Cody Gakpo ya bayar da tunatar ƙwarewa a karon lokaci a Kofin Duniya na FIFA, inda ya zura kwallaye biyu don Netherlands a kan Suwedan — duk da haka, makomar sa a Liverpool tana da tambaya yayin da kulob ɗin yake neman ƙarfafa harin sa sosai a bazara ta wannan.

Bayan nasarar 5-1 a kan Suwedan, an tambaye Gakpo game da bambanci tsakanin rawarsa a kulob da ta ƙasa. "Ya bambanta inda kocin yake so na kasance, 'yancin da nake da shi," ya faɗa, yana zaɓen dakatar da haka.

Sabon 'yan wasa suna tayar da tambayoyi

Liverpool sun riga sun rattaba hannu kan dan wasan reshen Victor Munoz daga Osasuna akan £34.5m, dan wasa wanda galibi yana aiki a gefen hagu — matsayin da Gakpo ya fi so. Kulob ɗin kuma ya miƙa kunshin £86m ga RB Leipzig don dan wasan haɓakawa mai shekara 19 Yan Diomande, wanda zai iya buga kan reshen biyu.

Yiwuwar isowa waɗannan 'yan wasa biyu yana tayar da tambayoyi game da inda ɗan wasan mai shekara 27 ya dace a tsare shugaban Andoni Iraola a Anfield.

Tarihin Gakpo a Liverpool

Gakpo ya shiga Liverpool daga PSV Eindhoven a watan Disamba 2022 akan kuɗin farko na £35m. A kakar 2024-25 da ta yi nasara da lakabi a ƙarƙashin Arne Slot, ya ba da gudummawa da kwallaye 18 da taimakon 7 a cikin wasanni 49, wanda ya sa ya sanya hannu a kwantiragin dogon lokaci tare da kulob ɗin.

A kakar da ta gabata, duk da haka, fitarwarsa ta ragu zuwa kwallaye tara da taimakon shida a cikin wasanni 52 — raguwa da bai wuce ba tare da ganewa. Ba shi kaɗai ne 'yan wasan Liverpool da suka yi ƙasa da matakin a kamfen mai wahala ba, amma ya san waɗannan ƙididdiga dole su inganta.

Da kwallaye 50 a cikin bayyanar 180, Gakpo shine dan Holland na biyu kawai bayan Dirk Kuyt da ya kai wannan kofin don Liverpool. Kulob ɗin har yanzu suna ganin sa a matsayin mai kai hari da aka tabbatar a Premier League wanda zai iya cika rawar da yawa — ƙarfi mai muhimmanci ganin yadda Hugo Ekitike na iya zama ba a gani har 2027 sakamakon ƙarya cikin tendani na Achilles.

Gasa daga Wirtz da wasu

Florian Wirtz ya buga a gefen hagu don Liverpool wasu lokutan kakar da ta gabata kuma yana yin haka don Germany a Kofin Duniya. Yadda Iraola ya kalli mafi kyawun matsayin Wirtz na iya ƙaddara makomar Gakpo a kakar da ta zo.

Ana sa ran ɗan wasa mai hazaka Rio Ngumoha kuma zai ɗauki mafi girman rawa, tare da tafiyar Mohamed Salah yana nufin a kalla sanya hannu kan ɗan wasa mai kai hari ɗaya ana sa ran shi Anfield a bazara ta wannan.

Ƙaramar gasa ba ta kullum ta hana Gakpo ba — haɗin gwiwarsa da Luis Diaz a Liverpool ya nuna yana iya bunƙasa idan an tura shi. Haɗuwarsa da beki na hagu Milos Kerkez ta kuma inganta yayin da kakar da ta gabata ta ci gaba, tare da Kerkez yanzu yana aiki ƙarƙashin Iraola — wanda ya saba horar da shi a Bournemouth — ƙarin haɓaka ana sa ran sa.

Binciken canja wuri yana ƙaruwa

Karo na farko tun isowarsa Anfield, tafiya yiwuwa ce ta gaske. Ana fahimtar cewa kulobs da yawa, ciki har da Tottenham Hotspur, suna sa ido kan yanayin Gakpo. Duk wani kuɗin canjawa wuri mai yiwuwa zai wuce £60m, wanda ke wakiltar riba mai yawa kan £35m da Liverpool suka biya da farko.

A Kofin Duniya, Gakpo yana kaifin hankali. Kwallonsa ta farko a kan Suwedan ƙarshensa mai ɗorewa ne a sandar baya; ta biyu yankewarsa ta alamarsa daga hagu, ana harba da ƙafar dama. Yanzu yana da kwallaye biyar a cikin wasanni bakwai na Kofin Duniya tsakanin na 2022 da na yanzu, da kwallaye 23 gaba ɗaya a cikin bayyanar kasa da kasa 52.

Kyaftin din Netherlands da Liverpool Virgil van Dijk bai bar wata shakka ba game da ra'ayinsa game da ɗan wasan bayan nasara a Suwedan. "Shi ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa na musamman ne," van Dijk ya faɗa. "Yana aiki tuƙuru don ƙungiyar, yana da tsari kuma ingancin sa yana fitowa — kutsawan sa, taimakon sa, kwallayensa."

A wajen fili, Gakpo yana irin wannan rawa mai tasiri a cikin rukunin Netherlands. "Cody shine firistanmu — shi ne ke jagorantar addu'o'i," Crysencio Summerville ya faɗa.

Ci gaba da inganci a Kofin Duniya na iya ƙarfafa niyyar Liverpool na riƙe shi. Mutum yana buƙatar kawai la'akari da wahalar farko ta sababbin 'yan wasa kamar Isak da Wirtz don fahimtar yadda yake da wahala a fara a Anfield. Duk da haka, tare da hare-hare da ake sake fasalin su bisa ga hangen nesa na Iraola, wurin Gakpo a hoton ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin labarun da ke bayyana na lokacin bazara na Liverpool.