Manajan Celtic Martin O'Neill ya rage cewa za zo 'yan wasa sabbi kafin wasan farko na play-off na UEFA Champions League a gida da LASK a ranar Laraba, yayin da ya nuna cewa zai yi farin ciki idan dan wasan tsakiya Reo Hatate ya zauna a kulob.

Yana magana kafin wannan wasan a gida, O'Neill ya bayyana damar a ƙarshen canja wurin a matsayin "damar da ta yi kyau cewa ba za a yi komai ba" — haka ko da yake kulob na neman wanda zai maye gurbin Arne Engels, wanda ya tafi West Ham a ƙarshen mako.

Cike gurbin Engels

O'Neill ya amince da wahala a canjawa Engels a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci, yana gaskiya cewa zai "yi wahala a maye gurbin ƙarfin guɗuwarsa" lokacin da Celtic suka fuskanci ƙungiyar Austriya. Manajan ya lura cewa ƙungiyar ta samu 'yan wasa sabbi Camilo Duran, Kasper Hogh, Mika Baur, da Haissem Hassan, waɗanda dukkansu suka nuna alamu mai kyau a farkon.

Baur ya fara wasa a matsayin ɗan maye a minti na 59 na nasarar 4-0 a kan Dundee United a ranar Lahadi, kuma O'Neill ya nuna cewa Bajamushe na iya fara wasan da LASK. An hana Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain a wannan wasa, wanda ya ƙara rage zaɓin da ake da shi a tsakiyar filin.

"Da kyau ne a ci gaba da Arne har wasan biyu, domin ya san 'yan wasa, ya san rôlinsà a ƙungiyar," in ji O'Neill. "Amma ba haka ba ne. Za mu sami wani a can. Wataƙila Baur ne, ban tabbata ba tukuna. Yana koyon ƙungiyar ne kawai."

Matsayin Hatate a cikin ƙungiyar

Reo Hatate yana ba da zaɓi ɗaya kuma a tsakiyar filin, ko da yake ɗan wasan ƙasar Japan ya kasance kawai a benci ba tare da shiga ba a wannan kakar har yanzu. Wasan ƙarshe da ya fara shi ne shan kashi 2-0 a hannun Dundee United a watan Afrilu. Ɗan wasa ɗin da yake da shekaru 28, wanda ya shiga a 2022 kuma yana da shekaru biyu a cikin kwantiraginsa, ya jan hankalin wasu kulob — amma O'Neill ya tabbatar cewa babu abin da ya kai matakin yarjejeniya.

Manajan Celtic bai ɓoye ba cewa yanayin Hatate na kwanakin nan ya zama abin damuwa. "Ya sami ɗan wahala a kwanakin nan," in ji O'Neill game da ɗan wasan da ya lashe taken ƙwallo sau biyar, Scottish Cups uku, da League Cups biyu tun ya zo Glasgow.

"Abin da nake so Reo ya yi shi ne dawo da irin wasan da ya nuna shekaru biyu da suka wuce lokacin da yake ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasa a Scotland," in ji O'Neill. "Idan Reo yana son ya zauna ya yi gwagwarmaya don wurinsa a ƙungiyar kuma ya ce yana iya yin haka, ba ni da matsala da hakan."