Declan Rice zai yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin kyaftin na England a gasar Kofin Duniya mai zuwa, kamar yadda manaja Thomas Tuchel ya tabbatar.

Dan wasan tsakiya na Arsenal mai shekara 27, yana kawo gogewa mai yawa a wannan matsayi — ya buga wasanni 72 tare da Three Lions kuma ana sa ran zai zama daya daga cikin 'yan wasa mafi gogewa a farkon tawagar Tuchel a wannan lokacin rani.

Tuchel ya bayyana nadin ne bayan nasarar wasan sada zumunci da New Zealand a ranar Asabar, yana cewa: "Ina tsammanin zan ce Declan shine mataimakin kyaftina." Da aka tambaye shi ko Rice ya samu sanarwa ta hukuma, Tuchel ya yarda cewa tattaunawar ta faru a lokacin da Harry Kane yake rasa daga sansanin. "A can ne na gaya masa," in ji manajan tawagar.

Kakar wasa mai ban sha'awa a matakin kulob

Rice yana zuwa gasar Kofin Duniya bayan kakar wasa mai kayatarwa a kulob. Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a tafiyar Arsenal har zuwa wasan karshe na UEFA Champions League, wanda suka yi rashin nasara a bugun fenariti da Paris St-Germain mako guda da ya wuce, kuma ya taimaka wajen lashe kambun Premier League a karon farko tun kakar 2003-04.

Rice ya riga ya maye gurbin kyaftin a lokacin da Kane yake rasa wasan sada zumunci na watan Oktoba da Wales, inda Ollie Watkins ya maye gurbin dan wasan Bayern Munich a wannan dama.

Sansanin horarwa a Amurka

Rice yanzu ya shiga sansanin horarwa na England a Florida, tare da abokan wasansa na Arsenal Bukayo Saka, Noni Madueke, da Eberechi Eze. Tawagar na shirye-shirye don wasan sada zumunci na karshe da Costa Rica a Orlando ranar Laraba, da kuma wasan da aka rufe wa jama'a da Miami FC kafin tafiya zuwa sansaninsu na Kansas City ranar Asabar.

England za ta fara yakin neman nasara a Rukunin L a ranar 17 ga Yuni da Croatia. Ghana da Panama sune sauran tawagar da ke rukuni — wanda ke nufin masu son kwallon kafa daga nahiyar Afirka za su kalla da aniyar gani lokacin da Three Lions da Ghana suka hadu.