Peter Crouch ya ƙi yarda da sukar da aka yi wa Jude Bellingham kafin gasar a matsayin wata wauta, yana mai jaddada cewa maɗaukacin dan wasan tsakiya na England ya amsa waɗanda suka yi shakka a kai ta hanyar da ba za a iya mantawa da ita ba a Gasar Duniya a wannan bazara.
Bellingham, wanda ya tashi daga ƙwararren ɗan wasa mai shekaru 16 zuwa yarjejeniya ta £100 miliyan da Real Madrid yana har yanzu matashi, ya bayar da ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun wasannin mutum ɗaya a gasar — ya ƙare da ƙwallaye bakwai yayin da England ta kammala a matsayi na uku bayan an doke ta da Argentina a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe.
Gogewar Crouch a Azteca
Tsohon dan wasa na Liverpool da England ya kasance a filin wasan Estadio Azteca mai tarihi lokacin da Bellingham ya nuna irin kwarewarsa a nasarar England a zagaye na 16 akan Mexico, ya zura ƙwallaye biyu ya kai Three Lions gaba.
"Na kasance can — kawai kasancewa a Azteca ya kasance abin kaunar rai a gare ni, kuma ko da mun sha kashi da 5-0 da na yi mamakin duk abin da ya faru," Crouch ya shaida FourFourTwo. "Amma don ya zura waɗannan ƙwallaye biyu lokacin da ya fashe cikin akwatin — cewa mutane har sun yi masa shakka kafin gasar ya zama kamar wauta yanzu."
Ya kamata a tuna cewa kocin Thomas Tuchel ya cire Bellingham daga ƙungiyar England a watan Oktoba 2025, lamarin da ya haifar da sukar a wasu ɓangarori na jaridun kwabo.
Jin kamar mutum na musamman
Crouch, wanda ya zura ƙwallaye 22 a wasanni 42 na England, ya san daidai abin da kwarin gwiwa da jan hankali ke iya kawo wa kowane ɗan wasa a kololuwar aikinsa.
"Babu mafi kyawun ji," ya ƙara. "Akwai wani lokaci da England da na ji kamar zan zura ƙwallo a kowane wasa. Kana jin kamar mutum na musamman kuma na yi imani cewa Jude yana jin haka. Kana jin kamar za ka iya tafiya a kan ruwa, cewa duk abin da ka yi zai zama zinariya. Duk abin da Jude ya yi, ya bayyana yana tafiya ta wannan hanya."
Crouch ya kuma yi tsokaci kan ikon wasu manyan ƴan wasa na ɗaga matakinsu a lokutan matsi, yana ambato Steven Gerrard a matsayin misali — ɗan wasa wanda zai iya cin nasara a wasan shi kaɗai, kamar a karshen wasan FA Cup akan West Ham ko a wannan daren da ba za a manta da shi ba a Istanbul.
"England ta dogara sosai ga Harry Kane," Crouch ya kammala, "amma Jude ya gaba gare shi ya taimake shi ya lashe wasannin da mai yiwuwa ya kamata mu yi hasara."
