Tsohon kyaftin na England Wayne Rooney ya roƙi kocin Thomas Tuchel da ya fara da dan wasan tsakiya na Manchester United Kobbie Mainoo a wasan zagaye na 32 na FIFA World Cup 2026 da DR Congo ranar Laraba, yana fifita shi akan Elliot Anderson.
Mainoo ya ɓace daga tawagar Manchester United a lokacin da Ruben Amorim ke mulki, amma ya dawo da matsayinsa a ƙarƙashin Michael Carrick, wanda ya haifar da komawansa zuwa tawagar England. Wannan ɗan wasa mai shekaru 21 ya buga dukkan wasannin sada zumunci guda huɗu kafin gasar, amma bai fita daga benci ba yayin wasannin rukuni.
Ƙungiyar tsakiya da Rooney ya zaɓa
Yana magana a The Wayne Rooney Show, Rooney ya nuna ƙungiyar tsakiya da ya zabi: "Zan zaɓi Declan Rice a baya, sannan Mainoo da Jude Bellingham."
Rooney ya yabi ƙarfin Mainoo a wurare masu cunkoson ɗan wasa: "Mainoo zai iya ba ka ɗan abu na dukkanin bangarori, amma a wurare masu matsi, can ne babban ƙarfinsa — ƙafafunsa a wurare masu cunkoson, kuma yana da ɗan wucewar kaɗan. Ina tsammanin shi ne kaɗai wanda ke iya yin haka a waɗannan wurare."
Heskey ya yi mamaki da rashin buga wa Mainoo
Tsohon dan wasan gaba na England Emile Heskey, wanda ya shiga shirin, ya ce ya yi mamaki cewa Tuchel ya zaɓi dan wasan tsakiya na Brentford Jordan Henderson mai shekaru 36 maimakon Mainoo don rufe nasara da ci 2-0 akan Panama.
"Na yi mamaki cewa Jordan Henderson yana cikin tawagar," in ji Heskey. "Kuma don sanya wa wasan hatimi ka kawo ɗan wasa mai shekaru 30 da wani abu maimakon ɗan wasa mai shekaru 20 da wani abu don yin abu ɗaya. Wataƙila yana da ƙarin wasannin gasar guda uku a gabansa kuma zai iya girma a cikin gasar. Ban sani ba yadda zan ji idan ni ne Kobbie Mainoo."
Yarjejeniyar tarihi ta Anderson
Anderson, wanda ke kusa da shiga Manchester City daga Nottingham Forest don kuɗin £116 miliyan na tarihi, ya fara dukkan wasanni uku a Rukuni L. Heskey ya gargaɗi kada a yi hukunci dangane da farashin: "Dole ne ka duba fiye da farashin. Farashin koyaushe zai kasance ƙurkuku."
Rooney ya yarda da basira ta Anderson amma ya gargaɗa game da haɗarin manyan canja wurin: "Shi ɗan wasa ne mai ban sha'awa. Yana zuciyata cewa Manchester United bai samu shi ba, amma mun ga yadda ake ta ɗan wasa kamar Kalvin Phillips da Jack Grealish — waɗannan canja wurin wani lokaci ba sa aiki."
Da aka tambayi Rooney game da Declan Rice da Anderson waɗanda ke buga a matsayin ƴan wasan tsakiya na tsaro, ya ce hakan bai zama dole ba a wasan da Ghana. Wasan da DR Congo yana farawa da ƙarfe 17:00 BST kuma ana watsa shi kai tsaye a BBC One da BBC Radio 5 Live.
