Harry Kane ya zo FIFA World Cup 2026 dauke da begen al'ummar Ingila gaba ɗaya — kuma mai yiwuwa yana dauke da labarin mutum mafi jan hankali na gasar. Wannan na iya zama ƙarshen Kofin Duniya da ya taka, kuma ita ce mafi kyawun damarsa ta lashe Ballon d'Or.

Zai cika shekara 33 wannan bazara, Kane ya yarda cewa wannan gasar na iya zama ta ƙarshe, kodayake ya kuma bayyana burinsa na shiga UEFA European Championship a ƙasar gida a 2028. Halartar Kofin Duniya 2030, inda zai kusanci shekara 37, ba ta da tabbas.

Tsari mai karya tarihi

Kane ya shiga filin wasa na duniya a kan raƙuman tsari da ba a taɓa ganin su a wani ɗan wasa kafin Kofin Duniya ba. Ƙwallon ƙafa guda 67 da ya ci wa Bayern Munich da England a wannan kakar — ciki har da 10 a wasanninsa 11 na ƙasa da ƙasa na ƙarshe — ya zarce duk adadi da aka taɓa yin rikodin kafin Kofin Duniya. Wannan adadi ya fi na Cristiano Ronaldo na kakar 2013-14 da ƙwallaye shida.

"Na ci ƙwallaye mafi yawa fiye da kowane kakar a baya," Kane ya ce a ranar da ta gabaci gasar. "Lashe gasar ƙwallon ƙafa da kofin ƙarshe, inda na ci ƙwallaye uku — hakan ya ba ni ƙari na ƙarfin hali don shiga sansanin tare da maza."

Hoton Ballon d'Or

England ba ta samar da wanda ya lashe Ballon d'Or tun lokacin da Michael Owen ya ɗauki kyautar a 2001. Kane yanzu ya tsaya a matsayin ɗan takara mafi inganci don kawo ƙarshen fari na shekara 25. Ya riga ya lashe kofuna uku na gida tare da Bayern Munich a wannan kakar, kuma shi da kansa yana ganin cewa Kofin Duniya mai kyau na iya zama mai yanke hukunci.

"Da kakar da na yi, tare da kofuna uku da na lashe, da lambobin da na kai — ina tsammani zan kasance a cikin tattaunawar," Kane ya ce. "Idan na lashe Kofin Duniya a kan kowane abin da na cim ma, za a iya tunanin cewa zai kasance na ɗayan ɗan wasan England. Wasanni manya da gasar manya su ne ke yanke hukuncin Ballon d'Or."

Kane bai taɓa wuce matsayi na goma a zaɓen Ballon d'Or tun 2017 ba. Hakan kuma dole ne ya canza wannan bazara idan yana so ya lashe mafi daraja kyautar mutum ɗaya a ƙwallon ƙafa.

Damuwar gajiya ta ɓace

Tambayar gajiya ta jefa inuwa a kan shirye-shiryen Kane. A cikin UEFA Euro 2024, duk da kakarsa ta farko mai ɗaukaka a Bayern inda ya ci ƙwallaye 44, Kane ya bayyana a bayyane cewa ƙarfi ya ƙare a matakai na ƙarshe. Manajan Gareth Southgate ya cire shi a rabin lokaci na biyu na kowane wasan knockout bayan tsarin kwata fainali.

Manajansa na yanzu, Thomas Tuchel, ya yi gaggawa don ƙaryata waɗannan damuwa kafin buɗe wasan England da Croatia. "Mafi muhimmancin abin shine yanayin Harry — yana cikin ingantaccen yanayi, yana shirye," Tuchel ya ce. "Shi ne wanda ya jagoranci ƙarfi a horo. Ba ma da bukata mu damu da shi ko kaɗan."

Kane da kansa ya nuna wannan kwarin gwiwa. "Daga mahangar jiki, ina jin cewa ina cikin kyakkyawan yanayi," ya ce. "A duk rayuwar sana'a, kana bukata abubuwa da yawa su kasance a gare ka a lokaci da ya dace. Hakan ya faru ne don wannan gasar. Ita ce ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun damar da muke da su a matsayin ƙungiya don lashe ta."

Duk abin yana a wurin da ya dace — tsari, kofuna, da gasar. Kuma ga Kane, lokaci ya yi don fita daga cikin goma mafi kyau da ɗaukar matsayin farko yanzu.