Sati bakwai ne kawai da suka wuce, Bruno Fernandes ya tsaya a gaban taron jama'a a Manchester Opera House don karɓar lambar yabo ta PFA Player of the Year ta 2025-26 — kyautarsa ta uku ta kansa a kakar, bayan ya riga ya lashe kyaututtukan Premier League da Football Writers. Wannan yabo ya nuna kakar al'ajabin da kyaftin ɗin Manchester United ya ci kwallaye tara ya kuma ba da taimako sau 21, yana karya rikodin Premier League wanda Thierry Henry da Kevin de Bruyne suka raba tare tsawon shekaru 23.

A cikin wasanni 11 na ƙarshe na kakar da ta gabata, Fernandes ya shiga kai tsaye a cikin kwallaye 12 daga cikin 21 da United suka ci. A cikin jerin wasanni bakwai da suka dawo da United zuwa UEFA Champions League bayan rashin shekaru biyu, ya taka rawa a cikin kwallaye tisa daga 12. Kwatancen da rawar da Eric Cantona ya taka a lokacin neman kofin 1995-96 bai yi nisa ba da gaskiya.

«Kakar ta musamman ce a gare ni» — in ji Fernandes ga masu saurare a wannan dare. «Amma ba tennis muke wasa ba. Ba don kanmu kaɗai muke wasa ba. Muna wasa don ƙungiya, muna wasa don kulob, muna wasa don masu goyan baya. Babu abin da ya fi haka musammanci.»

Farautar kakar 2026-27 mai wahala

Waɗannan kalmomi suna da nauyi na musamman a yau. A wannan kakar, Fernandes ya buga kowace minti na wasanni shida na Manchester United a Premier League, yana bayar da gudunmawa ta kwallaye uku da taimako ɗaya — duka an yi su da Ipswich a nasarar da ita kaɗai ƙungiyar ta samu har yanzu. Adadi kawai sun fi na ɗan lokacin da ya dace na kakar da ta gabata, amma hoton ƙididdiga gaba ɗaya bai tabbatar da kwarin gwiwa ba.

Matsakaicin tasinsa na bugun da ya dace na 0.8 a wasa yana ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan matsakaitansa a Old Trafford, duk da cewa yawan tasinan nasa (3.3 a wasa) yana daga cikin mafi kyau. Abin da ya fi tayar da hankali shi ne faɗuwar kirkirar dama daga matsakaici na 4.0 a wasa kakar da ta gabata zuwa 2.5 a wannan kakar. Ya kirkiro damar babba guda ɗaya kaɗai a cikin wasanni shida na farko duka — wucewa da ta sake Bryan Mbeumo da Ipswich a ranar 30 ga Agusta — idan aka kwatanta da matsakaici na dama ɗaya babba a kowane wasa a duk 2025-26.

Waɗannan adadi sun zo tare da baton ƙwallon ƙafa mara kyau na United na maki shida daga wasanni shida, wanda shi ne mafi munin farautar gasar cikin shekaru 40 — lokacin da ya ƙare da korar Ron Atkinson da nadin Sir Alex Ferguson.

Lafiya da mahallin wasa

Tambayoyi game da lafiyar Fernandes sun ƙara da rudani. Babban kocin Portugal Jorge Jesus ya bar Fernandes, ɗan shekaru 31, a waje na wasan Nations League na kwanan nan da Norway, yana cewa ɗan wasan «yana wasa yana da zafi». Fernandes ya koma don wasanni biyu na ƙarshe na duniya a lokacin hutun da ya tsawaita, kuma manajan United Michael Carrick ya rage damuwa kafin gasar ƙungiyarsa da Atletico Madrid.

«Ya kasance yana ɗauke da wani abu amma hakan yana faruwa akai-akai» — in ji Carrick. «'Yan wasa suna wasa suna da matsaloli. Ba shi da kyau amma ana iya sarrafa shi. Bruno yana iya wasa. Wannan ƙudirin da yake da shi ne. Ya kusan warke gaba ɗaya, ya yi haske ƙwarai a horon wannan safe kuma yana tsammanin wasan.»

Abubuwan da suka ɓace a kusa da Fernandes

Mahallin yana da muhimmanci. Zuwa ƙarshen kakar da ta gabata, Fernandes yana aiki a cikin tsari da aka gina a kusa da Benjamin Sesko a matsayin lamba tara da Casemiro a matsayin tushen tsakiyar filin wasa. Fernandes ya kirkiro kwallaye huɗu daga cikin tisa na Sesko a Premier League a shekarar 2026, kuma ya kasance alhakin kwallaye huɗu na ƙarshen biyar da Casemiro ya ci a matsayin ɗan wasan United daga Fabrairu zuwa gaba. Dukansu sun tafi yanzu — Casemiro ya tafi Inter Miami a lokacin rani, yayin da Sesko yake a gefe saboda sabuwar rauni a ƙafar ta ƙasan tare da babu ranar dawowa da aka tabbatar.

Ba tare da tsarin matsayi na Casemiro a bayansa ba, Fernandes yana da ƙarancin yancin ɗaukar haɗari da ƙwallon. An yi watsi da shirin amfani da Mbeumo a matsayin ɗan wasan cibiya na ɗan lokaci bayan Amad Diallo ya samu rauni a idon sawu kafin wasannan farko da Hull, yana barin Matheus Cunha a matsayin. Halin Cunha na sauka ƙasa akai-akai ya haifar da rikici kai tsaye da yankin da Fernandes ya fi son aiki a ciki, kuma ɗan wasan biyu bai sami ingantaccen tari na gama gari ba har yanzu.

A kan Tottenham a ƙarshen mako, Fernandes ya ɗauki mintoci 23 ya kamala wucewarsa ta farko — misali mai hankali na rikicin da ke tsakiyar kai-hari na United.

Carrick yana goyan bayan kyaftin ɗinsa

Carrick ya jaddada a ranar Litinin cewa babu ɗan wasa da aka tabbatar masa da wuri a cikin ƙungiyar farko, amma ya yi irin waɗancan faɗakarwa don ya nuna cewa bar Fernandes a waje ba zaɓi na gaske ba ne. Amincewar manajan United ga kyaftin ɗinsa ta kasance ƙarƙashin.

«Ɗan wasa ne na saman matakin, Bruno» — in ji Carrick. «Wani lokaci abubuwa ba su tafi yadda kake so ba. Wani lokaci kana samun irin wannan lokaci. Amma ya yi abubuwan ban mamaki ga wannan kulob din ƙwallon ƙafa kuma zai yi haka a nan gaba, babu wata shakka.»

Ko tambayar Fernandes ta zama dalilin matsalar United ko kawai nuni ne na halinsu, abu ɗaya ya bayyana — kulob ɗin da kyaftin ɗinsa duka suna buƙatar manyan ingantattun sakamako, kuma suna buƙatar su da sauri.