Kyle Walker ya aika saƙo mai tsauri ga abokan wasansa na Burnley: babu lokacin takaici bayan fice daga Premier League, kuma amsar da ta dace ita ce komawa kai tsaye zuwa manyan wasanni.
The Clarets, waɗanda suka gama a matsayi na 19 a kakar da ta gabata — nesa da maki 19 daga Tottenham da ya kasance na 17 — za su buɗe kamfen ɗin Championship ɗinsu Lahadi a gida da West Ham, wanda shi ma ya fice daga Premier League a kakar 2025-26.
Gargaɗi game da tunaninku
Yayin da yake magana a bikin ƙaddamar da EFL a Manchester, Walker ya yi magana a fili game da abin da ake bukata daga ƙungiyar a wannan kakar.
«Wannan kulob ɗin ya sha kura, amma dole ne mu dawo sama mu zauna a Premier League saboda duk abin da wannan kulob ɗin ke yi wa kowa. Lamari ne na tunanin ku. Samarinmu sun dandani Premier League, amma ba mu son su kasance cikin maye — muna son tabbatar da cewa suna gaba daga minti na farko.»
Kulob ɗin da ya saba da dawowa
Ba wannan ba ne karo na farko da Burnley ya tarar da kansa a wannan halin. Kulob ɗin ya fice a 2021-22 da 2023-24, amma ya samu ci gaba cikin gaggawa a duk lokacin. Walker da abokan wasansa suna fatan maimaita wannan labari a karo na uku.
Walker, wanda ke da shekara 36 kuma tsohon ɗan wasan ƙungiyar ƙasa ta England, ya lashe Premier League har shida tare da Manchester City da kuma UEFA Champions League, amma ya yarda cewa kakar da ta gabata ba ta kasance maras alfanu gaba ɗaya ba.
«A farkon kakar mun yi wasa sosai, mun nuna kyakkyawan wasa amma ba mu samu maki da muka cancanta ba. An ba mu hukuncin kwallon fansa a ƙarshen wasanni — haka yake faruwa a duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa musamman a Premier League — kuma a ƙarshe muka shafe lokaci mai tsawo ba tare da lashe wasa ba.»
Farin cikin sabbin kalubale
Duk da haka, Walker yana cewa yana da sha'awar wannan kakar ta Championship. Ya taɓa buga rabin kakar 2010-11 a aron zuwa QPR ya kuma sami lambar yabo ta haɓaka, amma yanzu yana son kakar cikakke tare da Burnley.
«Ina son in buga kakar cikakke, in yi bukukuwa kuma in shiga faretin karshen kakar — kuma ina son in yi hakan tare da wannan kulob ɗin wanda yana da wuri a zuciyata.»
Ga matasa 'yan wasan ƙungiyar, Walker yana ganin wannan kakar a matsayin dama ta koya, yana fatan za su kasance da «wuta a cikin cikinsu» don dawo Premier League ta Championship, wacce aka fi sani da ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da suka fi wahala a Turai.
