Mikel Arteta ya rattaba sabon kwantiragin a matsayin manajan Arsenal, yana tabbatar da matsayinsa a kulob din da ya sauya daga tawagar tsakiyar tebur zuwa zakaran Premier League. Yarjejeniyar, wadda mataimakin shugaban kulob Josh Kroenke ya bayyana a matsayin "babban fifiko" tun watan Mayun da ya wuce, na nuna imanin Arsenal cewa suna cikin hannaye mafi aminci yayin da suke neman rinjaye mai dorewa.

Daga matsayi na 10 zuwa nasar gasar

Sa'ad da Arteta ya karɓi ragama a shekarar 2019, Arsenal ya kasance ta 10 a Premier League — kulob din da ke yawo ba tare da wata hanya ba. A tsawon shekaru bakwai, ya sake gina komai daga tushe, yana kawo ƙarshen jiran shekaru 22 don taken gasar a kakar da ta gabata, kuma ya jagoranci kulob din zuwa kofin UEFA Champions League na biyu kawai a tarihinsa a wannan kakar ɗaya.

Yanzu Arteta ya shiga ƙaramin ƙungiyar manajoji 13 kaɗai da suka taba lashe Premier League, kuma yana da damar shiga ƙungiya mafi keɓantawa har ma — wanda ya ƙunshi Sir Alex Ferguson, Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, da Arsene Wenger — a matsayin wanda ya lashe taken fiye da sau ɗaya.

Ƙalubalen ci da ci gaba

Tarihi ya nuna fili cewa hawan da ke tafe yana da wahala sosai. 'Yan kulob kaɗan ne suka sami nasarar riƙe taken Premier League a zamanin zamani, kuma Arsenal bai ci nasara ta ci gaba biyu a gasar ƙasa da ƙasa tun shekarun 1930. Sabon kwantiragin Arteta yana nuna cewa kulob din ya yi imani cewa shi ne mutumin da zai iya yin tsayin daka da wannan tarihin.

Kroenke ya kasance mai faɗi game da burin da ke akwai. "Muna ganin muna da damar rinjaye a nan," in ji shi a watan Mayu, yana nuni ga tafiyar malamin Arteta na da Guardiola daga Manchester City da rashin kwanciyar hankali a tsakanin sauran masu neman taken a matsayin dama da Arsenal dole su kama.

Sauyawar ƙungiya da alamomin farko

Kasuwar canja wurin lokacin rani bai samar da dan wasan gaba mai matakin sama da Arsenal suka yi niyya ba, ya bar Arteta da shirin tattara ƙarin nasara daga ƙungiyarsa ta yanzu. Labarin mai farin ciki shine cewa Kai Havertz, Martin Odegaard, da Bukayo Saka — a tare a ƙarshe bayan kakar wasa biyu da raunuka suka lalata — sun riga sun zura ƙwallaye 10 a wasanni bakwai na farkon kakar. Karo na ƙarshe da uku suka buga kakar cikakke tare, a 2023/24, Arsenal ya farya rikodin kulob don yawan ƙwallaye.

Akwai alamun canjin salon wasa ma. Arsenal yanzu na ƙoƙarin kawar da harin gina akan sau biyu kusan — wanda ake bayyana shi a matsayin jerin wucewar ƙwallon a buɗaɗɗen wasan da ya haɗa da aƙalla wucewar ƙwallon 10 da ke kai ga harbi ko taɓawa a cikin yankin mai gadin abokin gaba — idan aka kwatanta da kakar da ta gabata. Adadin mallakan ƙwallo, ƙididdiga na wucewar ƙwallon, da wucewar ƙwallon a cikin kashi na ƙarshe duka suna ƙaruwa. Dogaro da saitin ƙwallon da ya taimaka wajen lashe taken ya ragu, tare da ƙwallaye 15 daga 16 a wannan kakar sun fito daga buɗaɗɗen wasa, banda fiftin Saka a kan Sunderland.

Buɗa wasansu na UEFA Champions League a kan Napoli ya nuna wannan yuwuwar farmaki. Arsenal sun samar da ƙwallaye 4.05 da ake tsammani — adadin mafi girma a tarihinsu a gasar — ko da yake sakamako ya nuna ɗaya kawai daga cikinsu.

Darussan da aka koya da kuma damar bunƙasa

Kaye mai nauyi a hannun Brighton ya yi aiki a matsayin gargaɗi na farko. Sakamakon ya dame ƙungiyar da ƙarfinta na tsaro ya riƙe su daga karɓar ƙwallaye uku ko fiye a wasan Premier League tun 2023. Arteta bai guje wa ƙimar kuskurensu ba. "Wannan babbar darasi ce ga dukkanmu don mu fahimci abin da ake buƙata don cin nasara a wannan mataki," in ji shi, yana kallon kaye a matsayin kayan aiki maimakon shinge.

Kwalejin matasa na ci gaba da ba da ƙarfafawa ma, tare da Max Dowman da Marli Salmon su ne matasan da suka fi yin nasara daga yanayin da Arteta ya gina a London Colney.

Kasuwar canja wuri mai zuwa za ta zama muhimmiyar don cika ƙungiya. Amma tare da al'ada mai ƙarfi, ƙungiyar mafi girma ta shekarun 24 zuwa 28, da kuma manajan da sauran kulob yanzu ke neman kwaikwayon hanyoyinsa, Arsenal sun shiga wannan sabuwar era da tushe mai ƙarfi ƙarƙashinsu.