Manajan Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, ya nuna aniyyarsa ta shigar da Ethan Nwaneri cikin tsarin ƙungiyar farko ta klabu, yana yabawa ɗan wasan mai shekara 19 saboda nuna girma a lokacin shirye-shirye na kafin kakar wasa.

Nwaneri ya yi rabin na biyu na kakar wasa ta 2025/26 yana aro a Olympique de Marseille — wani tafiya da Arteta ya amince cewa bai yi kyau sosai ba — amma shugaban Arsenal ya yi imani cewa kwarewa ta taimaka wa saurayin da yawa.

Kimar Arteta

Yana magana a shafin yanar gizo na hukuma na klabu, Arteta ya yi magana da gaskiya game da yadda aro ya kasance. «Ya yi kyau sosai. Wataƙila, aronsa a Marseille bai zama yadda ya tsammace ba. An yi yawa magana da sauyin yanayi a klabu,» in ji manajan.

«Amma yana da bambanci da girma fiye da kowane lokaci. Yana da ban al'ajabi wajen hakan. Haka ne watanni shida za su iya yi maka. Wani daban ne ka kasance da kanka, ka fuskanci wahalhalu, ka shaidi wani ɓangare na ƙwallon ƙafa da kana buƙatar ƙarfi don jimre wa.»

Arteta ya ƙare da cewa: «Ina matuƙar farin ciki da abin da ya yi a lokacin shirye-shirye.»

Mai rikodi tare da manufa da ba ta cika ba

Nwaneri yana da wuri na musamman a tarihin Premier League — har yanzu shi ne ɗan wasa mafi ƙanƙanta da ya taba buga a gasar, bayan da ya fara bugawa yana da shekara 15 da kwana 181 a watan Satumba 2022. Dan kwalejin Hale End ta Arsenal, ci gabansa bai koyaushe bi hanya madaidaiciya ba.

A lokacin kakar 2024/25, ya ci kwallaye tara a cikin wasanni 37 a dukkan gasar kafin Arteta ya zaɓi tura shi aro zuwa Marseille. Duk da rahotannin sha'awa daga kulake a Turai da hasashen canja wurin dindindin, kalmomi na manajan sun nuna cewa Nwaneri yana da matsayi a cikin tunaninsa don kakar wasa ta gaba.

Sabunta kwantiragin dogon lokaci, wanda aka sanya hannu a shekarar 2025, ya nuna amincewar Arsenal a ikon saurayin — kuma Arteta yana ganin yana son ganin wannan jari ya haifar da sakamako a filin wasa.