Paul Gascoigne da wuya yake kallo kwallon kafa a yanzu haka — ciwo da yake ji saboda rashin wasannin da yake ƙaunata ya yi girma sosai. Amma Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta FIFA 2026 ta kasance mai jan hankali da ba za a iya yin watsi da ita ba, kuma lokacin da ya ƙarshe ya zauna don kallo wasannin England na farko, ji ya mamaye shi gaba ɗaya.

"Ina zaune kawai a kan gado ina kallona, ba ina tunanin komai ba da gaske," in ji Gascoigne ga tashar YouTube ta Betway Clutch 9 Football. "Sa'an nan, da wasan farko ya fara, na sami ƙwaƙƙwaran ji kuma na zubar da hawaye kaɗan saboda ba zato ba tsammani tunaninni daga 1990 ya koma, duk abin da nake yi kowace rana ya wuce a zuciyata — ba zan iya barci wannan dare ba."

Gascoigne ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin muhimman mutane a cikin yaƙin England na tarihi a Italia 90, tafiya da ta ƙare da baƙin ciki a mataki na semi-final. Hawayensa a fagen Turin na zaune a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin hotuna mafi dawwama a tarihin kwallon kafa — kuma kallon England tana fafatawa a dandalin duniya ya dawo da komai cikin sauri.

Har yanzu yana da tabbacin yana iya buga kwallon

Duk da dare mai wuya, Gazza ya ci gaba da kallo — kuma yana riƙe da imanin cewa zai iya tsayawa a matakin kololuwa. "Har yanzu nake rasa shi sosai," ya furta. "Har yanzu ina tsammanin zan iya buga, ko da yanzu. Ina kallo wasu 'yan wasa da ke samun £400,000 a mako kuma ba su iya ƙwanƙwasa kwallo."

Shi ma ya nuna kwarin gwiwa game da damar England a gasar. "Ban yi tsammanin zan kalle yawa ba saboda kwallon kafa na makara sosai, amma wasu daga cikin wasannin sun kasance masu ban al'ajabi da gaske. Kowa zai iya cin nasara."

England za su fafata da Mexico a Azteca a Mexico City — gwaji mai tsauri, tare da tsayin ƙasa da zafi da ake sa ran za su gajardawa The Three Lions ƙarfi yayin da matakin kungiyoyi ke ci gaba.

Shawara ta dabara ga Kane — ta bin misalin Lineker

Gascoigne ya tuna da umarni na dabara daga manajan Bobby Robson a lokacin Italia 90, wanda ya yi imani cewa Harry Kane ya kamata ya saurara. Ya ce: "Abin da Bobby Robson ya faɗa wa Gary Lineker, wanda ya kasance mai ban mamaki, shine, 'A cikin mintoci 10 na ƙarshe na kowane wasa, za mu gaji. Ban so kai ka gaji ba. Ina so ka zauna a layin tsakiya ko kuma mita biyar cikin rabin mu. Ba fiye da haka ba. Muna buƙatar kuzarinka don mintoci 10 na ƙarshe.'"

"Idan ka duba Lineker, yawancin kwallayen sa an ci su ne a mintoci 10 na ƙarshe," Gascoigne ya ƙara cewa. "Ka ga Harry Kane wani lokaci yana a matsayin mai tsaron gida na tsakiya." Ma'anar ta kasance a sarari — Kane ya kamata ya adana kuzarinsa ya kuma shirya don hukunta abokan hamayya a ƙarshen wasanni, maimakon sauka ƙasa don gina hare-hare.

Da Jude Bellingham, Kane, da Marcus Rashford a cikin tawagar, Gascoigne yana ganin England suna da ingancin da zai isa don fafatawa da kowace ƙasa. Amma ya nuna takaici akan rashin wani ɗan wasa na musamman.

Rashin Foden tushen takaici

"Ina ganin Phil Foden yana da inganci na musamman," in ji Gascoigne. "Da zan taka Foden saboda koyaushe yana son kwallo kuma yana da wannan ƙafar hagu mai daɗi." Har ma ya tuna da haduwarsa ta kai tsaye da ɗan wasan Manchester City: "Na shiga ɗakin sutura na England sau ɗaya kuma na gaya wa Foden ya ba ni rigarsa kuma ya ba ni."

Foden bai yi tafiya zuwa gasar ba, inda ya bar Gascoigne — da masu goyon bayan England da yawa — suna yin tambaya game da abin da da zai yiwu.