Arsenal sun kammala canja wurin Ezri Konsa daga Aston Villa da kudin fam miliyan 60, suna ƙara wani kwararre mai suna mai karewa a layin da ya riga ya kasance mafi kyau a Premier League a kakar da ta gabata. Wannan canjin ya haifar da wata tambaya mai ma'ana: shin tawagar Mikel Arteta da gaske tana buƙatarsa?

Dalilan sayan Konsa

Mafi mahimmancin dalili shi ne rauni na William Saliba. Ɗan wasan Faransa na ƙasa da ƙasa yana hutawa saboda matsalar baya wanda zai iya ɗaukeshi har zuwa Kirsimeti — yanayi mai rikitarwa fiye da wata gajera tagwaye. Arsenal ba za su iya shiga kamfen na Champions League da Gabriel kaɗai a matsayin zaɓin da za a dogara da shi a tsakiyar tsaron ba.

Gabriel kansa ya nuna alamun gajiya a lokacin rani, kuma yana da shekaru 27, tambayar tsawon lokacin da ɗan Brazil ɗin zai kasance a mafi kyawun wasan sa zata fito a saman ba da daɗewa ba. Labaran watan Janairu da suka haɗa Arsenal da Marc Guehi suna nuni da cewa kulob ɗin yana shirya canjin nan na gaba.

A bangaren dama, kuwa yana da wahala tsawon lokaci a Emirates tun 2023. Jurrien Timber, wanda ya bayyana a taƙaice a wasan karshe na Champions League kafin tiyatar da ta hana shi shiga Kofin Duniya, har yanzu bai dawo cikakken lafiyarsa ba. Ben White ya sha wahala da jerin raunuka kuma ba za a iya dogara da shi akai-akai ba. Cristhian Mosquera — 22 shekara kawai — yana da alkawari amma har yanzu yana cikin farkon hanya, kuma Declan Rice ya tilasta takawa matsayin baya na dama lokacin da ya zama wajibi.

Ƙungiya da aka gina akan zurfin ƙwarewa, ba matsayi na sarki ba

Da isowa Konsa, Arsenal yanzu suna da 'yan wasa takwas waɗanda ke iya taka leda a tsakiyar tsaro: Saliba da Gabriel a matsayin nau'in farko; Konsa, Mosquera, Timber, da White — waɗanda duk za su iya rufe bangaren dama — da kuma Piero Hincapie da Riccardo Calafiori a matsayin manyan zaɓuɓɓukan hagu. Myles Lewis-Skelly kuma zai iya rufe hagu, kuma Rice ko Martin Zubimendi na iya ƙaurace zuwa can lokaci zuwa lokaci.

Inda Konsa ya dace daidai a cikin wannan tsari har yanzu bai bayyana ba. Zai iya ƙalubalantar White don farawa, ko yin gogayya da Timber — ko kuma, a ƙarshe, yin gogayya da Gabriel, kodayake duk biyu suna da shekarun da suka yi daidai kuma Konsa ba hannun hagu ba ne.

Amma tsarin ya kasance mai gangan. Arsenal ba su sa hannu a wani madadin; suna taruwa mafi kyawun ƙwarewar a matsayin wata dabarar dabarar aiki. An yi amfani da duk 'yan wasan tsakiya na tsaron guda huɗu — Bruno Guimaraes, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, da Zubimendi — a Community Shield kaɗai. Viktor Gyokeres bai zo ya zauna a benci a bayan Kai Havertz ba. Eberechi Eze bai zo ya kasance zaɓi na ajiya ba.

Sabuwar gaskiya a saman

Wannan tsarin ba na Arsenal kaɗai ba ne. David Luiz kwanan nan ya faɗa wa FourFourTwo cewa ya yi imani da cewa gazawar Paris Saint-Germain a jere a Champions League ta fito wani ɓangare daga rashin zurfin ƙungiya. PSG sun ninka kokarin su a lokacin rani na wannan shekara ta hanyar rattaba hannu da Maghnes Akliouche, Ferran Torres, da Mika Godts don magance wannan matsalar musamman.

Akwai lokaci da Manchester City za su iya wucewa da wani ƙarya tara bayan rasa Sergio Aguero. Waɗannan kwanakin sun tafi. Lokacin da City da Liverpool suka tara jimlar maki 195 a ɗaya daga cikin manyan gasar taken, City sun yi juyayin John Stones, Vincent Kompany, Aymeric Laporte, da Nicolas Otamendi a tsakiyar tsaro — manyan 'yan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa huɗu a cikin tsari da aka tanada. Liverpool sun ɗora Virgil van Dijk tare da Joel Matip, Joe Gomez, da Dejan Lovren a matsayin abokan aiki na aminci. Ko a lokacin, zurfi ya kasance na gangan.

A Arsenal, iyakoki sun ƙara zama masu rufi. Saliba da Gabriel ba a iya masu sauya lokacin da suke koshin lafiya, amma ƙarƙashinsu matsayi yana da ƙasa da a kowane lokaci a cikin ƙwaƙwalwar kwanan nan. Konsa bai zo ya kasance ɗan wasan tsaro na huɗu ba. Ya zo saboda ƙwallon ƙafa na zamani na ƙwarewa yana buƙatar cewa babu wata matsayin da aka bar ta a buɗe — kuma saboda kulob-kulob ɗin da suka shirya karɓar wannan gaskiya sune waɗanda ke ƙarewa ta hanyar cin nasara.