Wasan kwaikwayo da ke tattare da makomar Julian Alvarez ya ɗauki wani sabon juyawa mai ban mamaki a ranar Lahadi, lokacin da masu goyon bayan Atletico Madrid suka yi wa ɗan wasan nasu bugu a wasan 2-2 a gidansu da Villarreal a Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium — hoto bayyananne na yadda alaƙar ɗan wasan da kulob dinsa ta lalace.

A tsakiyar wannan rikici akwai gaskiya mai sauƙi, ko da yake mai zafi: Alvarez yana son shiga Barcelona, kuma Atletico Madrid sun ƙi yarda.

Taga da ke rufewa ga fatan Barcelona

Ƙin yarda na Atletico ya kasance mai ƙarfi sosai. A watan Mayu, kulob din ya wallafa jerin sakonnin kafofin sada zumunta yana ba'a a fili ga ƙoƙarin Barcelona na neman ɗan wasan nasu. "Kada ku gaskata duk abin da kuke gani, musamman idan ya shafi Barca," in ji Atletico. "A cikin watannin da suka wuce, muna fama da yaƙin kyamarci a kan ɗaya daga cikin ɗan wasanmu."

Shugaban kulob din Enrique Cerezo ya maimaita wannan matsaya a mako da ya wuce, yana jaddada cewa Alvarez ba za a sayar da shi ba. "Na ce ba za a sayar da shi ba, shi ɗan wasanmu ne kuma muhimmin ɓangare na ƙungiyarmu," in ji Cerezo. "Ina da cikakken yakini cewa zai ci nasara a zukatan magoya baya a wasanni biyu."

Barcelona, daga ɓangarensu, sun ci gaba da son ɗaukar wannan ɗan wasan na Argentina mai shekaru 26 wanda ya lashe Kofin Duniya. Amma suna ƙara jin tsoro cewa matsayin ƙarfi na Atletico ba magudi ba ne kawai — kuma sun fara duba wasu zaɓuɓɓuka, ciki har da ɗan wasan Swedish na Arsenal, Viktor Gyokeres.

Arsenal suna jiran dama

BBC Sport ta kasance tana ba da rahoton duk tsawon lokacin rani cewa Alvarez ana ɗaukar sa a matsayin burin farko na Arsenal a kasuwar canja wurin. Duk da haka, ga yawancin lokacin taga, Gunners sun kaurace, suna sanin cewa burin ɗan wasan yana nuni ga Spotify Camp Nou.

Wannan tsari yanzu yana canzawa. Daraktan Atletico Mateu Alemany ya ziyarci London a mako da ya wuce, inda ake fahimtar cewa ya haɗu da jami'an Arsenal kuma ya bayyana cewa duk wata yarjejeniya za ta buƙaci kuɗin canja wuri na euro miliyan 150 (£128m). An ce Arsenal suna da yakinin cewa za su iya ba da kuɗin irin wannan yarjejeniya da kuma kammala takardun cikin sauri — idan Alvarez ya ce eh.

Manaja Mikel Arteta da daraktan wasanni Andrea Berta ba su da wata ɓata gari. Ɗaukar Alvarez a wannan lokacin rani yana nufin maraba da ɗan wasan da da farko ya so ya je wani wuri. An fahimci cewa Arteta yana jin daɗin wannan yanayin, yana imanin cewa tsohon ɗan wasan Manchester City a ƙarshe zai ƙaddara kansa gaba ɗaya ga aikin Arsenal bayan ya zauna a arewacin London.

Bisa ga wasu tushe da BBC Sport ta ambata, matsayin Alvarez ya yi laushi kaɗan a cikin kwanakin da suka wuce — ko da yake ba ya isa har ya haifar da farin ciki na gaske a Emirates Stadium. Gunners sun riga sun kammala saye na Bruno Guimaraes da Ezri Konsa a farkon taga, sannan suka koma kan Alvarez bayan da ɗan wasan Real Madrid Vinicius Jr ya tsawaita kwantiraginsa ya zauna a Sipaniya.

Tarihin Alvarez da matsalolin sa

Alvarez ya shiga Atletico da £81 miliyan daga Manchester City a watan Agusta 2024. A lokacin da yake Etihad, ya ci kwallaye 36 a wasanni 106 kuma ya lashe manyan kofuna shida, ciki har da Treble na tarihi — Premier League, FA Cup, da UEFA Champions League — a shekarar 2023.

A Atletico, yawan sa bai ragu ba: kwallaye 49 a wasanni 107. Duk da haka, har yanzu bai ƙara kofuna ga rijistarsa a Madrid ba.

Waɗanda ke kusa da ɗan wasan sun jaddada cewa har yanzu yana da ƙudurin tashi. A lokacin Kofin Duniya na wannan rani, Alvarez da kansa ya ce a bainar jama'a: "Canja wuri shine mafi kyawun zaɓi." Wakilinsa Fernando Hidalgo bai ɓoye damuwarsa game da yadda aka yi wa abokin ciniki nasa ba.

Abin da ya kunna wutar yawancin wannan rigima shi ne tayin Real Madrid na euro miliyan 150 (£128m), wanda Atletico ya ƙi a watan Yuni — mataki da sansanin Alvarez ya ji kamar ya sabo alkawarin da aka yi cewa za a bar shi ya tafi da irin wannan kuɗi. Atletico, ba shakka, ba su da niyyar ƙarfafa ƙaramar abokin hamayyar su.

Da ranar ƙarshe ta 1 Satumba tana kusa da sauri da sha'awar Barcelona ke ƙara zama maras tabbas, Arsenal na iya zama hanyar fita ta musamman mai yiwuwa. Mataki na gaba yana hannun Alvarez.