Declan Rice ya zama daya cikin mafi cikakkun 'yan tsakiya a Premier League, a cewar masu nazari Kelly Cates da Micah Richards — amma mai sharhi Danny Murphy yana ganin cewa dan wasan Arsenal yana barin kwallaye ta wurin rashin ƙarfin guiwa a gaban raga.

Wannan muhawara ta biyo bayan nasara ta 1-0 da Arsenal ta samu kan Liverpool, sakamakon da ke nuna yadda Rice ya zama muhimmi a layin tsakiya na Gunners. Cates da Richards sun yabi gudunmawar dan wasan tsakiya gabaɗaya, suna nuni da iyawarsa na sarrafa gudu, dawo da ƙwallon, da tura wasan zuwa gaba.

Murphy, duk da haka, ya ba da ra'ayi daban. Tsohon dan wasan tsakiya ya yi jayayya cewa halayya ta Rice ta sadaukarwa, ko da yake tana da yabo, tana kashe shi kwallaye wanda wani mai harbi da ƙarfi zai ɗauka. A ra'ayin Murphy, son harbi da ƙarfi — maimakon neman abokin wasa — zai ƙara yawan kwallaye na Rice.

An daɗe ana ɗaukar Rice a matsayin dan wasan tsakiya mai tunani na tsaro, amma ƙaurarsa zuwa Arsenal ya ba shi matsayi mai girma. Ayyukansa a kakar wasan nan sun jawo yabo mai yawa, da yawancin masu kallo suna kiransa ɗaya daga cikin manyan dalilan nasarar Arsenal a Premier League.

Nasara ta 1-0 kan Liverpool ta ƙara tabbatar da matsayin Arsenal a matsayin mai fafatawa ta gaske don kofin, kuma tasirin Rice a fadin filin wasa ya sake bayyana. Ko zai zaɓi ya fi son kansa a gaban raga — kamar yadda Murphy ya ba da shawarar — har yanzu ba a sani ba, amma babu shakka game da mahimmancin shi ga wannan Arsenal.