Liverpool na neman sabon daraktan wasanni — na biyar a cikin shekaru uku — bayan Richard Hughes ya tabbatar da tafiyarsa zuwa Al-Hilal a Saudi Pro League. Hughes ya shiga kulob din a lokacin rani na 2024, inda ya kula da nadin manajoji Arne Slot da Andoni Iraola, kafin ya sanar da kulob din cewa yana son sabuwar ƙalubale a Saudi Arabia.
Shugaban Fenway Sports Group Mike Gordon na jagorancin neman maye gurbin Hughes, tare da kulob din yana son yin wannan nadi da sauri. Liverpool za ta yi la'akari da yan takarar cikin gida da kuma wadanda suke wajen kulob din, ko da yake akwai sha'awar bayyananiya ta neman wanda zai iya yin alƙawari na dogon lokaci.
Wanda zai iya ɗaukar muƙamin?
David Woodfine, tsohon mataimakin Hughes kuma tsohon daraktan lamuni a Liverpool, yana daga cikin mafi yawan 'yan takara. An gan shi yana nuna wa Iraola wuraren horas da 'yan wasa a AXA Training Centre lokacin da ya isa a watan Yuni.
Julian Ward, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin daraktan wasanni na Liverpool tsakanin 2022 zuwa 2023 kuma ya kula da sayan Luis Diaz, Cody Gakpo, Alexis Mac Allister, da Darwin Nunez, shine wani suna da ake la'akari. Ward yanzu shine daraktan fasaha a FSG.
Pedro Marques, daraktan ci gaban ƙwallon ƙafa na FSG, yana da gogewar da ya samu daga aikinsa a matsayin daraktan fasaha a Benfica — inda ya taimaka wajen sayan Enzo Fernandez da £10 miliyan — tare da rawar da ya taka a baya a matsayin mai nazarin aikin ƙungiya ta farko a Manchester City.
Daga wajen kulob din, Luis Campos na Paris St-Germain zai wakilci nadi mai daraja, amma ana ganin ba zai bar zakaru na Turai a nan gaba ba.
Tambayar Alisson da Van Dijk
Duk wanda ya ɗauki muƙamin zai fuskanci yanke shawara mai gaggawa game da kwantirogi. Mai tsaron raga Alisson, wanda yake da shekaru 33, kwantiroginsaa zai ƙare a ƙarshen kakar wasanni. Iraola ya sa shi a matsayin mataimakin kyaftin, kuma ya fara duk wasan league uku da aka yi zuwa yanzu. Lucca Brughmans, wanda yake da shekaru 18, zai isa daga Genk rani mai zuwa a cikin yarjejeniya mai daraja har £30 miliyan, amma ba a tsammanin zai zama zaɓi na farko nan da nan ba. Giorgi Mamardashvili shi ma bai gamsar da kowa gaba ɗaya ba har yanzu.
Kyaftin Virgil van Dijk yana fuskantar irin wannan yanayi, kwantiroginsaa ma zai ƙare rani mai zuwa. Liverpool ta riga ta rasa Mohamed Salah da Andy Robertson a ƙarshen kakar da ta gabata, wanda ya sa karin asarar 'yan wasa masu daraja ta zama abin damuwa. Van Dijk, wanda yake da shekaru 35, ya buga kowane minti na kakar league har yanzu kuma ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi kyawun kusan tsakiya a Turai. Matasa masu tsaro Jeremy Jacquet, Giovanni Leoni, Ifeanyi Ndukwe, da Mor Talla Ndiaye za su iya cin moriyar kasancewarsa.
Zurfin tsakiyar filin da zaɓuɓɓukan kai hari
Iraola ya ce yana da yakinin Liverpool yana da "adadi mai kyau" a tsakiyar filin duk da ficewa Curtis Jones zuwa Inter Milan, yana amincewa da Trey Nyoni mai shekaru 19 don ɗaukar nauyi. Sai dai, za a ɗora matsin lamba kan Dominik Szoboszlai, Ryan Gravenberch, da Mac Allister yayin da jerin wasannin ya ƙara ƙarfi, kuma duk rauni a wannan yanki na iya zama mai tsada.
BBC Sport ta ba da rahoton makon da ya gabata cewa Liverpool ta duba Lamine Camara na Monaco ba tare da yin wata matakin ba. Ƙarfafa tsakiyar filin na iya zama fifiko a watan Janairu ko rani mai zuwa — musamman idan babu tattaunawar da ake yi yanzu game da sabunta kwantirogon Mac Allister wanda zai ƙare a 2028.
Kan layin kai hari, hoton yana da haske fiye. Hughes ya kawo Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Victor Munoz, da Bradley Barcola a lokacin aikinsa. Tare da Rio Ngumoha mai shekaru 18 da ake tsammanin zai sanya hannu kan dogon kwantirogi, Liverpool yana da arzikin layin kai hari. Gakpo, wanda ya zira ƙwallo daya kuma ya ba da taimakoki uku a wannan kakar da Liverpool ta yanke shawarar kada su sayar da shi zuwa Manchester City, na iya sake zama batun muhawara idan wata tayin mai fa'ida ta zo tare da sabon zaɓin gefen fili.
Gina alaƙar aiki da Iraola
Sabon daraktan wasanni ma zai buƙaci gina abokan zaman aiki mai amfani tare da Iraola, wanda alaƙarsa ta baya da Hughes da aka ƙirƙira a Bournemouth ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kawo shi Liverpool. Iraola ya sanya hannu kan kwantirogi na shekaru biyu kawai, yana jaddada sha'awarsa ta zama a kulob don kyawawan dalilai ba don nauyin kwantirogi kawai ba.
Wannan ya kasance bazara mai cike da rudani ga Liverpool — sauyin manaja, masu saka hannun jari na sabon, ficewa na 'yan wasa da dama masu kwarewa, da kuma murabus ɗin tsohon Babban Jami'in Aiwatar da Ayyuka na Kwallon Ƙafa na FSG Michael Edwards, wanda ficewansa ana ganin ya rinjayi yanke shawara na Hughes don tafiya. Duk wanda ya ɗauki muƙamin zai gaji ƙungiyar da take cikin sauyi da kuma ɗan Mutanen Espanya wanda bai cika kakar wasanni ɗaya a Anfield ba tukuna.
