Tsohon kyaftin din Nigeria Super Eagles, John Obi Mikel, ya ba da goyon bayansa ga Argentina kafin wasan kusa da karshe na FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 da England, inda ya bayyana kansa a matsayin mai sha'awar Lionel Messi kuma ya annabta cewa Argentina za su yi ƙarfi sosai ga Three Lions.

Yana magana a kan podkast na The Rest Is Football tare da Joe Cole, Micah Richards, Alan Shearer, da Gary Lineker, Mikel ya ce cewa tsakiyar filin England ta kasa yin iko a tsawon gasar — kuma Messi da Julián Álvarez suna cikin mafi kyawun matsayi don amfani da waɗannan rauni.

Hazakar Messi ba za a iya dakile ta ba

Mikel ya dogara ga kwarensa nasa na dan wasa don nuna kalubalen da England ke fuskanta, yana tunawa da yadda har ma kulob din manyan mutane suka kasa kashe Messi a lokacin shekarun tashirsa a Barcelona.

"Ni mai son Messi ne, ina so Argentina ta ci nasara," in ji Mikel. "Ta yaya za ka dakile Messi? Dukkanmu mun gwada, dukkanmu mun kasa. Shi ne kawai haziki — dan wasa na musamman. Sa'ad da muke wasa da Barcelona, muna yin sati gaba ɗaya kafin wasan muna magana game da yadda za mu yi da shi. Mourinho koyaushe yana ƙoƙarin fita da wani abu."

Tsohon dan wasan Chelsea da kuma mai nasara da AFCON 2013 tare da Nigeria ya jaddada cewa kare mutum ɗaya da mutum ɗaya a kan Messi banza ne gaba ɗaya.

"Ba za ka iya kare a kan Messi a wasan mutum da mutum ba — ba zai yiwu ba. Mutum da mutum za ka gwada, amma ba ka so kawai ka bi inuwar dan wasa kamar shi. Yadda suke motsa ƙwallon don samo mutum ɗaya — idan ya same shi, komai yana canzawa. Yadda yake dribbling, kamar akwai maganadisu a ƙafafunsa. Da gani, abubuwan da yake gani — shi ɗaya ne daga cikin mafi kyawun masu wucewar ƙwallo a duniya. Muna magana game da ƙololulinsa, amma wucewarsa ma na al'ajabi ne."

Tsakiyar filin England ita ce filin fafatawar yanke hukunci

Mikel ya gano sarari tsakanin Declan Rice da Anderson a matsayin yankin da Argentina zata iya cutar da shi sosai, yana gargadi cewa gudummawar Rice na mutum ɗaya na iya raguwa idan aka ɗaure shi don bin Messi.

"Argentina za ta ci nasara. England bata yi kyau ba — suna da rabin wasa ɗaya mai kyau kawai. Lionel Messi da Argentina za su sami sarari a tsakiyar filin tsakanin Declan Rice da Anderson. Ba ka son Declan Rice ya bi Messi mutum da mutum, domin zaka ɗauke masa abubuwa da yawa. Wannan shi ne sararin da Messi zai ƙaunata, kuma idan ya sami ƙwallon a can, ka gama."

Tsohon mai nasara da UEFA Europa League ya kammala da cewa kwarewa ta gaba ɗaya ta Argentina ta ba su fifiko, yana lura cewa 'yan wasan da ke kewaye da Messi sun san yadda za su kare shi kuma su yi masa hidima a manyan lokuta. "Tsaron jikin Messi sun san yadda za su yi fafatawa dominsa. Sun sha abin — don haka da wannan a zuciya, Argentina suna da fifiko," in ji shi.