Tsohon dan wasan Super Eagles Ifeanyi Udeze ya yi kwatancen da ya burge tsakanin ɗan wasan baya na Bafana Bafana Ime Okon da fitaccen ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Najeriya Taribo West, yana mai cewa matashi ɗan bayan ya ƙunshi irin wannan salon ƙarfi da ya sa West ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi girma a Afrika.

Yabo mai nauyi daga tsohon ɗan wasa na ƙasa da ƙasa

Yana magana a Sporty TV akan ɗaukar hoton FIFA World Cup 2026, Udeze ya yabi Okon sosai, wanda asalinsa yana daga Najeriya kuma yana wakiltar Bafana Bafana a dandalin duniya. Maganganun sun zo bayan Okon ya nuna wasa mai ƙarfi a cikin jankali 1-1 tsakanin South Africa da Czechia a wasansu na biyu na Rukuni B ranar Alhamis.

"Yana da kyau sosai; na farin ciki da shi," Udeze ya ce. "Ya zama ɗan wasa mai mahimmanci ga Bafana Bafana. Yana tsaron raga sosai. Kowane lokaci da ya buga wasa, ba ya cikin matsin lamba."

Udeze ya yabi musamman natsuwar ɗan bayan yayin da yake riƙe da ƙwallon da kuma iyawarsa ta tura ƙwallon gaba da daidaito.

"Mai natsuwa ƙwarai — yadda yake riƙe da ƙwallon da yadda yake rarraba ta abin more ne ganawa. Idan na kalleshi yana wasa, ina ganin wani Taribo West. Mai ƙarfi sosai, mai sauri sosai. Mai hankali sosai; zai iya wasa daga baya ya haɗu da sansanin gaba."

Ƙarfi mai tashi sama a kulob da ƙasa da ƙasa

Okon ya tabbatar da matsayinsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin matasa masu tsaron raga masu sha'awa a cikin 2. Bundesliga, inda yake buga wa Hannover 96. Horar da kociyoyi da masu sharhi sun kasance suna yabonsa akai-akai akan natsuwarsa a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba, daidaito a cigo, da sauri wanda ya yi amfani da shi wajen daidaitawa da buƙatun jiki na ƙwallon ƙafa ta Turai.

A FIFA World Cup 2026, ya ɗauki wannan salo zuwa dandalin mafi girma — yana tabbatar da matsayinsa a layin tsaro na South Africa kuma yana samun kwatancen da ɗaya daga cikin masu tsaro mafi shahara a tarihin Najeriya.