Morgan Rogers ya yi wani abu da ba kasafai ake gani ba a kwallon kafa ta zamani — samun amincin Unai Emery, shiga cikin tawagar Thomas Tuchel ta England, da jan hankalin wasu daga cikin manyan kulake a Turai. Yanzu, Arsenal suna shirye don mataki.
Sky Sports News ta fahimci cewa Arsenal sun ƙayyade mai kai hari na Aston Villa a matsayin babban burinsu na ɗan wasan gaba a wannan lokacin rani, inda ake sa ran hulɗar hukuma da Villa yanzu. The Gunners na neman ƙarfin kai hari da zai taimake su kare taken Premier League da tafiya mafi nisa a Turai.
Me ya sa Rogers shine mutumin da Arsenal ke so
Babban dalilin da ya sa Arsenal ke bin Rogers shi ne gibi mai fice a gefensu na hagu. Leandro Trossard ya tafi Besiktas, yayin da makomar Gabriel Martinelli a Emirates Stadium ta kasance mai shakka. Eberechi Eze, wanda aka siyo da £67.5m daga Crystal Palace lokacin rani da ya gabata, ya cike wannan sarari lokaci zuwa lokaci — amma 24 daga cikin bayyanarsa 33 ga kulak ɗin sun zo ne a matsayin lamba 10.
Da Bukayo Saka, Noni Madueke, da Max Dowman suna kula da gefen dama, Mikel Arteta yana buƙatar ainihin barazana a gefen hagu don kiyaye daidaiton kai hari da ya kawo taken. Kakar da ta gabata, kashi 33 cikin ɗari kawai na hare-haren Arsenal sun zo daga gefen hagu, idan aka kwatanta da kashi 43 cikin ɗari daga gefen Saka. Rogers, a nata ɓangaren, ya taimaki Villa ta fi son gefen hagu da kashi 37 cikin ɗari zuwa kashi 35 cikin ɗari a dama.
Yadda za a yi amfani da Rogers
Rogers ya fito a cikin wasanni 21 daga 37 na Premier League saboda Villa kakar da ta gabata a matsayin mai wasa a tsakiya, amma Arsenal suna shirin amfani da shi a matsayin mai wasa a gefen hagu. Ba sabon matsayi ne gare shi ba — ya fara wasanni 15 a wannan gefen, inda ya taimaka da kwallaye 5 da taimakawa 3, daidai da shiga nasa cikin wasanni 21 a tsakiya.
Mafi kyawun lokutansa sun zo yayin da ya yanke shiga zuwa ciki a ƙafar dama da yake so, ko yana tuƙi zuwa layin ƙarshe don ƙirƙirar damar wasa ga abokan aikinsa. Idan aka tura shi a gefen hagu saboda Villa, Rogers ya nuna karuwa mai ban sha'awa a cikin kwallaye, damar wasa da aka ƙirƙira, taimakawa, da harbe-harbe a kowace wasa. Da alama Arteta zai ba shi iyaka mafi tsauri a wannan gefen, amma ƙididdiga ta nuna Rogers zai iya bunƙasa a cikin irin wannan tsari.
Ɗan wasan mai shekara 23 ya shiga Villa da £16m daga Middlesbrough a watan Janairu 2024 kuma ya kafa kansa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasa a gasar, inda ya rasa farawa kawai sau biyu a cikin sezin biyu da suka gabata.
Gasa da sauran zaɓuɓɓuka
Arsenal ba su kadai ba ne masu sha'awa. Chelsea, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, da Bayern Munich duk an ambata su a matsayin masu sha'awar Rogers. Amma sune zakaran Premier League waɗanda suka ɗauki matsayin gaban layin.
Aston Villa, duk da haka, suna cikin matsayi mai ƙarfi na tattaunawa. Rogers ya sanya hannu a kan tsawaita kwangilar a watan Nuwamba 2025 wanda ya ɗaure shi da kulak ɗin har zuwa 2031, kuma Villa ba su da niyyar siyarwa. Kulak ɗin ya ƙare a matsayi na huɗu a kakar da ta gabata don samun cancantar UEFA Champions League kuma ya lashe UEFA Europa League.
Idan yarjejeniya don Rogers ta kasa cimma, Arsenal sun bincika wasu zaɓuɓɓuka. Sun riga sun amince da yarjejeniyar £34m don mai wasa a gefen hagu na Club Brugge Tzolis — rikodin Belgian Pro League — wanda zai zama madadin Trossard. Arsenal kuma suna ci gaba da sha'awa a Julian Alvarez, kodayake yarjejeniyar ta yi kama da wuya saboda son iyalinsa na zama a Spain da kuma burinsa na sirri na shiga Barcelona.
Bradley Barcola na Paris Saint-Germain shi ma yana cikin jerin Arsenal, haka kuma Liverpool. PSG bai nuna wata niyya ta siyar da Barcola ba, ko da yake yanayin sa yana da kyau a bibiya yayin da taga ke ci gaba. PSG da kansu suna ƙoƙarin sanya hannu a kan ɗan wasan gefen RB Leipzig Yan Diomande kuma suna sha'awa a Alvarez da Rogers.
Rogers da Alvarez, la'akari da kuɗaɗen da aka riga aka biya don 'yan wasan tsakiya kamar Elliot Anderson da Sandro Tonali, ana sa ran kowannensu ya kai ƙima sama da £100m. Duk da tsawon jerin, tsarin fifiko a Arsenal yana a fili — Rogers shi ne babban burin, kuma duk sauran abubuwa sun dogara ne akan ko Aston Villa suna son yin tattaunawa.
