Jonjo Shelvey ya yi iƙirarin cewa husuma da ta tashi tsakaninsa da Gareth Southgate a lokacin da suka yi aiki tare a ƙungiyar ƙarƙashin shekara 21 ta England, ta kulle masa kofa ga kowane yiwuwar samun ƙarin zaman ƙasashen duniya — ciki har da matsayi a cikin jerin 'yan wasa na Gasar Duniya 2018 da aka yi a Rasha.

Tsohon ɗan tsakiya na Liverpool da Newcastle United ya samu kacokam seleziyo shida kawai a matakin babban ƙungiyar England a duk tsawon aikinsa, adadin da ya yi imani ya kamata ya kasance mafi yawa. "Eh, kashi 100 cikin 100 ya kamata in samu ƙarin seleziyo," Shelvey ya gaya wa FourFourTwo. "Wasu lokuta ban cancanta ba, amma wasu lokuta na cancanta amma an wuce ni."

Lamarin ƙungiyar matasa

Shelvey ya ce ƙaramar dangantakarsa da Southgate ta fara ne daga wani zantawa da ya faru lokacin da aka nada Southgate a matsayin koci na ƙungiyar England ta ƙarƙashin 21. A wancan lokaci, Shelvey ya riga ya wakilci babbar ƙungiyar amma ya kasance yana da cancanta shiga ƙungiyar matasa.

"Southgate ya kira ni ya ce: 'Ba zan kawo ku ba domin kun riga kun koma kulob ɗin sabon kuma kuna da gasar kwalifikeshon ta Europa League, saboda haka zan dubi 'yan wasa na waje, kuma ina tsammani za ku kasance tare da babbar ƙungiyar,'" Shelvey ya tuna. Ya ce ya yarda da wannan bayani kuma ya gaya wa Southgate cewa zai kasance a shirye idan yanayin ya canza.

Abin da ya biyo baya, a cewarsa, wata ɓata suna ce mai cutar da shi. "Sai na yi imanin cewa ya ce na ƙi buga," Shelvey ya ci gaba. "Lokacin da Roy Hodgson ya kira ni zuwa babbar ƙungiyar, na tuna Stuart Pearce yana cewa a Sky Sports News cewa bai kamata a zaɓe ni ba domin na ƙi buga wa ƙungiyar matasa."

Confrontation a St George's Park

Shelvey ya ce ya fuskantar Southgate kai tsaye a sansanin horar da ƙungiyar ƙasa don bayyana abubuwa. "Na je neman Southgate na tambaye shi dalilin da ya sa ya faɗi haka, domin na ce zan zo. Sai ya ce kawai: 'A'a, a'a, ban ce haka ba.'" Shelvey ya ƙara da cewa: "Na san daga wannan lokaci cewa ba zan buga ƙarƙashinsa ba."

An fitar da shi daga Gasar Duniya 2018

Lokacin da ya fi ciwo ya zo a rani na 2018, lokacin da Southgate — wanda a yanzu ya zama manajan babbar ƙungiyar England — ya sanar da jerin 'yan wasansa na Rasha ba tare da sunan Shelvey ba. Shelvey ya ji cewa yadda ya buga a kakar wasa ta wannan lokaci ya cancanta shigarsa cikin jerin.

"Ya kamata a kai ni Gasar Duniya 2018, domin a waccan kakar na samu mafi yawan taimakawa daga cikin duk 'yan tsakiya na Turanci lokacin da nake Newcastle United," ya ce. "Ina buga mafi kyawun kwallon ƙafarsa ta rayuwata amma ba a kira ni ba. Ina tsammanin duk ya fito ne daga abin da ya faru da Gareth Southgate shekaru ƴan da suka wuce."

Shelvey ya kasance ginshiƙi wajen taimaka wa Newcastle United haawa daga Championship a 2016/17 kuma ya ci gaba da ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun kakokin aikinsa a Premier League — amma ƙoƙarinsa bai samu sakamako a matakin ƙasashen duniya ba.