Bayan bikin lashe kambun Premier League 2025/26 tare da Arsenal, Mikel Merino ya riga ya duba zuwa Gasar Duniya a wannan lokacin rani — kuma dan wasan tsakiya na Spain ya yarda cewa zai yi murna da damar fuskantar abokan wasansa na Gunners a fagen kasa da kasa.

Merino ya yi wa Declan Rice yabo na musamman a cikin hirar da ya yi da FourFourTwo, yana bayyana dan wasan tsakiya na England da kalaman yabo. "Declan Rice mai ban sha'awa ne kawai," in ji Merino. "Ya nuna hakan a duk rayuwarsa. Gwarzo ne."

Dan wasan kasa da kasa na Spain ya kara da cewa, yana jaddada yadda yake daraja ƙarfin jiki da jagorancin Rice. "Yana buga wasa a matakin koli kakar bayan kakar, yana buga kowane wasa guda. Injin da wannan mutumin yake da shi ba a yarda da shi ba — yadda yake gudu, yadda yake tallafawa abokan wasansa ta jiki. Shugaba ne mai girma kuma. Yana da muhimmanci sosai ga Arsenal da kuma England."

Sake fafatawa a wasan karshe?

Spain ta doke England a wasan karshe na Euro 2024 kuma, idan dukkan al'ummomin biyu suka wuce matakin kungiyoyi a Gasar Duniya, ba za su sake haduwa ba sai a wasan karshe. Ga Merino, irin wannan yanayi na nufin fuskanta abokan aikinsa na kulob din da suka raba bikin nasara tare kwanan nan.

Rice ba shi ne kawai abokin wasansa na Arsenal da Merino ke gani a idonsa ba. "Zai zama ji ɗaya ne idan na sami sa'a ta fuskantar Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz, ko kowane daga cikin sauran abokan wasana na Arsenal," in ji shi. "Fuskantar waɗannan mutane, idan muka sami damar, zai zama mai ƙoshin lafiya. Ina son hakan, in faɗi gaskiya. Ina son yin gogayya da mafi kyau."

Spain tana tafiya Arewacin Amurka a matsayin zakaran Turai na yanzu kuma daya daga cikin manyan 'yan takara don ɗauke kofin Gasar Duniya a watan Yuli. Haɗin kai da aka gina a lokacin gudu na kambun Arsenal — kambin gasar farko bayan cin gaba uku a jere — na iya fuskantar gwaji a babbar dandalin wasa a duniya.