Mikel Arteta ya yarda cewa yiwuwar aro ga ɗan wasan da ya kai shekara 16, Max Dowman, na ci gaba da kasancewa, ko da yake manaja na Arsenal ya nace cewa fifikon ƙungiyar a yanzu shi ne kiyaye shi a cikin yanayin ƙungiyar farko da kuma kimanta ci gabansa kowace watanni shida.

Dowman ya bayyana kansa ga mabiya da yawa wannan mako, yana farawa a matsayin ɗan wasan farko kuma ya ci sau biyu yayin da Arsenal ta doke Ipswich a Carabao Cup. Bayan wasan, ɗan wasan tsakiya Mikel Merino ya kwatanta shi da Lamine Yamal na Barcelona da Sipaniya — ma'aunin da ya yi kyau sosai ga wani matashi a wannan shekaru.

Duk da wannan aikin, waɗancan mintoci 90 a Portman Road su ne kawai bayyanarsa a wannan kakar. Dowman bai kasance a cikin ƙungiyar da Arsenal ta sanya don gasar Premier League da Aston Villa da kuma Sunderland ba.

Shirin Arteta na kimanta watanni shida

"Ba mu kasance muna sauraron duk wata yiwuwar aro ba, domin mun kasance a bayyane cewa muna so a samu shi a cikin ƙungiyar, muna son ya kasance wani ɓangare na atisayen kafin kakar," in ji Arteta.

"Za mu kimanta kowace watanni shida inda muke, menene mafi kyau a gare shi, sannan mu yanke hukunci daidai. Zai dogara kan abubuwa da yawa: abin da yake bukata, inda ƙungiyar take, samuwar da muke da ita a cikin ƙungiyar, yawan mintocin da yake buga, da ingancin da yake nuna lokacin da aka ba shi waɗannan mintoci."

Arteta ya ja daga kwarewansa, yana tunawa cewa yana da shekara 17 lokacin da ya tafi Paris Saint-Germain. Ya gargadi cewa nasarar aro ya dogara sosai kan yanayin da ɗan wasan matashi ya sami kansa — ciki har da ko horon yana gaske yana gaskata da shi kuma yana ba shi mintoci na gaske maimakon wuri a benci.

"Yanzu yana wuri mai kyau. Yana da kyau a yanzu kuma bari mu sa shi nan," Arteta ya ƙara da cewa.

Kakar tarihi a bayansa

Hanyar Dowman ta kasance ta ban mamaki. A kakar da ta gabata ya zama mafi ƙarancin shekaru na masu cin kwallo da mafi ƙarancin shekaru na ɗan wasan farko a tarihin Premier League yayin da Arsenal ta lashe gasar, kuma ya kafa tarihin mafi ƙarancin shekaru a tarihin UEFA Champions League yayin da The Gunners suka kai wasan karshe.

Yadda Arsenal ta kula da wani fitaccen basira yana ba da abin kwatanci. A cikin watanni tara da suka wuce, ɗan wasan tsakiya Ethan Nwaneri — wanda ya zama mafi ƙarancin shekaru a tarihin Premier League a shekara ta 2022 yana da shekara 15 — an tura shi aro zuwa Marseille sannan, kwanan nan, zuwa Borussia Dortmund.

Bothroyd: Dowman ya cancanci zama cikin ƙungiyar England

Tsohon ɗan wasan Jay Bothroyd, yana magana a Sky Sports News, ya yi jayayya cewa Dowman ya rigaya ya fi wasu manyan sunaye da ake la'akari da su don England.

"Noni Madueke bai buga wa Arsenal ba. A gare ni, Max Dowman ya fi Madueke yanzu. Idan za ka la'akari da Madueke don England, to dole ne ka la'akari da Dowman. Kuma Dowman ya kamata ya kasance a cikin wannan ƙungiyar England yanzu haka."

Bothroyd ya nuna zuwa gasar UEFA Euro 2028 a matsayin lokacin yanke shawara a tafiyar duniya ta Dowman. "Lokacin da gasar Euro ta 2028 ta zo, zai kasance yana da shekara 18. Dole ne ya kasance a cikin wannan ƙungiyar kuma idan ya ci gaba da abin da yake yi, zai kasance a cikin wannan ƙungiyar," in ji shi.

Bothroyd kuma ya ambaci Rio Ngumoha a matsayin wani ɗan wasan matashi da ke wakiltar nan gaba na ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingilishi, yana bayyana shi da "wutan lantarki."