Mikel Arteta ya sanya hannu kan sabon kwantirage a Arsenal, yana ci gaba da aiki a matsayin manajan da ya yi tsawon aiki a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila. Wannan sabuntawa yana nuna abin da mutanen da ke kusa da aikin ke kiransa "mataki na biyar" — tuƙi na gina mulki — a cikin shirin da Arteta ya tsara tun lokacin da ya isa a shekarar 2019.

Kulob ɗin da ya canza gaba ɗaya

Lokacin da Arteta ya karɓi ragamar mulki, Arsenal suna nisa da manyan kulob ɗaye. Shekaru bakwai bayan haka, sun zama zakaran Premier League kuma suna gasa a matakai na ƙarshe na UEFA Champions League akai-akai. Sauyin, in ji masu kallo, ya fi zurfi fiye da sakamakon wasan kaɗai.

Asalin kulob ɗin ya canza gaba ɗaya. Arsenal a baya an san su da shan duka — yanzu sun zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da suka fi wahala a shan su a Ingila, ana bayanin su da ƙwarewar gasa marar gajiyawa wanda ke nuna halin Arteta kansa. Karya mai tsanani kwanan nan a hannun Brighton & Hove Albion ya zama babban labari daidai saboda ya bambanta sosai da al'ada; Arsenal ba su rasa wasan Premier League da kwallaye uku ba a fiye da shekaru uku.

Shirin mataki biyar

Aikin Arteta ya bi tsari mai manufa. Mataki na farko ya mayar da hankali kan al'adun kulob ɗin — wanda aka kwatanta da shahararren taron farkon ƙungiyar lokacin da aka bar ɗaki a cikin rikici don nuna yadda ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila ke ganin kulob ɗin a lokacin. Mataki na biyu ya shafi daukar 'yan wasa masu dacewa, kamar zuwan Gabriel, Ben White, da Aaron Ramsdale waɗanda suka sake fasalin ƙungiyar.

Mataki na uku ya kawo ƙalubale, wanda zuwan Gabriel Jesus da Oleksandr Zinchenko ya haifar da shi — 'yan wasa waɗanda Arteta ya yaba da cewa sun canza "duniyarmu." Mataki na huɗu ya shafi cin nasara, kuma wannan ya faru a kakar da ta gabata tare da lashe taken. Mataki na biyar — kalmar da ke fara da D — dynasty — shi ne inda kulob ɗin yake yanzu.

Zai iya cin nasara a kan Wenger?

Kwatankwacin da Arsene Wenger ba makawa ne. Wenger ya isa Arsenal yana da shekaru 47; Arteta yana da shekaru 44 kuma yana kan kwantiragensa na huɗu. A cikin shekaru uku, Arteta zai kasance ya yi aiki a kulob ɗin na tsawon shekaru goma, tare da kasancewa a shekarun da Wenger yake yana an naɗa shi. Ko zai iya tara kofuna kamar yadda Wenger ya yi shi ne babban tambaya — amma aƙalla lokaci yana gefen sa.

Ƙalubalen sake gina ƙungiyar

Babban gwajin mai zuwa watakila ba a filin wasa ba ne, sai dai a kasuwar canja wuri. A shekarar 2029, ginshiƙai da yawa na Arsenal nan — Gabriel, Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice, Kai Havertz, da David Raya — za su kusanci ko wuce shekaru 30. Sarrafa wannan sauyi, kamar yadda Jurgen Klopp a Liverpool da Pep Guardiola a Manchester City suka gano, shi ne mafi wahala a lokutan manajoci masu tsawo.

Arteta yana ƙarami fiye da manajan biyu, kuma wannan har yanzu shine aikinsa na farko a matsayin babban koci, wanda ke nuna cewa yana iya samun ƙarfin ci gaba da bunƙasa. Amma tambaya ta kasance: shin zai iya sake gina kamar yadda ya gina? Lokaci kaɗai zai amsa hakan.

Mai aiki da haƙiƙa, ba mai tsaron gida ba

An sami wasu sukar game da dogaro da Arsenal akan kwallaye na farko da ƙarfin tsaro a lokacin yaƙin neman laƙabi. Waɗanda ke kusa da ƙungiyar suna cewa wannan fahimta ce ta kuskure game da falsafar Arteta — lokacin da Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, da Martin Odegaard duk suka kasance a kai tsaye a kakar cikakke, Arsenal sun ci kwallaye 91, wanda ya zama tarihin kulob ɗin kuma ya fi kowace ƙungiyar Arsene Wenger. Arteta ya daidaita da yanayin raunuka ba tare da barin ƙa'idojin harin ba.

Tsauri a matsayin hali

Daya daga cikin halaye da ake ambawa akai-akai game da Arteta shine tsauri mai tunatar da Jose Mourinho. Bai yi jinkiri wajen ficewa da 'yan wasa ba — ciki har da Gabriel Martinelli da Gabriel Jesus — lokacin da ya hukunta cewa ba su dace da aikin ba, ba tare da la'akari da mahimmancinsu na baya ba. Wannan hanyar da babu motsin rai a sarrafa rukuni, tare da fushin da ke ƙaruwa da sauri game da hukumomi, yana ci gaba da jawo kwatankwacin mafi tsananin lokutan Mourinho a sarrafa.