Matsalar 'yan wasan tsakiyar tsaron Liverpool ta zama bayyane sosai a cikin pre-season, tare da sabon koci Andoni Iraola yana karkashin matsin lamba mai girma don kawo 'yan baya masu kwarewa kafin kamfen ya fara.

An tilasta wa Joe Gomez barin filin wasa a minti na 8 na farkon wasan Liverpool na pre-season da Sunderland, ya bar Virgil van Dijk a matsayin tsakiyar baya matu daya tilo da ya yi lafiya. Da Jeremy Jacquet da Giovanni Leoni suka kasa buga saboda raunuka, saurayi biyu Mor Talla Ndiaye da Ifeanyi Ndukwe — wanda aka saya jimilla £3.5m bayan kyakkyawan wasansu a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta U17 a Qatar watan Nuwamban da ya wuce — suka kammala mafi yawan wasan a tsakiyar tsaro.

Rundunar da ta yi bakin ciki a baya

Kafin raunin Gomez, Iraola ya riga ya bayyana rundunarsa a matsayin "ta yi bakin ciki sosai" a bangaren tsaro. Girman raunin ɗan wasan Ingilishi har yanzu ba a bayyana ba — bai halarta horo a Chicago a rana ta Lahadi ba — amma hoton gabaɗaya yana damun zuciya komai. Tun da ya shiga Liverpool daga Charlton a 2015, Gomez ya rasa wasanni 225 saboda raunuka, a cewar Transfermarkt.

Van Dijk, kyaftin ɗin ƙungiyar, yana da shekara 35, ya buga kowane minti na kakar Premier League da ta gabata, kuma yana cikin shekarar ƙarshe ta kwantiraginsa a Anfield. Kamar Gomez, zai iya tafiya bazara mai zuwa. Van Dijk har yanzu yana da halin da ya fi kowa tsoro, amma ba shi ne ikon da yake da shi a lokacin da yake cikin siffarsa ta gaba ba.

Tsohon ɗan buga ƙwallon ƙafa na Liverpool Robbie Fowler ya yi magana a fili da BBC Sport a New York kafin wasan sada zumunta da Wrexham. "Muna buƙatar 'yan wasa. Babu wanda bai sani ba," ya ce. "Ina jin baƙin ciki sosai saboda Joe Gomez, wanda ya yi rashin sa'a sosai da raunuka. Wannan zai iya zama damarsa ta tabbatar da wurinsa."

Itatuwa masu tsauri da yawa, ƙwarewa yana da karanci

Tsakanin bazarar da ta wuce da Janairu 2026, Liverpool ta amince da yarjejeniyoyi na tsakiyar bayi guda biyar waɗanda suke da shekaru 20 ko ƙasa a wannan lokacin: Leoni, Ndiaye, Ndukwe, Noah Adekoya, da Jacquet. Ƙungiyar ta bar Ibrahima Konate ya shiga Real Madrid ba tare da kuɗi ba, a wani ɓangaren saboda sun yi imani cewa Jacquet — da aka saya £60m — da Leoni — da aka saya £26m — suna cikin mafi kyawun tsakiyar bayi masu ƙarami a Faransa da Italiya bi da bi.

Jacquet yana shirin yin debut dinsa da Leeds United a ranar Lahadi, kuma Liverpool za ta ba shi da Leoni cikakken damar girma zuwa matakin fitattun 'yan wasa. Amma babu ɗaya daga cikinsu da ya kai ga kamalar sana'arsa. Ndukwe, wanda ya burge da Sunderland, dole ne ya je aro a wannan kakar saboda bai cika ka'idojin izinin aiki a Ingila ba tukuna.

Fowler ya jaddada mahimmancin kwarewa a cikin rundunar. "Kuna buƙatar wannan tunani kuma ina tsammanin yana da tasiri na gaske kan matakan," ya ce. "Ba zan yi mamaki ba idan an sanya wani tsakiyar baya a cikin wannan tattaunawar."

Ƙayyadaddun kashe kuɗi da fifikon kasuwar canja wuri

Kasafin kuɗi na Liverpool a wannan zangon ba shi da iyaka ta musamman. Idan ƙungiyar ta kammala canja wuri na ɗan buga ƙwallon ƙafa na Paris Saint-Germain Bradley Barcola — wanda PSG ke ƙima fiye da £100m — majiyoyi sun nuna cewa ƙarin kashe kuɗi mai yawa a wasu wurare za a iyakance. Yarjejeniyoyin Jacquet da Victor Munoz sun riga sun kai jimilla £94.5m, ana sa ran ayyukan wannan bazara za su yi nisa da rikodin ƙungiyar na £450m da aka kashe a bazarar da ta wuce.

Liverpool tana riƙe da klauzar sake siya don Jarell Quansah, wanda ya shiga Bayer Leverkusen da £35m watan Yulin da ya wuce, amma ba a yanzu akwai shirin amfani da ita ba. Gazawar kulla yarjejeniya da Marc Guehi a bazarar da ta wuce ta zama kamar tana da tsada mai yawa a yanzu idan ka kallo baya.

Hoton tsaro na dogon lokaci a Anfield yana da ƙarfafawa. Gaskiyar yanzu, duk da haka, tana buƙatar gaggawar mataki.