Declan Rice yana fafutiwa zuwa cikin lafiya kafin wasan kwata-fainal na Norway a ranar Asabar a gasar FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026, bayan rashin lafiyar ciki ya tsananta wa'azin jijiyar da ya kasance yana ɗauke da shi tun farkon gasar.

Dan wasa na tsakiya na Arsenal yana sarrafa matsalar jijiya mai dorewa da ke shafar jijiyar ƙafar baya da ƙasan bayansa tun farkon yakin neman canjaras. Ya kuma rasa nasarar England a kan Panama a marhalar ƙungiyoyi saboda rauni a cinya kafin ya dawo don yin nasara a kan DR Congo da Mexico.

Rashin lafiya ya tsananta wa'azin Rice

A cewar BBC Sport, Rice ya rasa horar da kwanaki biyu na Laraba da Alhamis bayan ya kamu da rashin lafiya, lamarin da ya tsananta matsalar jijiyarsa. Ƙungiyar likitoci ta England ta ɗauki mataki don hana yaduwar cuta a sansanin, yayin da 'yan wasa da dama na Thomas Tuchel ke kan gado ko ana shakku kan shiga wasansu.

Jordan Henderson zai ƙare gasar bayan ya karya hannunsa yayin faduwa akan allon talla a bukukuwan bikin nasara bayan wasan da Mexico. Jarell Quansah an hana shi bayan an kore shi a wancan wasa a Azteca — korar da ta bar England da 'yan wasa goma kusan minti 50 a nasarar 3-2.

Zaɓuɓɓukan tsakiya na England ba tare da Rice ba

Idan Rice ba zai iya fita ba, ana sa ran Tuchel zai dogara ga Elliot Anderson da Kobbie Mainoo — wanda har yanzu bai taka kafa a wannan Kofin Duniya ba — a matsayinsu na 'yan wasa biyu na tsakiya a tsarin 4-2-3-1. Jude Bellingham na iya yin wasa a mafarka mai zurfi, amma dan wasa mai ban mamaki na Real Madrid ya yi fice a matsayin No. 10, inda ya ci guda huɗu da taimako guda ɗaya.

Rice, wanda Tuchel ya nada shi mataimakin kyaftin kafin gasar, ya yi wasanni 77 tare da ƙasarsa yana ci wa'azin maƙasudi bakwai. Tsohon kyaftin na West Ham United ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa mafi muhimmanci na England — rashinsa zai zama babbar hasara.

Hatsarin dakatar da su kafin ƙwata-fainal na gaba

Rice na cikin 'yan wasa huɗu waɗanda za a dakatar da su a rabin-fainal idan suka samu katin rawaya a kan Norway. Bellingham, bakan tsakiya Marc Guehi, da bakan hagu Nico O'Reilly ma suna cikin haɗari ɗaya, kowanne daga cikinsu ya riga ya samu gargaɗi ɗaya a marhalar fita-ko-shiga.

Abokan hamayyar England, Norway, ma sun fuskanci rashin lafiya a lokacin gasar. Dan wasan gaba na Crystal Palace Jorgen Strand Larsen ya rasa wasan farko na ƙungiyarsa a kan Iraq saboda rashin lafiya. Odegaard Martin na Arsenal, abokin tawagar Rice a kulob din, shi ne kyaftin na Norway wanda zai nemi fitar da abokin kulob dinsa daga gasar.