Crystal Palace suna ƙasa da makonni biyu daga farkon kakar wasa ta Premier League 2026/27, kuma yanayin da ke bayyana a Selhurst Park ya cika da rashin tabbas. Waɗanda suka lashe Europa Conference League na yanzu suna shiga kakar wasa ta sabuwa ba tare da babban mai tsaro mai gwaninta ba, da sabon koci wanda bai gwada kansa a mafi ƙarfin ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila ba, tare da sake fasalin ƙungiyar da ke haifar da tambayoyi fiye da amsoshi.

Caca a wurin koyarwa

Tafiyar Oliver Glasner ta bar babban gibi. Ko da kuwa akwai tashin hankali tsakaninsa da wasu magoya baya, ƙwarewarsa a matsayin koci na matakin koli ba ta da jayayya — kuma maye gurbinsa shi ne abu mai wuya a kowane lokaci. Wanda ya gaje shi, Pierre Sage, ya zo bayan wata gasar kolo da ba a zata ba a Ligue 1 tare da RC Lens, wanda ya nuna iyawarsa. Amma canja wannan gudu zuwa Premier League wata matsala ce ta bambanta gaba ɗaya.

Motsin kai wajen kai hari

Wajen bakin fage na kai hari, musayar da ta kawo Dwight McNeil zuwa South London maimakon Brennan Johnson yana da wuya a bayyana shi a matsayin ci gaba na gaske. Dukkansu ƙwararrun ɗan wasan fife ne a Premier League, amma ba daya daga cikinsu da ya nuna dogon daɗi da ya isa ya canza abin da ƙungiya ke fitarwa wajen kai hari. Ciniki ya ƙunshi alamu na motsi a gefe maimakon saukar da daga sama, kuma Crystal Palace suna buƙatar fiye da haka don ƙalubalantar manyan wuraren teburin.

Zavier Gozo, wanda ya kai shekara 18 kuma aka sanya hannu da shi daga Major League Soccer, wani muhimmin dalibi ne na dogon lokaci wanda ya dace da tsarin Crystal Palace na gano ƙwararrun matasa masu babban ƙarfi. Duk da haka, ba a iya sa ran shi ɗauke da nauyin kai hari a Premier League a wannan matakin ci gabansa.

Tambayoyi a baya

Ta fagen tsaro, tafiyar Maxence Lacroix — wanda ya koma Chelsea — shi ne mafi girman damuwa. Crystal Palace sun ɗauki matakin rufe wannan gibi ta hanyar sanya hannu da Takehiro Tomiyasu da Oscar Mingueza a matsayin ƴan wasa marasa kwangila. Tomiyasu mai hankali ne kuma mai ƙwarewar koli, amma tarihin raunukansa ya sa dogara da shi a kowane wasan caca ce ta gaske. Mingueza yana ba da aiki mai amfani mai iri-iri, amma babu daya daga cikin biyun da ke cika takalmin da Lacroix ya bari a fili.

Wata dama da ta ɓace tare da matasa?

Shawarar ba Romain Esse damar tafi zuwa Club Brugge ta kuma ja hankalin masu sukar al'amari. An yi imanin cewa ƙarancin mintocin Esse a ƙarƙashin Glasner ya samo asali ne daga matsalar dangantaka tsakanin ɗan wasan da koci, ba rashin ƙarfi ba. Yanzu da sabon kocin ya hau mulki, sakin Esse ba tare da ba shi damar fara sabon shafi ba ya zama, aƙalla, gaggawa.

Idan Crystal Palace ba su ƙarfafa ƙungiyarsu kafin rufe tagar canja wuri ba, wannan lokacin bazara na iya tuna da shi a matsayin yadda zakaran Turai ya tsaya cik — kuma a Premier League, tsayawa cik kusan yana nufin faɗuwa baya. Ƙungiyoyi da yawa da suka gama kakar wasa da suka gabata a bayan Palace sun matsa a kasuwa da ƙarin niyya, wanda ke ƙara ƙarfafa damuwar.