Adam Wharton ya ba da ɗaya daga cikin kyawawan wasanni a wasan karshe na Conference League ranar Laraba — kuma lokaci bai iya zama mafi muni ba ga manajan ƙungiyar England Thomas Tuchel, wanda ya bar ɗan wasan tsakiyar Crystal Palace a wajen jerin sunayen FIFA World Cup 2026.

Ɗan wasan ɗan shekara 22 ya yi mulkin tsakiyar fage na minti 90 yayin da Crystal Palace ta fuskanci Rayo Vallecano a Red Bull Arena da ke Leipzig, inda ya cika mafi yawan tikisarsa — da yawa daga cikinsu zuwa yankin karshe — ya lashe gwabzawa masu muhimmanci, kuma ya rasa mallakar ƙwallon sau ɗaya kaɗai a duk lokacin wasan.

Rawar Wharton a burin farko

Tasirin Wharton ya wuce ƙididdiga kawai. Shi ne ya buɗe dama don burin farko na Crystal Palace, ta hanyar tilastawa mai tsaron gida Augusto Batalla ya kare ƙwallon, wacce ta faɗo kai tsaye ga Jean-Philippe Mateta don ya zira ta.

Bayan karshen wasan, Wharton ya yi magana kan rashin shigarsa a Gasar Kofin Duniya da haƙuri mai ban mamaki. "Wannan wani ɓangare ne na ƙwallon ƙafa. Bai taba zama tabbaci cewa zan je ba," ya ce. "Ba zan zauna a nan in yi kuka ba. Ba na ɗaukar waɗannan abubuwa da yawa sosai. Ba ƙarshen duniya ba ne, har yanzu ina ƙarami. Ina fata za a sami wasu gasar da Kofin Duniya da zan iya zuwa a nan gaba."

Matsayin Henderson yana cikin tambaya

Shawarar Tuchel na ɗaukar Jordan Henderson mai shekaru 35 — ɗan wasan da ya fara sama da rabin wasannin Brentford a Premier League a kakar wasanni ta wannan yini — ya jawo bincike tun lokacin da aka sanar da jerin sunaye. Henderson yana kawo tarihin wasanni 88 na ƙasa da ƙasa da kuma kwarewa mai yawa, amma bai bayyana a manyan gasar ba tun 2022, bayan da Gareth Southgate ya bar shi a Euro 2024.

Wharton bai kasance shi kaɗai ba a cikin manyan 'yan wasa da aka yi watsi da su. Mai tsaron gida na tsakiya na Manchester United Harry Maguire ya bayyana kansa a matsayin "mamaki da baƙin ciki" bayan an cire shi, tunda ya kasance wani ɓangare na jerin sunayen Tuchel a taron ƙasa da ƙasa na Maris.

Ko Henderson zai tabbatar da wurinsa a filin wasa a Amurka, Kanada, da Mexico har yanzu ba a san ba. Idan mintutinsa ya kasance ɗan kaɗan — ko kuma ya shiga ba tare da cimma tasirin da ake bukata ba — Tuchel na iya fuskantar tambayoyi masu wuyar gaske game da zaɓin da ya riga ya zama mafi wuya a bayyana bayan daren ikon Wharton a Leipzig.