Gary Lineker ya yi sabuwar alkawalin jaruntaka a cikin The Rest Is Football: idan United States suka lashe Kofin Duniya 2026, zai gabatar da ƙarshen shirin tare da sanye da wando kawai mai launin tutar Amurka.

Mara ɗaya shekaru 65 hujja ya tabbatar da alkawarin a cikin fayil ɗin, yana ninka abin da ya riga ya yi a baya lokacin da ya gabatar da Match of the Day sanye da wando kawai don murnar nasarar tarihi ta Leicester City a Premier League.

Lokacin da baƙon shirin Niall Horan ya matsa don bayani — yana tambaya ko wandon zai kasance na salon "naked cowboy" — Lineker ya tabbatar cewa zai ɗauki taurari da ratsin tutar Amurka.

Mafarkin nesa ga USMNT

United States sun fara gasar da wasan ƙarfi mai ban sha'awa da Paraguay, suka burge masu sha'awar ƙwallon ƙafa a duk faɗin duniya. Duk da haka, Lineker bai yarda cewa nasarar Amurka ta yiwu ba, ko da Donald Trump da jama'ar Amurka suke tare da USMNT a ƙasar su.

Don haka, alkawalin yana da aminci — aƙalla a ra'ayin Lineker kansa.

Jamus a matsayin mara tsammani

Lineker ya kuma bayyana zaɓinsa mai ban mamaki na wanda zai yi nasara ba tare da tsammani ba. Duk da matsalolin Germany na kwanan nan — sun kasa ketare matakin ƙungiya a Kofin Duniya na ƙarshe sau biyu — Lineker yana ganin damar farfaɗo.

«Ina son cewa Jamus tawaga mara tsammani ce,» ya amsa. «Ba kowa ke magana a kansu ba. Shin yanzu sun zama irin ƙasar da ka ce, a zahiri, idan sun kai kwata fainal, sun yi kyau da gaske?»

Lineker ya yi imani cewa Jamusawa na iya haifar da mamaki na gaskiya da tafiya mai zurfi cikin gasar — ko da yake watakila ba har ƙarshe ba, idan wandonsa zai kasance nesa da kyamara.

Gasar cike da mamaki

Kofin Duniya 2026, mai ƙungiyoyi 48 da aka faɗaɗa, ya riga ya kawo lokutan wasan ban sha'awa. Ƙasashen masaukin Mexico sun fasa South Africa 2-0, yayin da Egypt da Cape Verde suka ɗaure da Belgium da Spain bi da bi. Japan sun dawo daga asara ta kwallo sau biyu don samu ɗaurayar 2-2 da Netherlands, ƙara haɓaka jin cewa wannan bugu yana shaping up a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban mamaki a ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya ta kwanan nan.