Arsenal tana sa ido da damuwa kan lafiyar ɗan wasan tsakiya Declan Rice bayan da ya fita daga filin wasa yana tafiya da rauni a mintoci na ƙarshe na nasarar 1-0 da suka samu a kan Aston Villa a Villa Park a dare na Litinin a Premier League.

Burin Bukayo Saka a minti na 59 ya isa wajen tabbatar da dukkan maki uku ga ƙungiyar Mikel Arteta, amma nasarar ta zo da farashi mai damun rai. An cire Rice a minti na 85 yayin da yake bayyane yana cikin wahala sa'ad da ya bar filin, tare da Martin Zubimendi da ya shigo ya ɗauke matsayinsa.

Wannan musanya bai kasance damuwa ɗaya kaɗai ba. Mintoci shida kawai kafin fita Rice, ɗan wasan baya Cristhian Mosquera ya fadi yana riƙe da cinya kuma ya maye da Ezri Konsa — wanda hakan ya ba Arteta matsalar raunuka biyu a cikin rabi guda.

Lokacin rani mai cike da matsin jiki

Arsenal har yanzu ba ta tabbatar da ko musanya Rice ya kasance na hana haɗari ko sakamakon naushi mai tsanani na tsoka ba, amma yanayin ya tabbatar da damuwa da ta cancanta.

Rice ya sha fama da matsalolin lafiya masu ci gaba a lokacin rani yayin da yake wakiltar England a 2026 World Cup, inda aka ruwaito cewa ya sha wahala daga ciwo na jijiyoyi da suka shafi ƙasan bayansa da hamstrings ɗinsa. Ana ganin waɗannan matsalolin sun samo asali ne daga kakar wasa ta 2025/26 mai buƙatu sosai, wanda ya buga wasanni 55 don Arsenal — 49 daga cikinsu a matsayin ɗan wasa na farko.

Abin da ke ƙara damuwa shi ne ɗan gajeren lokacin murmurewa Rice ya samu tsakanin ayyukansa na ƙasa da ƙasa da kuma komawansa ga wasan klabu. Wasan ƙarshe na England a World Cup ya kasance ranar 18 ga Yuli, amma Rice ya sami ƙasa da sati huɗu na hutawa kafin ya haɗu da shirye-shiryen kafin kakar wasa na Arsenal da bayyana a Community Shield da Manchester City a ranar 16 ga Agusta.

Arsenal yana ɓacin rai a baya tuni

Lokacin da Rice ya ji rauni yana da ban tsoro musamman a halin yanzu da Arsenal ke ciki. William Saliba ya riga an yanke masa hukunci cewa ba zai fito ba a nan gaba mai tsawo bayan ya ji rauni a baya a lokacin World Cup, kuma asarar Rice a kan wannan zai wakilci babbar duka ga ƙungiyar Arteta.

Arteta yana fatan cewa ƙarin kimantawa za ta nuna babu wani abu mai tsanani, yayin da Arsenal take fuskantar jadawalin wasanni masu buƙatu a makonni masu zuwa.