Alkalin wasa na kasar Somaliya Omar Artan zai karɓi cikakken kuɗin gasar FIFA World Cup, duk da an hana shi shiga Amurka kuma bai shiga gasar ba, a cewar BBC Sport.

An tsare Artan a filin jirgin saman Miami International Airport na tsawon awanni 11 a ranar Litinin, kafin hukumomin shige-da-fice na Amurka su gaya masa cewa ba za a bari shi ya shiga ƙasar ba. Jami'an sun ambaci zargin alaƙa da mutanen da ake zargi da zama membobin ƙungiyoyin ta'addanci a matsayin dalili na ƙin shigarsa, bayan an ƙi yarda da fafatinsa na diflomasiyya da visar Amurka da ke ba da damar shiga sau ɗaya.

Artan ya sanar da 'yan jarida cewa an tambaye shi game da zargin dangantaka da ƙungiyar 'yan ta'adda ta Somaliya Al Shabab, yana mai cewa ba shi da wata masaniya game da ƙungiyar. "Ina da takardu masu kyau, komai yana nan daidai. Ina da ingantaccen viza," in ji shi. "Ni alkalin wasa ne kawai da yake ƙoƙarin cimma mafarkinsa, babban mafarkin rayuwata, zuwa Kofin Duniya."

Bayan an mayar da shi cikin jirgin zuwa Turkiyya, Artan ya sami taimakon jami'an FIFA a Istanbul kafin ya koma gida zuwa babban birnin Somaliya, Mogadishu. Kafofin da suka sanar da BBC Sport sun bayyana cewa FIFA ta yi alkawarin biyan cikakken albashinsa ko da yake ba zai taka rawa a gasar ba. Alkalai ba sa sanin tabbataccen kuɗin da za su karɓa har gasar ta ƙare.

Shekara mai ban sha'awa ga babban alkalin wasa a ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka

Wannan cikas ya zo bayan jerin nasarori masu ban mamaki ga Artan. An ba shi lambar yabo ta mafi kyawun alkalin wasa na maza na 2025 daga Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Afirka (CAF), kuma wannan mutumin da yake da shekara 34 ya shiga tarihi ta hanyar zama ƙaramin alkalin wasa na ƙasar Somaliya da ya jagoranci wata kofin ƙasa da ƙasa.

A watan Yuni 2025, ya jagoranci karon biyu na wasan karshe na African Champions League, wanda Pyramids FC ta doke Mamelodi Sundowns don lashe kambun. FIFA kuma ta naɗa shi a gasar U-20 World Cup a Chile, inda ya jagoranci wasanni uku, ciki har da wasan neman matsayi na uku. Ya kuma jagoranci wasanni biyu na zagayen ƙungiyoyi a Africa Cup of Nations, bayan ya riga ya yi aiki a bikin 2024 na wannan gasar.

Duk da baƙin cikin rashin halartar Kofin Duniya, an gayyaci Artan ya jagoranci UEFA Super Cup tsakanin Paris St-Germain da Aston Villa a Salzburg, Austria a ranar 12 ga watan Agusta — wata naɗa da ta dace ga ɗaya daga cikin fitattun alkalai a nahiyar. Da ya dawo Mogadishu, inda aka karɓe shi da farin ciki, Artan ya gode wa "mutanena da ƙasata" kuma ya rantse zai kai zuwa Kofin Duniya na 2030.