Patrick Vieira, sanannen ɗan wasan Arsenal kuma tsohon kyaftin na France, ya fito a matsayin babban ɗan takarar karɓar jagorancin Senegal bayan an kawar da Lions na Teranga daga FIFA World Cup 2026, a cewar jaridar Faransa L'Equipe.

Hukumar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Senegali ta fara tsara makomar ƙungiyar ƙasa bayan ficewarta daga World Cup kuma ana fahimtar cewa tana neman koci mai ƙwarewa mai yawa ta duniya. Vieira yana cikin manyan sunaye da ake la'akari da su don maye gurbin Pape Thiaw.

Me ya sa Vieira?

Fifikon hukumar ga zagayen gaba yana da cikakken bayyane: shirya Senegal don Africa Cup of Nations 2027 da kuma fara ƙoƙari na cancanta ta 2030 World Cup. Ana fahimtar cewa jami'ai suna son mutumin da zai iya haɗa dabarun wasanni da ikon bunƙasa 'yan wasan matasa.

Vieira, mai shekara 48, ya dace da wannan bayani a takarda. A matsayinsa na ɗan wasa, ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan tsakiya a Turai, yana wakiltar Arsenal, AC Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan, da Manchester City a cikin aikin da ya cika da nasarori. Tare da Arsenal, ya lashe gasar Premier League sau 3 da FA Cup sau 4, yana jagorantar kulob a matsayin kyaftin a ɗaya daga cikin lokutan da kulob ya fi nasara.

A fagen duniya, shi ya kasance ginshiƙin ƙarni na zinare na France — ɗan wasa mai mahimmanci a cikin tawagar da ta lashe 1998 FIFA World Cup a ƙasarsu tare da bin ta da nasara ta UEFA Euro 2000 shekaru biyu bayan haka.

Aikin koyarwa har yanzu yana nema mafi girma

Vieira ya zama koci bayan ritaya, ya fara ne a makarantar Manchester City kafin ya jagoranci New York City FC a cikin Major League Soccer. Daga nan ya kula da Nice a Ligue 1, Crystal Palace a Premier League, da kwanan nan Strasbourg, kuma a Ligue 1.

Ko da yake bai taɓa horar da ƙungiyar ƙasa ba, ƙwarewarsa a manyan gasar Turai da suna nagartarsa na bunƙasa 'yan wasan matasa suna sa shi zabi mai jan hankali ga hukumar.

Idan aka naɗa shi, Vieira zai zama farkon koci Bafaranshe da ya jagoranci Senegal tun zamanin Alain Giresse — yana ɗaukar ragamar wata tawaga da ke ƙaddamawa maido da matsayinta a cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin Afirka da kuma yin nasara a gasa ta duniya a nan gaba.