Mai tsaron Arsenal Riccardo Calafiori yana cikin shakka don shiga gasar Premier League ranar Lahadi a Anfield da Liverpool, bayan da ya samu ƙaramin raunin jiki a lokacin wasan Arsenal a gida da Everton makon jiya.

Dan wasan mai shekara 24 ya shigo a matsayin madadin a rabin wasan na biyu, amma ya bayyana yana fama da matsala a ƙarshen wasan, yana kare gafansa ko gefen jikinsa, sannan ya nufi kai tsaye tunnel ɗin bayan ƙarshen wasan don karɓar magani.

Manajan Arsenal Mikel Arteta ya bayar da maganganu na hankali game da lamarin kafin gasar Carabao Cup a Fleetwood Town, wanda aka cire Calafiori gaba ɗaya. Arteta ya ce: «Shi ne saboda yana da ƙaramin matsala, ba mu san abin da yake ba, yana kama wani abu ƙarami ƙwarai, amma ya kasance mai hankali a kansa.»

Tsere da lokaci

Duk da kimantawar da manajan ya yi na natsuwa, ana fahimtar cewa Calafiori yana cikin tsere da lokaci don tabbatar da ƙarfinsa kafin ranar Lahadi. Arsenal da Liverpool za su buga ranar Lahadi maimakon ranar Asabar ta al'ada — wani abu da zai iya baiwa mai tsaron hagu na Italiya ƴan ƙarin awowi don murmurewa.

Kafin wannan rauni, Calafiori kusan bai taba rasa wasa ba a yakin gasar Arsenal, inda ya fara dukkan wasanni bakwai na Premier League. Ya kuma buga wasan Champions League na Gunners a wannan mako kafin sanya shi a cikin madadin don wasan Everton.

Damuwar raunin jiki mai ƙaruwa ga Arteta

Calafiori ba shi kaɗai yake ba da ke damun Arteta kafin wasan Liverpool. An kuma dakile Declan Rice da mai jan ƙafa Noni Madueke daga tafiya Fleetwood kuma ana sa ido a kansu, yayin da Max Dowman aka dakatar da shi bayan samun jan kati a Highbury Stadium.

Masu jan ƙafa Christos Tzolis da Bukayo Saka suna ci gaba da kasancewa waje saboda rauni, haka kuma bakan tsaro William Saliba, wanda ya bar Arteta da ƙungiya mai sirari wajen fuskantar ɗaya daga cikin wasannin da suka fi wahala a Premier League.

Tarihin Calafiori a Anfield

Ga Calafiori, akwai ƙarin dalili na komawa — tarihinsa a wasannin gida da Liverpool bai da kyau. Ya rasa duka wasannin gasar zuwa Liverpool a gida a lokutan 2024/25 da 2025/26 saboda raunin jiki. A wasannin da suka yi daidai a waje, ya buga duka biyun: yana cikin tawagar farko lokacin da Arsenal ta sha kashi a Anfield a lokacin da ya gabata, kuma a watan Mayu 2025 ya shigo a matsayin madadin da mintuna 12 suka rage a wasan da ya ƙare 2-2.