Arsenal ta shiga kasuwar ƴan wasa ta lokacin rani a matsayin zakaran Premier League tare da jerin 'yan wasa fiye da 20, alama ce ta niyyarta na ci gaba da ƙarfafa matsayinta sama da sauran abokan hamayyarta. Yanayin ya zama mai kyau — abokan hamayya da dama sun kasance cikin rudani saboda canjin manajoji, kuma a cikin Emirates Stadium an yi imanin cewa wannan wata dama ce ta musamman da ba a taɓa gani ba.

Guimaraes ya bayyana a matsayin cibiyar ciniki

Bruno Guimaraes ya zo daga Newcastle United da kuɗin £75m a matsayin babban saye na Arsenal na lokacin rani. Ba shi ne zaɓin farko ba — sha'awar Elliot Anderson ta kasance ta gaske, amma ɗan wasan ƙasar Ingila nan tun asali yake nufi Manchester City. Sandro Tonali da Alex Scott na Bournemouth an kuma yi la'akari da su kafin Tonali ya tafi Tottenham Hotspur da mafi ƙarancin kuɗin £92m.

Amadou Onana na Aston Villa shi ma yana cikin jerin sunayen, amma mummunar rauni na gwiwar kafa da ya sha a lokacin Gasar Duniya ya cire shi daga shirin. A tsakiyar watan Yuni, Guimaraes ya zama babbar fifikon kulob, wanda ya dogara ne akan alaƙar da darektan wasanni Andrea Berta ya kulla da wakilin ɗan wasan — wannan shi ya ba da damar ci gaba da tattaunawar ba tare da tuntuɓar kulob ɗin kai tsaye ba har kwanaki na ƙarshe.

Manaja Mikel Arteta ya fayyace cewa yana son 'yan wasa masu gogewa a matakin Premier League don inganta ƙungiyarsa ta farko, kuma Guimaraes ya cika wannan ma'auni. Sai dai yanayin Berta na yin hulɗa ta wakilai ya haifar da matsala a wani bangare: an duba da ɗiyanda na Leicester City Jeremy Monga da Louis Page ba tare da nasara ba, kuma Monga daga ƙarshe ya sanya hannu tare da Manchester City duk da cewa ya bayyana kusa da zuwa Emirates.

Yarjejeniyar Konsa ta ƙare a mafi ƙarfin mataki

An gano Ezri Konsa a matsayin zaɓin tsaron farko na Arteta. Iyawarsa ta buga a matsayin baya na dama ta ƙara ƙara sha'awar sa, inda kuma aka yi la'akari da baya na dama na gargajiya kamar Ivan Fresneda kafin sauƙaƙen Konsa ya ƙaddara mahimmancinsa.

Tattaunawar ba ta kasance mai sauƙi ba. An ƙi tayin farko na Arsenal na £40m daga Aston Villa, kuma a ƙarshe an rufe yarjejeniyar da £51m tare da £4m a matsayin ƙari — an bayar da rahoton cewa masu kulob ɗin biyu sun samu yarjejeniya. Da yarjejeniyar ta ci tura, an gano Cristian Romero da Micky van der Ven na Tottenham Hotspur a matsayin madadin, ko da yake abokan hamayyar arewacin London ba za su yarda su sayar wa Arsenal ba.

Jimlar £126m da aka kashe kan Guimaraes da Konsa — dukkansu za su kai shekara 30 kafin ƙarshen kakar gaba — ta haifar da tambayoyi game da tsara dogon lokaci na ƙungiyar. Sai dai Arsenal ta yi imani ta biya farashin kasuwa mai cancanta don samu gogewa ta matakin koli.

Tzolis yana burge; Rogers yana tserewa

Christos Tzolis ya zo daga Club Brugge da kusan £35m bayan wani wakili mai alaƙa da ma'aikatan koyarwa ya ba da shawarwari na farko. Bayan mai kallo Maurizio Micheli ya ga ɗan ƙasar Girka yana buga wasa da Sweden a watan Yuni, kulob ya ci gaba. Yana da shekaru 24, Tzolis ya riga ya nuna alamu masu ƙarfafawa a Arsenal.

Mafi bayyanar gazawar wannan tagar shi ne farautar Morgan Rogers na Aston Villa. Arsenal ta kimanta mai wasa da £80m yayin da Villa ta fara nema £100m. Berta ya kasance da tabbacin rufe wannan giɓi — amma canjin Anderson daga Nottingham Forest zuwa Manchester City da £116m ya sa Villa ta ɗaga farashin neman ta zuwa £120m. Chelsea a ƙarshe ta sanya hannu kan Rogers da £117m. An ba da rahoton cewa Arsenal ta samu damar daidaita wannan tayin amma ta ƙi, ta riƙe kimantawa ta na £80m.

Niyya ta Vinicius Jr ta ƙare ba tare da nasara ba

Arsenal ta kuma yi ƙoƙari na gaske wajen sanya hannu kan Vinicius Jr daga Real Madrid. Arteta da Berta sun kasance masu cikakken sadaukarwa ga wannan ra'ayin, kuma kulob ya shirya kuɗin abin da da ya zama tarihin saye a Burtaniya da ɗaya daga cikin manyan kwantiragin Premier League na tarihi. Sai dai majiyoyi sun nuna a lokacin rani cewa Vinicius bai so ya bar Real Madrid ba, tare da damuwa cewa sha'awar Arsenal na iya zama kabad a shawarwarin kwantiraginta a Bernabeu. Wadannan damuwar sun tabbata lokacin da Vinicius ya sanya hannu kan sabon kwantirag mai tsawo a Sipanya.

An mai da aro na Piero Hincapie ya zama na dindindin kuma mai tsaron Illan Meslier ya zo kyauta don kammala aikin Arsenal. Yayin da suke shirya fuskantar Chelsea a gida ranar Lahadi, kulob na ganin lokacin ranin su a matsayin nasara mai iyaka — amma gazawar samu mai kai hari na matakin koli ya bar tambaya da ba a amsa ba a ƙungiyar Arteta.