Brighton & Hove Albion suna shiga kakar 2026-27 ta Premier League da buri na Turai karon biyu kawai a tarihinsu — duk da haka yanayin da ke kusa da Amex Stadium yana kama yana da ƙarin hankali fiye da bukukuwa.

The Seagulls sun tabbatar da wuri a UEFA Conference League ta hanyar kammala a matsayi na takwas, amma hanya zuwa can ba ta zama mai laushi ba. Ƙungiyar Fabian Hurzeler ta sha kashi a wasanninsu na ƙarshe biyu kuma suna buƙatar sakamakon wasu ƙungiyoyi don tabbatar da cancantar Conference League ma, balle wurin da ya fi a Turai.

Kakar rabin biyu

Kaɗan ne kulob ɗin da suka sha wahalar rugujewa mai ban tsoro a tsakiyar kakar. A ranar Val, Brighton sun yi nasara sau ɗaya kawai a cikin wasanni 13 na gasar, sun fita daga FA Cup kuma ana kwatanta su da 'yan takarar sauka. Ƙaramin rukuni mai amo ya nemi a kori Hurzeler.

Mai gida Tony Bloom ya tsaya ƙaƙƙarfa. Brighton daga nan sun ci nasara bakwai a cikin wasanninsu goma masu zuwa, suna kiyaye ƙaramin bege na cancantar Gasar Zakarun Turai a ranar ƙarshe. Wannan bege bai cika ba, amma Conference League ta kasance lada mai cancanta don haƙurin Bloom.

Wannan lamari ya yi nuni da darasi mai zurfi da Brighton suka riga sun san shi tun daga tafiyarsu ta Turai ta 2023-24: wasannin dare na Alhamis suna cutar da wasannan gida, kuma zurfin ƙungiya ba zaɓi bane — wajibi ne.

Samun 'yan wasa yana yanke komai

Tsoffin manyan 'yan wasa uku sun tafi wato Solly March, Adam Webster, da James Milner, suna rage ƙarancin jagorancin da ya rage a ɗakin sutura. Winger na dama Costinha ya isa yana shirye ya ba da gudummawa, yayin da tsaro na tsakiya Luka Vuskovic — sayen tarihi na kulob na Croatian daga Tottenham Hotspur da £46 miliyan, yana da shekaru 19 kawai — da Pascal Struijk suna ƙarfafa layin baya.

Haɗewar Vuskovic zai kasance mai mahimmanci. Issowarsa ya zama dole saboda sayar da Jan Paul van Hecke zuwa Tottenham Hotspur da £52 miliyan, ma'ana wannan matashi mai hazaka ya shiga kai tsaye cikin matsayin farawa ƙarƙashin hasken Turai.

Rashin zurfin harin gefe an bayyana shi a matsayin raunin kakar da ta wuce, wanda ya sa sayen winger na AIK Zadok Yohanna — sigar al'ada ta tsarin tattara bayanai na Tony Bloom — ɗaya da za a bi da kyau.

Hurzeler yana samun matsayinsa

Kocin ɗan shekara 33 ya raba masu goyon bayan Brighton a mafi yawan kakarsa ta farko. Maganarsa ta fili game da salon wasan Arsenal ya sami amsa sanyi daga Mikel Arteta, amma ya sami karɓuwa a cikin masu goyon bayan Amex kuma ya bayyana yana nuna juyi a cikin dangantakarsa da masu goyon baya.

Matsayi na takwas biyu a jere suna nuna ci gaba mai ƙarfi, ko da gado na Roberto De Zerbi ya jefa inuwa mai tsawo. Da ƙaramin ƙungiya, Hurzeler dole ne yanzu ya zama jagoran da ɗakin sutura ke buƙata.

Ɗan wasa mai mahimmanci da wanda ya fi zura kwallaye

Pascal Gross, mai shekaru 35, ya kasance bugun zuciyar tsakiyar Brighton. Ba shi da saurin lantarki amma yana da wadatar ingancin fasaha da hankali na dabara, kuma ƙwarewarsa zai zama ba za a iya yi ba tare da shi ba a jadawalin wasanni mai cunkoson.

Danny Welbeck ya kammala kakar da ta wuce a matsayin maƙasudin kulob tare da kwallaye 14 a duk gasa. Duk da haka, an ba da rahoton an yi la'akari da canja wuri zuwa Chelsea, wanda zai tilasta Brighton neman mai maye gurbi kafin kakar ta fara.

Ɗaya don kallo

Mai shekaru 19 Charalampos Kostoulas ya nuna ɗan ɗan ɗan hasken hazaka mai gaske a cikin bayyanar da ba ta da yawa, ciki har da bugun da aka tuna da shi akan Bournemouth. Idan Welbeck ya tafi, Kostoulas na iya samun kansa a cikin babbar rawa da wuri fiye da yadda aka yi tsammanin.

FourFourTwo yana hasashen Brighton za su kammala matsayi na 9. Ci gaba a Conference League na iya bayyana kakar — Crystal Palace ta tabbatar cewa wannan gasar ta uku ta Turai tana iya cin nasara ta kulob na Premier League wanda ya shirye ya dauke ta da muhimmanci.