Ingila na shirya jinkirta yanke shawarar ko Declan Rice yana lafiya mai kyau don farawa wasan kusa da karshe na Kofin Duniya da Argentina a ranar Laraba, inda ma'aikatan lafiya suke kallo da kallo a kan yanayin lafiyarsa kafin su ba da izini.

Rice ya kamu da rashin lafiya kafin wasan kusa da na kusa na karshe da Norway a Miami a ranar Asabar — wasan da Ingila ta lashe 2-1 bayan lokaci na kari — kuma aka canza shi a rabi. Babban kocin Thomas Tuchel ya tabbatar cewa dan wasan tsakiya na Arsenal ya kwana kwana uku a gado kafin wasan ya fara.

Cutar da aka kamu a Mexico

An fahimci cewa Rice ya kamu da cutar yayin tafiyar Ingila zuwa Mexico don zagayen 16, inda suka doke masu masaukin baki 3-2. Har yanzu bai warke gaba daya ba, ko da yake an ruwaito cewa yanayin lafiyarsa ya inganta sosai a cikin awanni 48 da suka gabata.

Duk da wannan ci gaban, ma'aikatan lafiya na Ingila ba su shirya tabbatar da samuwarsa ba kuma za su ci gaba da kimanta shi har zuwa kadan kafin fara wasan. Tuchel, a nasa bangaren, yana jiran ganin yadda Rice ke murmurewa kafin ya yanke shawarar zabar shi.

Kusan tabbas zai fara wasan — amma ba tabbas ba

Da la'akari da girman wannan karo — wasan kusa da karshe na Kofin Duniya da Argentina — ana daukar Rice kusan tabbas zai bayyana kansa ya warke kuma yana da sauki. Amma tsananin cutar yana nufin ba a dauki kome a matsayin garantiya, kuma yanke shawara a karshe shine sakamako mafi yiyuwa.

Don ƙara rikitarwa, Rice kuma yana gudanar da matsalar jijiya da ke shafar ƙananan bayansa da jijiyar hamstring tsawon watanni da yawa. Wannan matsalar tana tare da shi a duk tsawon gasar kuma ba ta da alaka da rashin lafiyarsa na baya-bayan nan.

Dan wasan tsakiya, wanda ya lashe cap 78 na kasa da kasa da Ingila, ya buga dukkan wasannin Kofin Duniya face daya. Ya rasa nasarar 2-0 a matakin rukuni da Panama sakamakon rauni, amma ya dawo zuwa cikin tawagar farko kuma ya kasance babbar ginshiki tun daga lokacin.