Tsohon alkalin Premier League Mike Dean ya bayyana cewa ya kan sanya wa kansa ƙalubale a lokacin wasanni don nishaɗi, yana yarda cewa ya kan yi ƙoƙari ya ci gaba tsawon lokaci ba tare da busa fansa ba ko ya zauna a cikin zagaye na tsakiya na dogon lokaci.

Yana magana akan podkast ɗin Jamie Vardy, Dean ya bayyana yadda shi da takwarorinsa sukan ɗauki ƙalubalen kansu tun daga farkon wasa. "Mun kan ce: 'Yanzu mun fara. To, mu gani tsawon lokaci da za mu iya ba tare da busa fansa ba,'" in ji Dean. "Na yi haka sau da yawa a Premier League, kafin VAR ba shakka — na kai minti 20, 25 ba tare da busa fansa ba."

Dean kuma ya tuna wani ƙalubale wanda ya shafi zagaye na tsakiya. "Na kan tsaya a cikin zagaye na tsakiya — in duba tsawon lokaci da zan iya zauna kafin in tafi. Wasa ne kawai nake yi. Na kai kimanin minti 15 sau ɗaya," in ji shi.

Manyan alkalai sun ki yarda da zantukan Dean

BBC Sport ta fahimci cewa manyan masu kula da alkalanci sun ɗauki zantukan Dean a matsayin waɗanda ba su da tushe. Duk wani irin wannan hali, idan ya faru, zai kasance na zamanin da kuma kafin VAR — kafin 2019, lokacin da Pro Ref ke ƙarƙashin wata shugabanci daban.

Wannan ba karo na farko ba ne da Dean ya jawo hankali saboda abubuwan da ya faɗa a kafofin watsa labarai. Bayan ya yi ritaya daga filin wasa a 2022, ya amince da cewa — yana aiki a matsayin VAR a wasan da Chelsea da Tottenham suka yi 2-2 a watan Agusta 2022 — ya zaɓi kada ya aika da alkalin Anthony Taylor zuwa allon don duba jan kati da ake zargin Cristian Romero mai tsaron Tottenham ya cancanci shi, bayan da ya zama kamar ya ja gashi na Marc Cucurella.

"Ban so in aike shi saboda aboki ne nawa da kuma alkalin ni," in ji Dean a wancan lokaci — wannan magana ta ja babbar suka.

Aiki da ya kai kusan shekaru talatin

Dean ya yi aiki na shekaru 28 a matsayin alkalin ƙwararru. Ya fara alkalanci a 1985, ya shiga Football League shekara goma bayan haka, sannan ya kai Premier League a 2000. A cikin manyan nasarorin aikinsa akwai karshen wasan FA Cup na 2008 da karshen wasan League Cup na 2011, dukansu a Wembley. Ya bar fagen wasa a 2022 kuma ya yi kakar 2022-23 a matsayin VAR na cikakken lokaci kafin ya yi ritaya gaba ɗaya. Yana da shekara 58.