Cristian Volpato ya yanke shawarar wakiltar Australia, yana canza amincewarsa ta kasa daga Italia kafin Socceroos su sanar da jerin 'yan wasa don Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026.

Dan wasan tsakiya mai shekara 22 an haife shi kuma ya girma a Sydney, amma ya koma Italia a shekarar 2020 don shiga makarantar matasa ta Roma, sannan ya rattaba hannu da Sassuolo a Serie A a shekarar 2023. Tun da ya wakilci Italia a matakin matasa kawai, Volpato ya cika sharuɗɗan FIFA waɗanda ke bai wa dan wasa damar canza amincewarsa ta ƙasa.

Football Australia ta tabbatar da cewa ta karɓi wasiƙar izini daga hukumar Italia kuma ta gabatar da takardun da ake bukata ga FIFA don halalcin canjin.

Daga jerin farko zuwa tawagar 'yan wasa 26

An haɗa Volpato cikin jerin farko na Australia kuma zai shiga sansanin horarwa a Los Angeles kafin manajan Tony Popovic ya sanar da tawagar 'yan wasa 26 a ranar Litinin 1 ga Yuni.

Ba wannan ba ne karo na farko Australia ta nemi sabis dinsa. Popovic ya tuntuɓe shi a farkon wannan shekarar, kuma dan wasan ya riga ya ƙi wakiltar Socceroos a Kofin Duniya 2022 a Qatar — yana mai cewa yana son guje wa yanke shawara cikin gaggawa kuma ya mai da hankali kan aikin kulob ɗinsa a Italia. A lokacin, ya ce yana farin cikin jiran Italia.

Amma bayan Italia ta kasa cancantar shiga Kofin Duniya a karo na uku a jere a watan Maris, tare da tafiyar manajan Gennaro Gattuso da shugaban FIGC Gabriele Gravina — dukkansu ba a maye gurbinsu ba har yanzu — Volpato ya yanke shawarar canza alkiblarsa.

Kalubale mai girma na jiran Socceroos

Australia za su fara tafiyarsu a Kofin Duniya 2026 da Turkey a ranar Lahadi 14 ga Yuni (05:00 BST), sannan za su fuskanci Amurka da Paraguay.

Shigowa Volpato ya zo a lokaci mai wahala, bayan an sanar da cewa dan wasan tsakiya na Middlesbrough Riley McGree ya fita daga gasar saboda rauni a tsokoki na ƙafar baya da ya samu a wasan ƙarshe na Championship play-off — wani bugu mai raɗaɗi ga Popovic kafin gasar ta fara.