Arsenal na ƙara samun kwarin gwiwar kammala yarjejeniya a watan Janairu don mai kai hari na Atletico Madrid Julian Alvarez, yayin da yanayin ɗan wasan Argentina a Metropolitano ke taɓarɓarewa tun lokacin rani.

Gunners sun bi Alvarez da gaske a lokacin tagar rani, amma ɗan wasan mai shekara 26 ya zaɓi tafiya zuwa Barcelona — wani canji da a ƙarshe ya ruguje bayan Atletico Madrid ya ƙi sayar da shi ga abokan hamayyarsu na La Liga. Tun daga lokacin, Hansi Flick ya sake tsara harin ƙungiyarsa ta hanyar sanya Raphinha a matsayin ɗan wasan kai hari da sakamako mai ban mamaki — ɗan wasan Brazil ya ci kwallaye 14 a wasanni takwas kawai a wannan kakar — kuma Barcelona ta ƙaura daga shawarar Alvarez, ta bar shi a wuri mai wahala a Madrid.

Mai kai hari da aka keɓe a benci

Alvarez ya fara wasa sau ɗaya kawai a ƙarƙashin Diego Simeone tun bayan FIFA World Cup — wasan UEFA Champions League na farko da Liverpool — yayin da Atletico Madrid ta fi son haɗa sabbin ƴan wasan Kang-in Lee da Jonathan David a harin da suka lashe Derby na Madrid a karshen mako. Rawar da ya taka da ta taɓarɓare ba ta tsere wa Arsenal ba.

A cewar Fichajes, Barcelona ta rage sha'awar sanya hannu kan Alvarez, tana mai mayar da hankali wajen ƙarfafa tsaro. Wannan canjin yana buɗe hanya ga Arsenal, waɗanda har yanzu suna neman ɗan wasan kai hari bayan rani da suka rasa Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus, da Leandro Trossard — sun maye gurbinsu uku da Christos Tzolis kaɗai.

Damuwar kai hari ta Arteta ta bayyana

Gaggawa ta bayyana a karshen mako lokacin da Arsenal suka sha kashi 3-0 a hannun Brighton & Hove Albion a Amex — hasarar farko a wannan kakar bayan nasarori shida a jere a dukkan gasa. Manaja Mikel Arteta ya rasa sauri a layin kai hari, kuma Kai Havertz ya yi kuskure a wani matakin kai hari wanda zai iya ceton kwallon ta'aziyya.

Viktor Gyokeres, wanda aka ɗauka a matsayin mafita na dogon lokaci, bai taɓa fara wasan Premier League ba a wannan kakar kuma bai gamsar da kowa ba a wasannin kofin. Saurayin Max Dowman an fi son shi a benci fiye da Noni Madueke a ranar Asabar, ko da yake aro don saurayin na iya zama zaɓi — wani yanke shawara da zai iya tsara shirye-shiryen Arsenal a watan Janairu.

FourFourTwo ta bayyana cewa Arsenal suna nazarin duk hanyoyin da ake da su kafin tagar hunturu. Aro na Alvarez — wanda darajar kasuwar sa ta kai yuro miliyan 120 a cewar Transfermarkt — na iya samar da mafita ta ɗan gajeren lokaci yayin ba ɗan wasan damar dawo da sunan sa. Arsenal za su koma wasannin Premier League a kan Leeds United bayan hutu na ƙasa da ƙasa.