Mikel Merino ya bayyana ɗan wasan gaba na Barcelona Lamine Yamal a matsayin mai yiwuwa ya fi kowa ƙwarewa a duniya a yanzu haka, yana mai nuna cewa Spain ba za ta iya dogara ga wannan saurayi shi kaɗai ba a tafiyarta zuwa Gasar Kofin Duniya 2026.

Yana magana kan ɗan wasan da yake tare da shi a ƙungiyar ƙasa, Merino ya lura cewa Yamal ya sami ci gaba mai yawa — ta hanyar mutuntaka da ta ƙwararru — tun bayan da Spain ta lashe gasar Euro. Ɗan wasan tsakiya ya yabi ƙaramin ɗan wasan kan girmawarsa, yana mai cewa kwarewar lashe babbar gasar ta ƙara masa ƙarfi.

Yamal zai cika shekara 19 a lokacin gasar kanta a wannan bazara — wani abu mai ban sha'awa da ke nuna irin yadda haɓakarsa ya kasance na musamman. Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin fitattun 'yan wasa a gasar Euro, kuma waɗanda ke yi wa tare da shi horon sun ce ci gabansa tun daga lokacin ya yi banmamaki.

«Lamine Yamal ya nuna girma sosai tun bayan gasar Euro,» in ji Merino. «Shi mai yiwuwa shi ne mafi kyau a duniya a yanzu haka, amma ba zai iya yin hakan shi kaɗai ba.»

Wannan maganar ta nuna fahimtar tare da ke ciki a sansanin Spain cewa nasara mai dorewa tana buƙatar ƙoƙarin tawagar gaba ɗaya. Kalaman Merino sun nuna cewa ƙungiyar tana kula da kada ta ɗora wa ƙaramin tauraron su mai hazaka nauyi fiye da yadda ya kamata, ko da yake suna amincewa da tasirin da yake ɗauko zuwa kowace wasa.

Ga masu son ƙwallon ƙafa a Afirka waɗanda ke bibiyar shirye-shiryen Kofin Duniya, tafarkin Yamal yana ba da labari mai jan hankali — ɗan wasa wanda har yanzu saurayi ne, yana shirye ya ɗauki nauyin ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da ake sa ran za su lashe gasar, yana kewaye da tawaga mai niyyar raba wannan nauyi.