Aston Villa suna shiga gasar UEFA Champions League ta biyu a jere ba tare da samun gudu a Premier League ba — wasanni uku ba wanda ya zira, tare da harbin ƙwallon guda ɗaya kawai da ya taɓa raga.
Bambance-bambancen da ƙarshen nasara na kakar da ta gabata, lokacin da Villa suka ɗaga kofin UEFA Europa League a Istanbul, ba zai iya zama fiye da haka ba. Duk da haka, manaja Unai Emery yana roƙon lokaci, kuma yana da dalilai masu kyau.
Ƙungiya mai sababbin fuskokin
Ƴan wasan shida daga cikin ƙungiyar farko da ta ci nasara a Istanbul sun bar Villa Park tun daga lokacin. Daga cikin waɗanda suka tafi akwai ɗan buga ƙwallo Ollie Watkins, wanda ya koma Al-Hilal, da Morgan Rogers, wanda ya koma Chelsea da rikodin kulob na £117 miliyan.
A maimakonsu, Emery ya gina layin gaba mai sabon sura. Sayan rikodin Nicolas Jackson — wanda aka sayi da £65 miliyan — ya isa a matsayin madadin Watkins kai tsaye, wanda Emery ya san shi sosai tun daga lokacinsu tare a Villarreal. Alejandro Garnacho ya shigo a aro daga Chelsea, yayin da Ibrahim Mbaye mai shekara 18 ya kai £47 miliyan daga Paris Saint-Germain.
Tare, Watkins da Rogers sun ba da gudummawa ga kashi 46 cikin ɗari na ƙwallaye da Villa suka zira a Premier League kakar da ta gabata. Cike wannan giɓi ba ƙaramin aikin ba ne.
Haɗari bisa Jackson
Tarihin Jackson a Premier League yana da inganci, kodayake bai kai matsayin manyan ƴan wasan ba tukuna. A kakan farko a ɓangaren ƙwararru ya zira ƙwallaye 14 kuma ya taimaka akan biyar — ƙasa da ƙwallaye 19 da taimako 13 na Watkins a lokaci ɗaya. A 2024-25 ya canza kwallayen da aka harba da kashi 13.2 cikin ɗari idan aka kwatanta da kashi 19.1 cikin ɗari na Watkins, amma ya buga mintuna 382 ƙasa.
Aron nasa zuwa Bayern Munich kakar da ta gabata ya nuna wani gefe na ɗan ƙwallon ƙasa na Senegal: ƙwallaye 8 a cikin mintuna 1,004, tare da ƙimar canjawa zuwa kashi 21.1 cikin ɗari lokacin da Bayern ya lashe Bundesliga. Wannan shi ne sigar Jackson da Emery ke dogaro da ita.
Jackson ya fara wasannin ƙungiya biyu na baya a ligi — shan kashi 1-0 ga Arsenal da raba ɗigo a Hull a ranar Asabar — ba tare da zira ƙwallo ba. Emery bai nuna damuwa ba.
Layin samarwa da sabbin fuskokin
Ƙwallaye suna buƙatar masu taimakon samarwa, kuma Emery ya san haka. Watkins, Rogers, Lucas Digne, da Youri Tielemans sun taru da taimako 19 a kakar da ta gabata. Dukansu huɗu sun tafi. Nauyin yanzu ya fadi kan Garnacho da Mbaye su yi wa Jackson samarwa, tare da goyon bayan Brian Madjo da Tammy Abraham.
Garnacho ya ƙirƙiri damammaki manya shida ya kuma ba da taimako huɗu a Chelsea a 2024-25 amma ya zira ƙwallo sau ɗaya kawai. Mbaye ya ba da gudummawa ga ƙwallaye huɗu a wasanni goma na farko a Paris Saint-Germain, yana taimakon kulob ya lashe Ligue 1, amma ya zauna a benci a Hull a ranar Asabar ba tare da shiga filin wasa ba.
An hana Garnacho wuri a cikin ƙungiyar farko har zuwa yanzu ta hannun George Hemmings mai shekara 19 — wanda Emery ya kira shi «ɗan wasa a sarari na Premier League». Duk da haka, Hemmings bai yi fiye da mintuna 25 a babban gasar ba kafin wannan kakar, don haka dole a gudanar da tsammanin da hankali.
«Dole ne mu yi haƙuri»
Don haɗa ƴan wasan 10 sabbin, ciki har da Jackson, Mbaye da Garnacho, yana ɗaukar lokaci. Emery, wanda aka san shi da taron iya ɗaukar tsakanin mintuna 90 da sa'o'i biyu, yana da buƙatun dabaru masu zafi. Amma yanayin yanzu yana tilasta masa ya hanzarta wannan tsari.
A lokacin raba ɗigo da Hull, sabbin masu sawa biyu ne kawai a bazara — Jackson da mai tsaron raga Zion Suzuki — suka fara daga ƙungiyar farko, yayin da Taylor Harwood-Bellis ya kasance a waje da ƙungiyar gaba ɗaya.
«Dole ne mu yi haƙuri, kuma mu fahimci cewa muna sake gina ƙungiyar. Yanzu dole ne su koyi hanyarmu da buƙatunmu, suna kiyaye wannan tunanin da muka gina, amma da ƴan wasa daban-daban,» in ji Emery.
Villa suna tafiya zuwa Club Brugge a ranar Talata don bude yaƙin neman su a UEFA Champions League, kafin su karɓi Nottingham Forest a gida a ligi. Ga Emery, kowane wasan dama ce ta tattara bayani — da kuma matakin ƙarin kusa da haɗin kai da yake buƙata.
