Gary Newell ya kwashe rayuwarsa yana sanya wasu a gaba — kuma a FIFA World Cup 2026, wannan sadaukarwa a ƙarshe ta sami karɓuwar da ta cancanta. Dan asalin Cape Elizabeth, Maine, an naɗa shi a matsayin Jarumi Mai Ɓoye na Boston a gasar, karramawa da ta zo tare da sakon sirri daga ɗan wasan England Jude Bellingham.

Rayuwa da aka gina a kan hidima

Newell koci ne na ƙwallon ƙafa kuma mai sa kai na al'umma wanda ya tsara tsararraki na 'yan wasa matasa a duk fadin Maine. Bai taɓa nema suna ba — a maimakon haka, yakan ba da ƙarin zaman horon, yakan bayyana sa'ad da wasu ba su nan, kuma yana mu'amala da kowane ɗan wasa a matsayin ɗan adam kafin komai.

"A matsayina na koci, hanyata ba wai kawai haɓaka ɗan wasa ba ne, a'a, haɓaka mutum ne," in ji Newell. Falsafar da ya ɗauka ta haifar da sakamakon da ba ya bayyana a kowace karatun wasa amma suna tsayawa tsayin daka bayan kururuwar ƙarshe.

Lokacin da FIFA World Cup 2026 ta zo Boston, ba da kai a matsayin mai sa kai ya kasance zaɓi na bayyane. Newell ya shiga ƙungiyar yaki da miyagun ƙwayoyi ya kuma yi aiki na makonni uku a wasanni bakwai, yana ɗauke da ruhun hidima ɗaya wanda ya jagoranci shi koyaushe.

Bikin mamaki a wasan France da Morocco

Newell bai san komai ba sa'ad da ya isa wasan kusa da kusa tsakanin France da Morocco a ranar 9 ga Yuli. An shirya bikin a asirce don girmama shi. Saƙonni daga abokan sa kai da tsoffin 'yan wasa da ya horar sun bayyana a babbar allon sa ido kafin Kevin Clark — ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin 'yan wasansa, yanzu Daraktan Ayyuka na Filin wasa a Boston — ya ba shi kwafin FIFA World Cup Trophy.

"Gary ɗaya ne daga cikin manyan kociyena. Yana tura kai har iyaka a kowane zaman horon," in ji Clark. "Ina godiya saboda wanda ya sanya ni a matsayin ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa da kuma a matsayin mutum, kuma ina farin ciki gare shi a wannan taron."

Yaben sirri na Bellingham

A cikin saƙonni da aka nuna a wannan dare, ɗaya ya yi fice. Newell ya haɗu da Jude Bellingham a taƙaice 'yan kwanaki kafin haka a lokacin tsarin yaki da miyagun ƙwayoyi bayan wasan rukuni na England da Ghana. Bellingham, wanda ya zura kwallaye 6 a FIFA World Cup 2026, ya zaɓi aika wa Newell bidiyo na yabo na sirri.

"Sannu Gary, ni ne Jude. Mun haɗu a taƙaice a Boston don gwajin doping na. Na ji cewa ka ba da dukkan rayuwarka wa ƙwallon ƙafa, kuma na so in ce 'Na gode' kan duk abin da ka yi wa waɗancan yara da ka taimaka kuma ka ba su damar isa wannan matakin kamar ni. Don haka muna gode da gaske. Na gode sosai, aboki."

Ga Newell, saƙon yana da ma'ana mai zurfi. "Ba wai kawai Jude ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasa a duniya ba ne, shi ma ɗaya ne daga cikin manyan mutane mafi kyau. Ina godiya da na shaida hakan da idon kaina," in ji shi. Newell kuma shi ne wanda ya kafa kulob na al'umma Three Lions Soccer tare da wani, kuma ƙaunataccen mai goyon bayan England — ko da yake mafarkin England a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ya ƙare a matakin kusa da kusa da Argentina.

Man fetur na makomar gaba

Newell ya yi tunani game da abin da karramawa ya nufa gare shi: "Ba mu yin wani abu don mu yi tsammani karɓar wani abu a madadin haka. Amma wannan yana tuna mini cewa manyan kalmomi biyu sune 'na gode'. Karɓar 'na gode' yana nufin abu mai yawa gare ni, kuma tabbas zan yi amfani da shi a matsayin man fetur don ci gaba da taimaka wa mutane da yawa gwargwado."

Da aka tambaye shi ko zai fi son taimako mai kyau ko kwallon da ya fi kyau, amsar sa ta kasance mai ma'ana. "Da na zaɓi taimako," in ji shi, "domin ba wai ƙarshen sakamako ne kawai ba, shi ne ginawa, ƙirƙira, kerawa, da aiki na da yawa don isa wannan ƙarshen sakamako." — amsa ta mutumin da koyaushe ya fi son taimaka wa wasu su haskaka maimakon neman fitila ga kansa.