Ezri Konsa ya kammala canja waransa na Aston Villa zuwa Arsenal ta hanyar £51m, yana sanya hannu a kan kwantir na shekaru huɗu — tare da zaɓi na ƙarin shekara guda — tare da zakaran Premier League, yana bayyana kansa da cewa "yana jin yunwar nasara" don ɗaya daga cikin manyan kulob ɗin duniya.

Ɗan wasan tsaron ƙasa mai shekara 28 na England ya zama babban sabuwar kera ta uku ta Arsenal a wannan kakar rani, bayan dan wasan tsakiya Bruno Guimaraes (£75m daga Newcastle) da filin dama na Club Brugge Christos Tzolis (£34m), wanda ya kai kashe kuɗin kaka na Arsenal zuwa sama da £160m.

"Girmamawa ce a gare ni a nan kuma ba zan iya jiran farawa ba," in ji Konsa. "Ina son ci gaba da cin nasara, ina jin yunwa ta nasara kuma wannan shi ne dalilin da na zo. Lokaci ne na alfahari a gare ni da iyalina don yin wasa a ɗaya daga cikin manyan kulob ɗin duniya."

Yarjejeniya da ta ɗauki makonni

Tattaunawar tsakanin kulob ɗin ta ci gaba da makonni da yawa a yayin da ɓangarorin biyu ba su yarda da ƙimar ɗan wasan ba. An cimma yarjejeniya ta ƙarshe a ranar Laraba, tare da kuɗin da za a iya kai zuwa £55m ta hanyar ƙari. Jarrell Quansah na Bayer Leverkusen — abokin wasan Konsa a England a Kofin Duniya na wannan kakar rani — ma ya kasance cikin ƙididdigar kafin Arsenal su cimma yarjejeniya da Aston Villa.

Daraktan wasanni na Arsenal Andrea Berta ya bayyana Konsa a matsayin "ɗan wasan tsaro na inganci mai girma, wanda jikinsa mai ƙarfi, natsuwarsa, da hankali na taktikansa suka sa ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun ɗan wasan Premier League", yana ƙara da cewa ikon sa na wasa a tsaron tsakiya da bayan dama zai kawo "bambancin ƙima" ga ƙungiyar.

Me ya sa Arsenal suka bukata shi

Duk da lashe taken gasar sau na farko cikin shekaru 22 a kakar da ta gabata — tare da cin kawai manufofi 27 — Arsenal suna shiga kakar sabo tare da matsalar tsaro mai ɗorewa. An ware William Saliba na dogon lokaci saboda matsalar bayansa, yayin da ɗan bayan dama na farko Jurrien Timber ma ya na gefe saboda rauni a groin. Wannan ya bar Ben White a matsayin ɗan bayan dama ɗaya da ya cancanci wasa, da Cristhian Mosquera mai shekara 21 a matsayin ɗan tsaro ɗaya na dama don yin abokin tarayya da Gabriel Magalhaes.

Kocin Mikel Arteta ma yana fifita Riccardo Calafiori a gefen hagu, yayin da Piero Hincapie — wanda lamunin sa ya zama na dindindin a wannan kakar rani — ma shi ne wani zaɓi na hagu. Bambancin Konsa da siffar sa a matsayin ɗan wasan ƙafar dama suna magance waɗannan raunin tsaron kai tsaye.

Gādon Konsa a Villa

Konsa ya bar Aston Villa bayan wasanni 286, bayan shiga daga Brentford a watan Yuli 2019. Babban gudummawarsa ta zo a watan Mayu da ya taimaka Villa ɗaga UEFA Europa League — kyautar ƙungiyar farko ta muhimmanci tun 1982 — a Istanbul. A kakar da ta gabata ya yi wasanni 48, ya ci ƙwallaye biyu kuma ya ba da taimako guda ɗaya, yayin da Aston Villa karkashin Unai Emery suka kammala a matsayi na huɗu na Premier League kuma suka tabbatar da wasan kwallon ƙafa na Champions League.

A dandalin ƙasa da ƙasa, Konsa ya halarci duk wasan England da Thomas Tuchel ya jagoranta zuwa zagaye na ƙarshe-ƙarshe na Kofin Duniya, inda suka yi rashin nasara da Argentina kafin su doke France su karɓi lambar yabo ta tagulla.

Rani na sauye-sauye a Villa

Tafiyar Konsa wani ɓangare ne na jerin ficewa manyan ɗan wasa daga Villa Park. Matsin tattalin arziki — daga ƙa'idodin Squad Cost Ratio na UEFA da ƙa'idodin Riba da Dorewa na Premier League — ya tilastawa Aston Villa sake gina ƙungiyarsa sosai. An riga an hukunta kulob ɗin da £9.5m da £19.4m daga UEFA saboda keta dokokin kuɗi, kuma yana buƙata daidaita lissafinsa daidai.

Youri Tielemans da Morgan Rogers — dukansu sun zura kwallaye a wasan karshe na Europa League — sun riga sun tafi, tare da canjin Rogers zuwa Chelsea na £117m yana kafa tarihi a matsayin ɗan wasan Ingila mafi tsada. Ɗan baya hagu Lucas Digne ya shiga Paris St-Germain, kuma halin mai tsaron raga Emi Martinez ya kasance mai wuyar fahimta bayan canja wurin sa zuwa Juventus ya kasa. Al-Hilal ma ana rahoton cewa suna lura da ɗan wasan gaba Ollie Watkins kafin rufe kasuwar canja wuri a ranar 1 ga Satumba.

Daga cikin ɗan wasan 11 da suka fara wasan karshe na Europa League a Istanbul, ana tsammanin Matty Cash, Pau Torres, Victor Lindelof, John McGinn, da Emi Buendia ne kaɗai za su rage a kulob ɗin.