Fitaccen ɗan wasa na Liverpool Ian Rush ya roƙi magoya bayan kulob ɗin su yi haƙuri da sabon kocin Andoni Iraola, yana mai jaddada cewa Baispaniyar ɗin na bukatar lokaci da sarari don kafa hanyarsa ta wasan a Anfield.

An tabbatar da nadin Iraola, wanda yake da shekaru 44, a matsayin magaji ga Arne Slot a watan Yuni, zai kuma fafata a wasan farko na hukuma a matsayin manaja na Liverpool sa'ad da Reds suka ziyarci Newcastle United a Premier League a ranar Lahadi, 23 ga Agusta.

Kofuna da haƙuri

Rush, wanda ya fi kowa zura kwallaye a tarihin Liverpool, ya yi imanin cewa Iraola ya kamata ya yi niyya ta cin kofuna a kakar wasa ta farko — amma ya yi tsauri cewa dole a taƙaita tsammani a farko-farko.

«Ina tsammanin wasanni huɗu ko biyar na farko za kasance masu matukar muhimmanci,» Rush ya ce. «Idan ka fara da kyau, hakan zai ba kowa ƙarfin zuciya don ci gaba da yin nasara.»

Da aka tambaye shi abin da nasara take a gare Liverpool a wannan kakar wasa, Rush ya ƙara da cewa: «Ana tambaya ni kowace shekara tsawon shekaru 30, kuma a ko da yaushe ina cewa cin gasar. Wannan ne ma'auni a Liverpool. Amma a'a, dole a ba shi lokaci. Idan aka ci kofuna, hakan zai yi kyau ƙwarai. Amma yana bukatar lokaci kuma na tabbata zai cika alkawari.»

Canja wurin 'yan wasa, raunuka, da rasuwar Salah

Liverpool sun kawo mai tsaron baya na tsakiya Jeremy Jacquet daga Rennes da ɗan wasan gefen Sifen Victor Munoz tun nadin Iraola, amma an sake daidaita tawagar da ƙwarai — tare da ficewa mai tsaron gefen hagu Andy Robertson, mai tsaron baya Ibrahima Konate, da Mohamed Salah a lokacin rani.

Rush ya ƙarfafa magoya bayan su kasance cikin kwanciyar hankali kan ayyukan canja wurin kulob ɗin da suka yi ɗan ƙaranci, yana mai nuna cewa dawowa mai zuwa ta Conor Bradley, Hugo Ekitike, da matashi Giovanni Leoni daga raunuka na tsawon lokaci za ta zama ƙarfafawa mai mahimmanci a gaba.

«Dukkanmu za mu so yin ƙarin kwantinti ɗaya ko biyu, amma komai yana da lokacin sa,» ya ce. «Muna da 'yan wasan da suke dawowa daga rauni, idan muka iya dawo da su, watakila zai yi. Har yanzu akwai 'yan makonni, mu gani abin da zai faru.»

Salah, wanda ke kusa da ƙaura zuwa kulob ɗin ƙasar Turkiyya Trabzonspor bayan barin Anfield, ya zura kwallaye 257 a tsawon kakar wasa tara tare da Liverpool. Rush — wanda rikodinsa na kulob ɗin na kwallaye 346 ya fi na ɗan wasan ƙasar Masar da kwallaye 89 — ya yi wasa da cewa ya natsuwa da ficewa ɗan gaba ɗin.

«Ina tsammanin abin burgewa ne, abin da ya yi wa Liverpool a tsawon shekaru tara, ya sa shi ya kasance ɗan wasa mai matukar musammanci,» Rush ya ce. «Za a koyaushe yi masa maraba a Liverpool Football Club. Muna masa fatan alheri — amma aƙalla rikodin na yana lafiya a yanzu.»

Basashen Ƙasar Wales a ƙarƙashin hasken bincike

Rush kuma yana kula da ci gaban ƴan wasan ƙasa na Wales guda biyu da suke da alaƙa da Liverpool: Lewis Koumas da Harry Wilson. Koumas ya burge ta hanyar zura kwallo a nasarar Liverpool ta 4-2 akan Sunderland a wasan kafin kakar wasa, yayin da Wilson ya kasance ɗan wasan mabuɗi ga Leeds United a nasararsu ta dawowa bayan kaiwa baya akan ƙungiyar Iraola a Chicago.

«Na ga Lewis sosai a wasannin kafin kakar wasa, yana da kyau ƙwarai,» Rush ya ce. «Harry Wilson ya shigo a ɓangaren na biyu — ya kasance tasirin babba ga Leeds a nasararsu akan Liverpool.»

Gwarzo da aka girmama a Anfield

Bayan kasuwar canja wurin 'yan wasa, Rush ya halarta ƙaddamar da wani baje kolin sabon da aka keɓance wa aikinsa a Gidan Tarihin LFC na Anfield a ranar Laraba. Mai suna All You Need Is Rush, baje kolin yana nuna dukkan ƙwallaye 16 na hat-trick na aikinsa, Takalman Zinariya na Turai guda biyu, da riguna uku da ya sa a wasan karshe na FA Cup da aka yi nasara — dukkansu Rush ya bayar da kansa.

Baƙi ana maraba da su ta hologiram ɗin tsohon maharin, kafin su bi layin lokaci-lokaci a sifar littafin zane a bango na gidan tarihin. Ana nuna gutsuttsuran manyan gwabzawan sa na tarihi da kuma maganganu daga Diego Maradona, Sir Kenny Dalglish, da Bob Paisley a duk faɗin baje kolin.

«Yana ji da matukar daɗi. Na ɗan ji motsin rai,» Rush ya yarda. «Da zarar ka daina wasan, sai ka manta da abin da ka cimma. Fitar da duk wannan, tsaftace su da raba su da Liverpool Football Club yana da matukar daɗi.»

Baje kolin zai bude wa jama'a a ranar Juma'a, 14 ga Agusta — shekaru 30 bayan bayyanar Rush ta ƙarshe a ɗaya daga cikin wasanninsa 660 na kulob ɗin. Masanin tarihin kulob ɗin Mark Platt ya kwatanta aikin da cewa «gwagwarmayar ƙauna», yana ƙara da cewa: «Na girma a shekarun 1980 kuma Rushy ya kasance jarumi ne ga kowa.»