Kieran Gibbs, tsohon beke na hagu na Arsenal, ya yi imanin cewa Arsène Wenger ya cancanci yabo fiye da yadda ya samu a shekarunsa na ƙarshe a kulob ɗin — kuma lokaci yana tabbatar da wannan.

A hirarrsa da FourFourTwo, Gibbs ya yi tunani game da wani lokaci na kusa-amma-ba-a-kai a ƙarƙashin Bafaranshen koci, yana jayayya cewa ƙungiyar ba ta yi nisa da gasar gaske ba don taken.

"A lokacin da nake can, koyaushe ina jin cewa muna buƙatar sa hannun ƴan wasa biyu ko uku kawai don cin gasar kwallon kafa. Amma kulob ɗin yana cikin hawa da sauka bayan komawa sabon filin wasa, inda hukumar kawai ta shirya kashe wata adadi kuma muna rasa ƴan wasa a mahimman lokuta."

Gibbs ya ƙara da cewa rikodin Wenger ya fi burge lokacin da aka kwatanta shi da matsalolin wasu manyan kulob ɗinai a ƙarnacin kaka da suka wuce.

"Idan ka kwatanta shi da sauran manyan kulob ɗinai da ke fama yanzu, ba shi da muni kamar yadda aka iya ganin shi a wancan lokacin. Ba mu taɓa fita daga wuraren Champions League ba."

Yanayi da ke tabbatar da Wenger

Taken ƙarshe na Wenger a Premier League ya zo a lokacin sanannen kakar Invincibles ta 2003/04, amma Arsenal ba ta ƙare waje da manyan huɗu ba sai a kampenonin biyu na ƙarshe — ta ƙare 5 a 2016/17 da 6 a 2017/18.

Wannan daidaito yana da ban mamaki fiye da kuma idan aka yi la'akari da abin da ya faru da kulob ɗinai abokan hamayya tun daga lokacin. Chelsea ta ƙare 12 a 2023 da 8 a 2026. Manchester United ta sha wahala tare da matsayi na 15 a 2025. Tottenham, a nata bangare, ta ƙare 17 a kowace daga cikin kaka ɗin biyu da suka wuce, tana kusa da sauka daga gasar.

Karuwar yawan kudaden haƙƙin watsa labarai da kulob ɗinai na tsakiyar Premium League ke samu ya sa ci gaba da samun matsayi na huɗu mafi kyau ya zama mafi wahala a kwallon kafa na Turai, amma girman raguwar waɗannan kulob ɗinai yana nuna yadda aikin da Wenger ya yi na tsawon lokaci ya yi wahala.

Arteta ya maido da matsayin Arsenal a ƙarshe

Bayan tafiyar Wenger a 2018, halin Arsenal ya fara yin muni a farkon. Unai Emery da Mikel Arteta dukansu sun jagoranci matsayi na 8 a jere a Premier League kafin Arteta ya sake gina kulob ɗin da hankali zuwa gasar gaske don taken.

Gibbs bai ɓoye sha'awarsa ga tsohon kocin ba.

"Ina tsammanin ya yi aiki mai ban mamaki kuma ina sa'a sosai da na buga ƙwallon ƙafa a ƙarƙashinsa. Duk labarunsa da darussan sa sun kasance tare da ni."

Ga tsararrakin masoya Arsenal waɗanda suka yi takaicin ganin abokan hamayya suna gaba a shekarun bayan Invincibles, hujjar Gibbs tana ba da tunatar da lokaci mai kyau game da duk abin da Wenger ya cimma — da yadda hukumar da ke kewaye da shi ba ta shirya saka hannun jari da ake buƙata don kammala aikin ba.