Manajan England Thomas Tuchel yana fatan cewa Reece James zai kasance cikin lafiya don buga wasan kusa da karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026 da Norway ranar Asabar, tare da bugawa farko da aka tsara a 22:00 BST.

Wannan labari ya zo a lokaci mai matukar muhimmanci ga England, wadanda ke fuskantar matsalar da ke kara ta'azzara a matsayin baya na dama. Jarell Quansah ya karbi jan kati a minti na 54 na nasarar 3-2 akan Mexico ranar Lahadi, wanda hakan ke nufin mai kare Bayern Leverkusen zai dakata daga wasan noc-out na gaba a Miami.

Matsalar zaɓen dan wasa da ta daɗe

James bai dawo cikin cikakken horar ba tun lokacin da ya ji rauni a tsokoki a wasan rukuni na biyu a kan Ghana. Bayan haka ya rasa wasanni da Panama, DR Congo, da Mexico, wanda ya bar Tuchel da zaɓuɓɓuka kaɗan da za a dogara da su a gefen dama.

Kyaftin Chelsea mai shekara 26 ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin farkon zaɓin baya na dama na England, kuma yiwuwar dawowarsa zuwa cikakken horar da wuri a wannan mako ya kawo farin ciki ga sansanin England kafin wasan kusa da karshe.

Ƙaƙƙarfan matsalolin England a wannan gefe na filin wasa yana bayyana ta hanyar yawan 'yan wasa da Tuchel ya kira don taka rawar gani a wasanni biyar. James, Djed Spence, Ezri Konsa, John Stones, Quansah, da dan tsakiya Declan Rice duk sun cike matsayin mai tsaron gefe na dama a matakai daban-daban na gasar. Har ma kafin gasar ta fara, Tino Livramento ya kamu da rauni a ɓangaren ƙafar baya.

Bayan korar Quansah a kan Mexico, Konsa — wanda ya fara duk wasannin England a matsayin dan baya na tsakiya — an nemi ya canza don yin wasa a matsayin ɗan baya na dama. Konsa da Spence duk suna samuwa a matsayin zaɓuɓɓuka ga Tuchel yayin da yake shirya ƙungiyarsa don wasan Asabar.

Idan James ya dawo cikin cikakken horar a wannan mako kamar yadda ake tsammani, Tuchel zai sami zaɓinsa na farko da ya koma don abin da ya yi kama zai zama wasa mai ƙalubale da Norway.