Arsenal na yin la'akari da mataki mai ban mamaki na sanya hannu akan ɗan wasan da ba shi da kulob John Stones, yayin da damuwa ke ƙaruwa game da lafiyar mai tsaron baya William Saliba, bisa rahotanni.

Saliba ya tilasta barin filin wasa a lokacin shan kashi France kan Spain a wasan kusa da na karshe na Kofin Duniya, bayan ciwon bayansa na tsawon lokaci ya zama mai wuyan jurewa. ɗan wasan mai shekara 25 har yanzu bai samu cikakken duba daga kulob ba, amma ana jin tsoro cewa zai iya rasa har watanni biyar na wasan.

Stones: fuskar da Arteta ya sani

Da yanayin Saliba har yanzu ba a tabbatar da shi ba, Arsenal sun gano Stones — wanda ya bar Manchester City a karshen watan Yuni bayan shekaru goma a kulob — a matsayin mafita mai ɗan gajeren lokaci wanda ba ya buƙatar kuɗin canja wuri. Ɗan wasan mai shekara 32 zai zo kyauta, yana rage nauyin kuɗi kan Gunners.

Manajan Mikel Arteta ya san Stones sosai, bayan da ya yi aiki tare da shi a Manchester City a matsayin mataimakin Pep Guardiola. Wannan dangantaka da ke akwai na iya zama muhimmin abu yayin da ɓangarorin biyu ke nazarin zaɓuɓɓukansu.

Stones ya yi tarihi a FIFA World Cup 2026 ta hanyar zama ɗan wasan farko ba tare da kulob ba da ya wakilci England a babban gasar. Duk da wasan farko mai wahala da Croatia — bayan ya taka leda sau huɗu kawai tun watan Nuwamba tare da City — ya ƙaruwa kuma ya fara wasan kusa da na karshe da Norway, inda ya tauye ƙaunataccen abokinsa Erling Haaland, da kuma wasan kusa da karshe da Argentina.

Da Kofin Duniya ya ƙare, Stones da wakilansa suna auna sha'awar kulob daga gida da waje, yayin da ake tsammanin lokacin wasa zai zama babban abin la'akari daidai da iyakataccen yin sa a matakin kulob a shekarar 2026.

Yarjejeniyar Rogers, rauni mai tsanani ga Arsenal

Bin diddigin Stones ya zo ne a yanayin takaici a kasuwar canja wuri ta Arsenal. Muryar tsakiya da suka yi niyya tsawon lokaci Morgan Rogers ya shiga Chelsea a cikin yarjejeniyar darajar £117 miliyan da aka amince da ita tare da Aston Villa — adadin da zai mai da Rogers ɗan wasan Biritaniya mafi tsada a tarihi. An shirya duba lafiya ranar Litinin bayan dawowarsa daga Kofin Duniya.

Idan Arsenal suka hanzarta sha'awarsu ta Stones, yuwuwar sake yin aiki tare da zakarun Premier League na Arteta na iya zama mai jan hankali ga ɗan wasan tsakiya mai gogewa.