Michael Carrick ya jagoranci Manchester United daga matsayi na bakwai zuwa na uku a kakar da ta gabata, inda ya tabbatar da dawowarsu zuwa UEFA Champions League. Yanzu, da yawan wasa uku a mako ya kusogo, tambayoyi masu nauyi sun tashi kan zurfi da daidaiton tawagar nasa.

Daga wasanni 40 zuwa 67 da za su iya zama

Ba tare da kwallon ƙafa ta Turai ba kuma bayan ficewar farko daga kofunan gida biyu — ga Grimsby Town a Carabao Cup da Brighton a FA Cup — Manchester United sun yi wasa 40 kawai a duk gasa a kakar ta gaba. Wannan shi ne ƙarancin adadin da aka raba a tsakanin kulobs ɗin Premier League kuma mafi ƙarancin ƙididdiga ta kakar guda tun 1913/14.

Jadawalin sauƙin ya ba Carrick damar kiyaye 'yan wasansa na asali cikin hutu daidai. Tsakanin nadinsa a watan Janairu da ƙarshiyar kakar Premier League, kulobs biyar kawai suka yi canje-canje kaɗan a jerin 'yan wasa fiye da United.

Kakar wannan ta bambanta sosai. Wasan Alhamis da Sabah shine na farko daga wasanni takwas da aka tabbatar a matakin rukuni na UEFA Champions League, kuma United na iya yin wasanni 67 a duk gasa kafin kakar ta ƙare.

Carrick ya nuna kyakkyawar hali a lokacin horon kafin kakar. Ya ce: «Horon ya yi ƙasa da zarar kakar ta fara, amma kulawar 'yan wasa ta karu sosai.» Ya kuma nuni cewa yawancin 'yan wasansa sun fi saba da buga wasa a Turai fiye da rashin yin haka.

Duk da haka, karon ƙarshe da Manchester United suka yi gasa a Turai, a 2024/25, sun ƙare a matsayi na 15 a Premier League — tunatarwa mai ƙarfi cewa komawa ga gasar Nahiyar ba ta zo babu hadari ba.

An kashe fiye da £1 biliyan amma tawagar har yanzu ba ta daidaita

A takarda, Manchester United ya kamata su kasance a shirye don ɗaukar karin nauyi. Kulob din ya kashe fiye da £1 biliyan kan sayen 'yan wasa tun 2022 kuma suna da mafi yawan kashe-kashen net a Premier League a wannan lokaci, wato £769.5 miliyan.

A bazarar nan, kuɗin ya mayar da hankali kusan gabaɗaya kan tsakiyar filin, tare da zuwan Carlos Baleba, Andrey Santos da Youri Tielemans. A bara, yawancin kuɗin sun tafi kan harin, inda suka sayo Benjamin Sesko, Bryan Mbeumo da Matheus Cunha.

Tsaron baya ya ci gaba da yin watsi. Kashi 19 kawai na £1 biliyan da aka kashe tun 2022 ya tafi kan masu tsaron baya — kashi na uku mafi ƙasa a Premier League, sama da Liverpool da Everton kawai — kuma yana nesa da kashi 42 da aka kashe kan masu farmakin.

Sakamakon haka, tawagar, ko da yake ta ƙarfafa a wasu yankuna, har yanzu tana da rashi na inganci da zurfi a wasu. Masu farmakin Manchester United ana ɗaukarsu a matsayi na uku mafi daraja a cikin manyan kulobs shida na Premier League, amma masu tsakiyar filin da masu tsaron baya su ne mafi ƙarancin daraja daga cikin ƙungiyar.

Har yanzu akwai alamun tambaya a cikin harin ma, inda United ke da yawan masu goyan bayan masu farmakin — Mbeumo, Cunha da Amad Diallo — amma dan wasan tsakiya (striker) guda ɗaya kawai da ya cancanci sunan nan, wato Sesko. Kulob din kuma bai da madadin mai shirya wasa ga Bruno Fernandes.

Tawagar da ta daskare duk da kashe kuɗi mai yawa

Ko da yake an kashe fiye da £1 biliyan a cikin shekaru huɗu, ƙungiyar Manchester United tana nuna canjin 'yan wasa kaɗan. Layin tsaro a wasan da ya ƙare 2-2 da Everton a rana ta Lahadi — Luke Shaw, Lisandro Martinez, Harry Maguire da Diogo Dalot — yana daidai da wanda ya fara wasa na farko na Erik ten Hag a watan Mayu 2022.

Dawowar Marcus Rashford zuwa cikin farkon 'yan wasa tana nufin 'yan wasa shida na asali sun kasance iri ɗaya gabaɗaya, wanda ke ƙara haifar da jin daɗin ƙungiyar da ta tsaya har yanzu duk da kashe-kashen kulob din mai yawa.

Ƙididdigan riƙe 'yan wasan United ya kai kashi 54.5 daga farkon kakar 2022/23 zuwa wasansu na ƙarshe na kakar sabuwa — wanda ya fi na kowa nisa a Premier League. Arsenal su ke matsayi na biyu da kashi 36.4, sun riƙe Gabriel, Ben White, Martin Odegaard da Bukayo Saka.

Ba shakka ci gaban iya zama mai kyau. Amma yayin da Gabriel, White, Odegaard da Saka suka taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen mai da Arsenal zuwa gasar Premier League, da yawa daga cikin 'yan wasa da aka riƙe na Manchester United an fi saninsu da rashin cika tsammanin.

Wannan shi ne kalubalen da ke jiran Carrick: gudanar da jadawalin Manchester United da ya fi cunkoso da tawagar wadda zaɓuɓɓukanta, musamman a tsaron baya, ba sa ƙara kwarin gwiwa sosai.