Arsenal su zakaran gasa ta Premier League kuma manyan 'yan takara don ci gaban taken wannan kakar wasa — duk da haka, muhawara kan wanda ya kamata ya jagoranci harin na ci gaba. Viktor Gyokeres ya ci kwallo 14 a lokacin kamfen na nasara, sai ya sami kansa a matsayi na biyu bayan Kai Havertz, ba tare da ya fara wata wasa ta Premier League ba a wannan kakar.

Muhawara kan wanda ya kamata ya cika matsayi na 9 tana da zurfi. Wasu magoya baya suna cewa ba Havertz ko Gyokeres ne amsar ba — cewa Mikel Merino ne mafi kyawun zaɓi a wannan matsayi. Gaskiyar cewa muhawara ta ci gaba da tsananta bayan nasarori 10 a gasar da kaye ɗaya kawai ta nuna yadda tambayar mai wasan harbi ta Arsenal har yanzu ba ta samu amsarsa ba.

Matsala da tarihi mai tsawo

Wahalar Arsenal wajen samun ɗan wasan harbi na ainihi ba sabon abu bane. Kulob din ya haɓaka kuma ya ɗauki wasu daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan harbi na wasan — daga Thierry Henry da Ian Wright zuwa Robin van Persie da Dennis Bergkamp — wanda ya sa gibin na yanzu ya zama a fili. Wannan muhawara ta ƙara tsananta a wannan mako lokacin da Arsenal suka fuskanci Harry Kane a Allianz Arena. Kane ya ci kwallo 15 a wasanni 22 da Arsenal — 14 a Premier League yana wakiltar Tottenham Hotspur, da ɗaya a UEFA Champions League na Bayern Munich.

Arsenal sun yi ƙoƙari su magance wannan matsala a lokacin rani amma an ruwaito sun rasa Julian Alvarez, wanda ya fi son canja wuri zuwa Barcelona maimakon London ta arewa. Kasuwa kanta tana ba da 'yan mafita: Erling Haaland yana Manchester City, Alexander Isak na jagorantar harin Liverpool, kuma Joao Pedro ya koma Chelsea. Masu wasan harbi na babban matakin kasuwanci ne da ba kasafai ake samunsu ba a Premier League.

Kwallaye daga ko'ina — sai dai daga dan wasan harbi

Maneja Mikel Arteta ya shiga kakar wasa yana da kwarin gwiwa cewa kwallaye za su zo daga tushe daban-daban, kuma lambobi sun goyi bayansa har zuwa wani ɓangare. Masu wasa 10 daban-daban sun ba da gudummawa ga kwallaye 22 na Arsenal a wannan kakar, ciki har da Riccardo Calafiori da Martin Odegaard zuwa Bukayo Saka da Nuno Tavares. Gudummawar masu maye gurbi ta kasance mai mahimmanci: kwallo ta nasara da Noni Madueke ya ci akan Nottingham Forest ita ce ta 26 daga masu maye gurbi a wasanni 45 tun farkon kakar da ta gabata.

Havertz a halin yanzu ya kasance zaɓin farko na Arteta a matsayin tsakiyar wasa. Bajamushen yana haɗa wasan da kyau kuma yana riƙe da ƙwallon yadda ya kamata, amma tarihin ci da ya yi ya kasance matsakaici — kwallaye 13 na Premier League a kakar sa ta farko ta Arsenal a shekara ta 2023/24, tara a kakar da ta biyo baya, kuma biyu kawai a kakar ta cin nasara. Tarihin raunuka na ƙara ƙara tabbataccen tabbaci.

Gyokeres ya cancanci sabis mafi kyau

Gyokeres yana wakiltar bayani daban — ɗan wasan harbi wanda ke bunƙasa wajen gudu bayan tsaron abokan hamayya, yana neman samun ƙwallaye masu zurfi waɗanda ba sa zuwa a Arsenal. Rikodinsa na ƙasashen duniya tare da Sweden yana tsaye a kwallaye 25 a wasanni 41, sakamako mafi kyau fiye da 19 na Alexander Isak a wasanni 63. Matsalar Swidawa a Arsenal ta fi fitowa daga sabis da yake samu fiye da ƙarfin kansa.

Lokacin da Gyokeres ya zo maye gurbi a kan Nottingham Forest, ya danna ba tare da tsayawa ba kuma ya yi aiki tuƙuru ya nuna kansa — amma ƙwallon ta isa gare shi ba kasafai ba. Ya kuma nuna hankali mai kaifi a harin: yayin da bugawa ta Madueke da aka canza ta bugi bayan raga ta fita, Gyokeres ya riga ya kasance a can don mayar da ita ciki. Kasancewarsa a cikin yankin ƙafa shida, yana jiran ƙwallon da ta karce, ya nuna irin motsin da tsarin Arsenal ba kasafai yake yi masa lada ba.

Zaɓin Arteta na wasa ta gefuna da juyawar ƙwallon da haƙuri na iya iyakance ƙwallaye masu zurfi waɗanda za su sake Gyokeres a mafi kyawunsa. Canjin wuri mafi sauri da wucewa mafi kai tsaye ta hanyoyin tsakiya — wanda Bruno Guimarães ke iya bayarwa — na iya kawo mafi kyawunsa.

A halin yanzu, matsalar ta ci gaba. Merino yana da kwallaye 16 a wasanni 88 na Arsenal amma shi ne ɗan wasan tsakiyar fagen wasa da farko. Havertz yana riƙe da matsayin ɗan wasan farko. Kuma Gyokeres — ɗan wasa mai ilhami da tarihi na zama lamba 9 na ainihi — na ci gaba da jira.