Taylor Harwood-Bellis yana a shirye don yin wasansa na farko da aka daɗe ana jiransa da Aston Villa a kan Coventry a Carabao Cup ranar Laraba, bayan manaja Unai Emery ya sanar da cewa lokaci ya mai tsaron tsakiya na £30 miliyan ya iso.

"Lokacinsa ya zo," in ji Emery game da ɗan wasa mai shekaru 24, wanda ya sha wahala tun farkon rayuwarsa a Villa Park tun lokacin da ya koma daga Southampton a lokacin rani. Harwood-Bellis bai buga ko minti ɗaya a wasan hukuma ba, kuma an bar shi wajen ƙungiyar Champions League ta Villa — yanke shawara da Emery ya yarda cewa ya yi wuya amma ya zama dole.

Rikicin raunuka ya kara tsananta

Harwood-Bellis zai shiga tsaro da raunuka suka lalata bayan mako mai wahala. Villa ta karɓi harbe-harbe 22 a cikin rashin nasara na 2-1 a kan Nottingham Forest ranar Asabar — bayan da ta karɓi 21 a wasan farko na kakar a kan Brighton — kuma ta rasa Pau Torres da Ian Maatsen saboda raunuka a lokacin wannan wasan. Matsalar idon ƙafar Maatsen ta ƙarshen wasan ta tilasta Villa ta kammala da 'yan wasa 10 bayan Emery ya ƙare duk maye gurbin, kafin Igor Jesus ya zura ƙwallon nasara ta ƙarshe don Forest.

Torres zai zauna a waje makonni uku saboda rauni a hamstring, yayin da ba a sa ran Maatsen ya dawo kafin Nuwamba. Matty Cash ma yana da matsalar tsoka wanda ya hana shi buga nasarar 3-2 a Champions League a kan Club Brugge da kuma rashin nasara da Forest.

Sakamakon haka, tsaro da ba shi da kwarewa kwata-kwata ne zai fito a wasan Kofin Ƙungiya ranar Laraba a CBS Arena, inda ake sa ran Matteo Ruggeri ya fara a matsayin beki na hagu tare da Harwood-Bellis. Victor Lindelof, wanda ya fara dukkan wasanni shida na Villa a wannan kakar — ciki har da rashin nasara a Super Cup a kan Paris St-Germain — ana sa ran za a huta shi.

Nauyin tsammanin

An kawo Harwood-Bellis don cike giɓin da Ezri Konsa ya bar, wanda ya koma Arsenal a £51 miliyan, kuma matsin da ke kansa don yin aiki mai kyau yana da yawa. Kakarsa ta Premier League ta ƙarshe tare da Southampton a 2024-25 ta kasance mai wahala — Saints sun ƙare a ƙasan tebur da maki 12 kawai, kuma Harwood-Bellis ya yi kurakurai huɗu da suka haifar da ƙwallaye kai tsaye.

A ƙididdigar lissafi, lambobin sa sun nuna ƙungiya a cikin matsala: ya yi matsakaicin tackle 0.9 a wasa idan aka kwatanta da 1.0 na Konsa, tare da toshe 1.4 da share 4.5 a kowane mintina 90. Wuri ɗaya da ya yi fice shi ne rarrabawa — matsakaicin isar da ƙwallon 67.6 a wasa ya wuce matsakaicin Konsa na 50 cikin sauƙi, wanda ya nuna ikonsa a matsayin mai tsaron tsakiya wanda ya ƙware a wasa da ƙwallon.

A kakar da ta gabata a Championship, lokacin da aka kori Southampton daga wasan share fage saboda abin kunya na Spygate, ya yi matsakaicin share 7.4, tackle 0.8, da toshe 0.9 a wasa.

Caca mai hankali ta Emery

Harwood-Bellis shine na ƙarshe daga cikin sabbin 'yan wasa uku na rani — tare da mai harbi Brian Madjo da mai tsarawa Modou Cisse — da aka cire daga jerin Turai. Emery ya kwatanta halin sa da na Donyell Malen da Andres Garcia kakar da ta gabata; Malen a ƙarshe ya tafi Roma a watan Janairun da ya biyo baya bayan ya rasa lokacin wasa.

"Taylor ya zo a ƙarshe," Emery ya bayyana. "Mun yi ƙoƙarin nazari da kyau. Taylor zai kasance nan na dogon lokaci, kuma ina fatan za mu sami damar buga wasa a Turai tare da shi, a watan Janairu wataƙila, da kuma shekaru kaɗan masu zuwa."

Emery yana dogara ga sassauci na Lamare Bogarde da Boubacar Kamara don rufe tsaro idan zaɓuɓɓukansa ya ci gaba da ƙarancewa. Ga Harwood-Bellis — wanda ya zura ƙwallo a wasan sa na farko da kuma na ƙarshe da England, a kan Jamhuriyar Ireland a 2024 — wasan Kofin ranar Laraba yana wakiltar damar da ta yi jinkiri don tunatar da kowa dalilin da ya sa Villa ta kashe £30 miliyan a kansa.