƙarƙashin jagorancin manajan da suka maye gurbin Vincent Enyeama bayan ya bar fagen ƙasa da ƙasa.

A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2018 a Rasha, an fitar da Najeriya a matakin rukuni — wata yaƙin neman zabe wanda Ikeme ya yi fatan kasancewa ginshiƙinsa. Madalla ya ga daga nesa, mafarkinsa na shiga babbar gasa ta farko an katse shi da rashin lafiya da bai da iko a kansa.

Labarin Ikeme ya rage ɗaya daga cikin labaran da suka fi taɓa zuciya a ƙwallon ƙafar Najeriya — tunatarwa ta yadda aikin ɗan wasa zai iya canzawa nan take, da zurfin da wannan wasa ke rayuwa a cikin wadanda suka sadaukar da rayuwarsu gare shi.