Manchester United na fuskar wani lokaci mai mahimmanci a kakar wasa ta 2026/27 a wannan mako — wasan farko na UEFA Champions League a kan ƙungiyar Azerbaijan Sabah a ranar Alhamis, sannan farkon derby na kakar tsakanin Manchester United da Manchester City kwana uku bayan haka. Manaja Michael Carrick dole ne ya yanke shawara kan yawan sauye-sauyen da zai yi, da kuma ko rukunin 'yan wasa nashi na iya ɗaukar wannan nauyi mai nauyi.

Gary Neville ya yi gargaɗi bayan rashin nasara da maki 2-2 tsakanin United da Everton. "Yana sanya wani matsayi na United," in ji shi. "Suna da City mako mai zuwa da wasannin Turai da ke farawa tsakiyar mako." Da waɗannan ranakun biyu sun isa yanzu, kalmominsa sun fi dacewa fiye da kowane lokaci.

Rashin daidaiton rukunin 'yan wasa da yake a bayyane

Masana ƙididdiga sun yi imanin cewa United sun samu abin da ake ɗauka a matsayin sauƙaƙan wasanni shida na farko a Premier League a wannan kakar. A tsakiyar wannan jerin, sun rasa maki fiye da yadda suka tattara — wani bayani mai damun da ke sa kwanakin masu zuwa su ji kamar sun riga sun zama masu yanke hukunci ga kakar gaba ɗaya.

A cewar Transfermarkt, United da gaske suna da rukunin 'yan wasa mafi girma na biyu a Premier League ta yawan 'yan wasa. Amma girman kadai bai faɗi labarin gaba ɗayansa ba. Zurfin ɓangaren kai hari ya fi kowa a ƙungiyar, amma sun faɗi zuwa matsayi na takwas a tsakiyar fage da na goma a kariya. Mafi ban tsoro, suna matsayi na 18 a ɓangaren baya na hagu — wani matsayi da aka maimaita tattaunawa a kansa saboda tarihin rauni na Luke Shaw.

Alhakin wannan giɓi yana kan kulob din kanta. Tun 2022, Everton da Liverpool kaɗai suka kashe kasa da Manchester United wajen ƙarfafa layin kariya — wani adadi mai ban sha'awa idan aka yi la'akari da cewa United suna da mafi girman kashe-kashe na net a ƙungiyar a wannan lokaci.

Madadin 'yan wasa da ke kasa kiyaye matakin wasa

Giɓin tsakanin XI na farko na United da 'yan wasan da ke biyo baya daga benci ya bayyana a fili a kan Everton. Carrick ya yi maye gurbi na farko a minti na 70, kuma bayanan da suka biyo baya sun bayyana labari a fili. Kasancewar United a filin wasa ya koma sosai zuwa ɓangaren abokin hamayyar, amma ingancin motsi ƙwallon a cikin wani yanki na ƙarshe ya faɗi, kuma adadin damar da aka ƙirƙira ya ragu sosai.

A lokaci guda, shigarsu a duel ɗin ya ragu, suna ba Everton — waɗanda ke bin wasan — sarari mai yawa sosai don yin barazana. Mahallin yana da mahimmanci, tabbas, amma wannan yanayin bai ƙare da wannan wasan ba. An sami kama irin wannan al'amari a kan Hull, inda Carrick ya tilasta amfani da 'yan wasa na gefen saboda damuwar lafiyar jiki, kuma waɗannan sauye-sauyen sun kawo ƙungiyar kusa da XI ɗin da za a zaɓa a wasannin baya.

Keɓantaccen ɗan wasan da ya bambanta shine Benjamin Sesko, wanda tasirin sa daga benci ya fita fili. Amma madadin wasa mai tasiri ɗaya bai kai ga zurfin rukunin 'yan wasa na gaske ba.

Damar zinare ga 'yan wasan gefen

Wasan Champions League a kan Sabah a ranar Alhamis shine lokacin da 'yan wasa kamar Leny Yoro, Patrick Dorgu, Andrey Santos, da Joshua Zirkzee su tabbatar da darajarsu. Kowannensu yana son shiga cikin derby, amma mafi kyawun hanyar neman wannan damar ita ce yin aiki da kyau a Turai da farko.

Neville ya lura cewa Carrick har yanzu yana buƙatar gina amana tare da magoya bayan Old Trafford — haka nan 'yan wasan da ke neman wuri a rukunin. Nasara mai inganci a Turai za ta rage wasu daga cikin damuwar da ke tara a kusa da kulob din. In ba haka ba, matsin lamba a kan Carrick da rukuninsa mai faɗi zai ƙara yawa yayin da wasan Lahadi da Manchester City ke kusantowa.