Arsenal ya lashe kambun gasar Premier League ta farko cikin shekaru 22 a kakar da ta gabata, kuma ta yi kusa da kammala nasarar tarihi ta lashe gasar gida da ta Turai, sai dai ta sha kashi a harbin fenariti. Duk da haka, manaja Mikel Arteta ya shiga kasuwar 'yan wasa ta lokacin rani da manufa ɗaya a bayyane: nemo dan wasan gaba da zai iya canza yanayin wasa.

Ba haka ya faru ba.

Yan wasa gaba da Arsenal ta bi didigi

Daraktan wasanni Andrea Berta ya bi didigi kan maƙasudi da yawa a lokaci ɗaya, kamar yadda yake da al'ada. Arsenal ta nuna sha'awa ga Morgan Rogers, Bradley Barcola, Julian Alvarez, da Vinicius Jr — kuma ba ta sanya hannu ɗaya daga cikinsu ba.

Farautar Arsenal ta Vinicius Jr ta zama sanarwa ta jama'a, tana mai da hankali kan yanayin kwantiraginsa a Real Madrid. A ƙarshe, Real Madrid ta ba shi kwantiragi mai kyau fiye da yadda Arsenal zai iya bayarwa, ko da yake an ruwaito cewa mutanen cikin kulob ɗin sun yi imanin don ɗan lokaci cewa canja-wuri ya yiwuwa.

Arsenal ta kimanta darajar Rogers a fam miliyan 80, kafin Chelsea ta biya fam miliyan 117 ga Aston Villa don dan wasan gaba. Barcola ya koma Liverpool, kulob ɗin da Arsenal ta riga ta damu da gasa da shi a fagen kudi. Hakan ya bar Alvarez a matsayin zaɓi na ƙarshe mai ma'ana — amma duk da ƙoƙarin Arteta na kansa ya bayyana shirin nasa ga dan wasan Atletico Madrid, Ɗan Argentina ya zaɓi ya zauna a Spain.

Abin da Arsenal ta yi

The Gunners ba su yi shiru ba. Kyaftin din Newcastle United Bruno Guimaraes ya zo da fam miliyan 75, kuma da yawa suna ɗaukarsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan sayan kasuwar. Ezri Konsa ya zo daga Aston Villa da fam miliyan 55 — dan kwallon mai tsaro ya samu kashi 73.1 na ɗari a nasarar yaƙi a ƙasa da daidaiton wucewar kwallo 95 na ɗari a kakar da ta gabata. An canza aro Piero Hincapie zuwa canja-wuri na dindindin da fam miliyan 34.5, kuma Christos Tzolis ya shiga daga Club Brugge da fam miliyan 34.

A gefen fita, Gabriel Martinelli yana kusa da kammala tafiyarsa zuwa Al-Hilal da kimanin fam miliyan 60 — rikodin sayarwa ga kulob ɗin. Leandro Trossard ya koma Besiktas da fam miliyan 15.3, an sayar da Christian Norgaard zuwa Everton da fam miliyan 7, kuma Gabriel Jesus ya koma Barcelona da fam miliyan 12.8.

Tambayar gefen hagu

Da tafiya Martinelli da Trossard dukkansu, Arsenal ta rasa 'yan wasan gaba biyu na gefen hagu a kasuwar guda ɗaya, tana kawo ɗan wasan gefen ɗaya kawai don cike gurbin. Babban darakta Richard Garlick ya yi magana a bainar jama'a game da manufar Arsenal na shiga kulob ɗin manyan kulob ɗin duniya, tare da yin nuni cewa yawan 'yan wasa masu iya inganta ƙungiyar yana ƙara raguwa. Wannan lokacin rani ya ƙarfafa wannan gaskiyar.

Viktor Gyokeres, wanda aka sanya hannu da shi da fam miliyan 64 daga Sporting a kakar da ta gabata, ya zira kwallaye 21 a kaka ta farko — amma tambayoyin game da dacewansa na dogon lokaci a tsarin Arteta sun ci gaba, kuma bai buga minti ɗaya ba a cikin wasannin farko biyu na Premier League.

Eberechi Eze na iya amfana da mintoci ƙarin na wasa da yanzu suke samuwa a gefen hagu, bayan ya haskaka a wannan matsayi a lokacin kammala kakar Arsenal ta ƙarshe, sannan kuma a nasarar buɗaɗɗen ranar gaba da Aston Villa. Kai Havertz da Mikel Merino, dukansu sun rasa kashi mai yawa na kakar da ta gabata sakamakon rauni, sun fara wannan yanayi cikin cikakkiyar lafiya — wanda ke ƙara zurfi a kai hari da ya rasa a yawancin kakar da ta gabata.

Shin Arsenal har yanzu takara don lakabi?

Ƙungiyar Arsenal na ci gaba da zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙarfi a Turai. Benci a nasarar su da Aston Villa ya ƙunshi 'yan wasa tara na ƙasashen duniya, ciki har da masu lambar zakarun gasar duniya Merino da Zubimendi. Alamu na farko suna nuna cewa har yanzu suna ciki manyan abokan fafatawa don kambun Premier League.

Amma rashin dan wasan gaba mai daraja zai zama tushen sukar a duk faɗin lokacin kakar wasanni. Tambayoyi ga Arteta, Berta, da kuma shugaban haɗin gwiwa Josh Kroenke ba za su kaucewa ba — kuma za su tsananta idan kwallaye suka fara zama wuya a samu.