Frank Onyeka ya bayyana Victor Osimhen a matsayin “a kan wani mataki” kuma ya yi imanin ‘yan wasan adawa a gasar cin kofin Afrika na 2025 (AFCON) za su “ji tsoron” dan wasan na Najeriya, a cewar BBC.
Onyeka da Osimhen na cikin ‘yan wasan Super Eagles da suka fito domin rama kashin da suka sha a wasan karshe na gasar AFCON 2023 da Cote d’Ivoire mai masaukin baki suka yi, wasan da ‘yan wasan biyu suka fara.
Osimhen, mai shekaru 26, sau daya ne kawai ya samu wanda aka zayyana a wannan gasar, amma a yanzu ya zama na biyu a jerin ‘yan wasan da suka fi zura kwallo a raga a Najeriya inda ya zura kwallaye 31 a wasanni 45, bayan fitaccen dan wasan nan Rashidi Yekini.
“Shi dan wasa ne mai ban mamaki,” Onyeka ya shaida wa BBC Sport Africa lokacin da aka tambaye shi ko martabar abokin wasansa a matsayin daya daga cikin ‘yan wasan gaba a duniya yana kawo fa’ida a hankali tun kafin a tashi.
“Mutumin ne wanda ke son yin yaki don kowace kwallo, a gare ni, ina tsammanin masu tsaron baya suna tsoronsa. Victor yana kan wani matakin.”
Super Eagles ta samu maki hudu ne kawai daga 15 mai yuwuwa lokacin da Osimhen bai yi nasara ba a wasan neman gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya na 2026. Kuma da alama kungiyar ta rasa yadda za ta yi a wasan neman gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya da DR Congo a lokacin da aka tilasta wa dan wasan gaba na Galatasaray waje da wuri.
“Rashin Victor ya shiga cikin rabi na biyu, (shi) ya canza kadan,” in ji Onyeka. “Ko da daya daga cikin ‘yan wasan Kongo ya fadi haka, lokacin da Victor ya tafi, ya ba ‘yan wasan baya hutu, sannan kuma za su iya dan huta.”
Yayin da Onyeka ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a Najeriya a cikin ‘yan shekarun da suka gabata, dan wasan ya yi fama da shiga cikin jerin ‘yan wasan da za su fara bugawa a Brentford. Har yanzu bai fara buga gasar Premier bana a karkashin sabon koci Keith Andrews kuma ya shafe kamfen din baya a matsayin aro tare da Augsburg a Bundesliga.
Matashin mai shekaru 27 ya ce ya yi aiki a kan shirye-shiryen tunaninsa a lokacin da yake Jamus, yana amfani da dabarun tunani.
“Yana da kyau domin idan kun damu, kawai ku yi ƙoƙari ku natsu kuma ku natsu sosai,” in ji shi. “Ina ƙoƙarin yin hakan kowace rana, amma yawancin lokuta ina yin hakan kafin wasanni, don kawai in shirya kaina.
“Ina yin hakan ne a daki na kafin in je filin wasa, kuma bayan rabin na farko, na yi kokarin yin dan kadan. Ina mai da hankali kan numfashi na don tabbatar da cewa na sami kwanciyar hankali.”
Yayin da Onyeka ya buga karin mintuna tare da Augsburg, ya kasa samun wanda ake so a raga a wasanni 34 da ya buga a duk gasa. Sai dai kwallayen da ya zura a raga sun kasance mabudin yunkurin Najeriya na zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya a badi, inda ya zura a minti na 91 a ragar Benin, inda ya kai kungiyarsa wasan neman gurbin shiga gasar, kafin kuma ya zura kwallo a ragar DR Congo.
“Na dade ina neman samun burin shiga bayanan martaba na,” in ji shi. “A lokacin da nake Augsburg, abu ne da na tattauna sosai, koyaushe ina son ci gaba, kuma ina son zura kwallaye.
“Abin bakin ciki ne da ba mu samu tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya na gaba ba, tare da hazakar da muke da ita, hakan ne ya zaburar da mu mu shiga AFCON, mu ci ta, mu dawo gida.”
