Gary Neville ya yi suka ga rashin kula da matsayin 'yan wasan baya a England a tsawon lokaci, yana gargaɗi cewa rashin madadin 'yan wasan da za su taka rawa a gefen dama na iya zama da tsada yayin da suke shirye-shiryen fuskanta DR Congo a zagaye na 32 na FIFA World Cup 2026 a Atlanta ranar Laraba.

Ɗan wasan baya na farko a dama Reece James yana wajen wasa saboda rauni a hamstring kuma ba zai dawo ba sai a matakai mafi zurfi na zagayen shan kashi. Mataimakinsa na asali, Tino Livramento, ya fita tun kafin gasar ta fara — shi ma saboda matsalar hamstring — ya bar babban kwachi Thomas Tuchel ba tare da ƙwararren ɗan wasan baya na dama ba.

Kuskure da ake maimaita a England

Neville, wanda ya samu kaps 85 a matsayin ɗan wasan baya na dama ga England, ya ce halin da ake ciki ana iya sa ran zai faru da gaske. "Ba wannan karo na farko da na ga England na rashin kula da matsayin 'yan wasan baya cikin shekaru 15 zuwa 20 da suka wuce ba," ya ce. "Sun yi tunanin za su ɗauki ɗan wasan baya ɗaya kawai kuma wani zai iya cika gurbi. Wannan ba zai yi aiki ba."

Tuchel yanzu dole ne ya zaɓa tsakanin Djed Spence — wanda ya taka leda baya hagu ga Tottenham kuma an zaɓe shi a wannan matsayi a matsayin madadin Nico O'Reilly — ko ɗaya daga cikin ɗimbin 'yan wasan tsaro Jarrel Quansah da Ezri Konsa don cika gurbi a dama. Neville ya lura cewa an huta da Spence kwanan nan kuma ya bayyana fata cewa Tuchel yana shirya shi don taka muhimmiyar rawa daga yanzu zuwa ƙarshen gasar.

"Idan kana wasa da Vinicius Jr a wasan kwata-kwata, ko ɗan wasan gefen France ko Argentina, za a juya ka idan ba ka cancanta ba," in ji Neville. "Tuchel ya kamata ya gani hakan. Kowa a ƙasar na iya ganin hakan tare da James da Livramento."

DR Congo za ta gwada Ingila a hare-haren sake

Neville ya kuma yi gargaɗi game da ƙarancin kula da DR Congo, waɗanda suka cancanci matakin knockout a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi takwas mafi kyau da suka zo na uku bayan sun kammala zagayen ƙungiyoyi a bayan Colombia da Portugal a Ƙungiya K mai tsananin gasar.

"Congo za ta zama mai wahala," ya ce. "Dole ne ka tabbata ba ka karɓi hare-haren sake ba. Mun karɓi wasu a wasannin ƴan kwanakin nan kuma wata rana da hakan, da an bamu penalty akan Ghana. Wannan tacklen Ezri Konsa — penalty ne."

Kasance ɗan jarumi game da Rice

Bayan damuwar tsaro, Neville ya roƙi Tuchel ya yanke shawara mai ƙarfin hali game da Declan Rice. An raba awanni na ɗan wasan tsakiya na Arsenal a hankali bayan abin da Neville ya yi imani shi ne matsalar ƙafa, kuma an barshi gaba ɗaya a wasan ƙarshe na ƙungiyoyi a kan Panama.

"Ba ka cire Rice a 3-2 akan Croatia a wasan farko na gasar sai dai akwai matsala," in ji Neville. "Saboda haka yana da matsala. Gaskiyar cewa ba a cika shi ba a wasan na uku akan Panama ya tabbatar da hakan."

Shawarar Neville ta bayyana: ba Rice ɗan hutawa kafin zagayen yanke hukunci. "Zaka iya wuce DR Congo ba tare da Rice ba, don haka idan ba shi da cikakkiyar lafiya, zan ba shi ƴan ƙarin kwanaki na hutu. Kasance ɗan jarumi — kuma ina tsammanin Tuchel haka ne."

Saka yana gudana ba tare da ƙarfi ba

Bukayo Saka ma yana da damuwar lafiya. Neville ya yabi ɗan wasan gefen Arsenal da kalmomi mafi girma amma ya yarda cewa buƙatun kakar kulob ɗin mai ɓacin rai — wanda ya haɗa da wasan karshe na Champions League — sun bar shi babu kaifin wasan da ake iya gani.

"Yana kama da ɗan wasan da ya gaji kansa," in ji Neville. "Abin da zan yi yanzu shi ne a buga 'yan wasan da suke kashi 100 cikin 100 na lafiya. Za ka iya yin amfani da Saka na mintuna 20 ko 30 a ƙarshen wasanni don kada ya buga mintuna 90."

Bellingham da Kane suna jagorancin hanya

A cikin damuwa, Neville ya ware Jude Bellingham a matsayin ɗan wasan England ɗaya da ke wasa a matakin gaske na zaɓaɓɓu yanzu — lafiya, ƙarfi, kuma shirye ya karɓi alhakin lokacin da wasan ya yi ƙasa. Harry Kane, a nasa ɓangaren, ya sami cikakkiyar amincin Neville a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan da suka fi aminci a duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa.

"Bellingham da Kane su ne fitilu masu haske," in ji Neville. "Ba su da ƙwallon sau da yawa gwargwadon yiwuwa a kashi na ƙarshe da cikin akwatin, kuma muna da gaske damar yin kwallaye a wannan gasar." Tsohon kyaftin na Ingila ya yi imani cewa 'yan wasan filin takwas da ke kewaye da wannan biyu dole ne yanzu su ɗaga matakinsu — yana kwatancin yadda ƙungiyar Argentina ke hidima wa Lionel Messi da Julián Álvarez — idan Ingila na so ta kai nesa a FIFA World Cup 2026.