Virgil van Dijk ya kai hari ga kafofin watsa labarai na Netherlands, yana mai kiran su "cikakken banza" game da iƙirarin da ke cewa ya lalata yanke shawara na dabara na tsohon kocin Netherlands Ronald Koeman a Kofin Duniya na 2026.
Yana magana a taron manema labarai kafin wasan Nations League da Germany na Jurgen Klopp — wanda ya ƙare 1-1 a Alhamis da yamma — van Dijk ya nuna fushi a fili lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da rahotannin da ke yawo a kafofin watsa labarai na Holland.
"Ɗaya daga cikin abokan aikinku ya ce, tabbas, cewa shi ne ra'ayina na canzawa zuwa wasa da baya biyar," van Dijk ya shaida wa 'yan jarida. "Wannan cikakken banza ne. Gaskiyar lamari shi ne kawai mun gaza a Kofin Duniya. Waɗancan ne gaskiyar abubuwa."
Kare ƙungiya, ba kansa kaɗai ba
Kyaftin na Liverpool ya bayyana a fili cewa alhakin fita da wuri na Netherlands ya rataya a wuyan dukkan ƙungiyar, ba mutum ɗaya ba. "Ba mu yi kyakkyawan Kofin Duniya ba. Ba batun ni ba ne. Ku yi aiki tare. Kuna ƙungiya," ya ce.
"Iƙirarinku cewa na hallaka ƙwallon ƙafa na Holland bayan Kofin Duniya — irin wannan kalamai ba shi da tushe kwata-kwata. Shirin ma'aikata suke ƙirƙiro shi. Ana watsa banza don in yi muni. Wannan yana faruwa akai-akai."
Netherlands sun tattaro maki bakwai daga wasanni uku na Rukuni F a Kofin Duniya na 2026, amma gasar ta ƙare da zura bugun fenariti da Morocco a zagaye na 32. Oranje sun kasance suna jagoranci ta hanyar kwallon Cody Gakpo a minti na 72, kafin su karɓi kwallo ta daidaita a minti na 91. Ƙididdiga sun tabbatar da girman shan kaye — Holland sun yi guda 371 kawai na miƙa kwallo idan aka kwatanta da 879 na Morocco, sun samar da 0.24 xG kawai idan aka kwatanta da 1.38 na zakaran Africa Cup of Nations, kuma sun rasa bugun fenariti uku a gaban mai gadi Bono.
"An ce mini cewa laifina ne muka buga da biyar, cewa Ronald Koeman da ni mun hallaka ƙwallon ƙafa na Holland," van Dijk ya ci gaba. "Shirin ya yi aiki na mintoci 89, ko da yake shi ne mummuna wasa. Kusan mun bugi ta. Ra'ayin cewa na hallaka ƙwallon ƙafa na Holland ba shi da wata ma'ana. Ba ni ne na yanke shawarar haka ba."
Kiran Xavi da ya kiyaye van Dijk a ƙungiyar ƙasa
Bayan gasar, van Dijk ya yi tunani matuka kan barin ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙasa baki ɗaya. Sabon koci Xavi Hernandez ya shawo kansa ya ci gaba — kuma mai tsaron da ke da shekaru 35 ya bayyana cewa tattaunawar ba ta buƙaci shawo kai mai yawa ba.
"Bayan daƙiƙa 10 ya riga ya bayyana cewa zan ci gaba," van Dijk ya ce. "Me ya faɗa? Cewa ni Virgil van Dijk ne. Batun amana ne, godiya, da yadda ka fi muhimmanci ga ƙungiya. Ta jiki ba shakka akwai, kuma akwai — amma kana son ji a yabe ka da jin daɗi."
Van Dijk ya kare yanke shawararsa na magance gardama kai tsaye. "Wani lokaci abubuwa suna buƙatar a faɗe su, ba haka ba? In ba haka ba, kana sauraron duk korafin kawai. Da yawancin kafofin watsa labarai, ba matsala ina da ita. Da an watsa banza a duniya, ta wace hanya ake sa ran in yi aiki da wannan?"
Netherlands za su buga da Serbia a Lahadi a wasansu na gaba na Nations League, amma ƙungiyar za ta kasance ba tare da Brian Brobbey ba, tare da maye gurbinsa da ba a tabbatar da shi tukuna ba.
