Manaja Andoni Iraola ya ba da cikakken kimantawa bayan Liverpool sun sha kashi 4-2 a hannun Leeds United a Chicago ran Lahadi, inda ya kira wasan a matsayin "mai yiwuwa mafi amfanin gasar abokantaka da muka buga" — a yanayi mai kyau da mara kyau.

Rabin farko ya ba Iraola kwarin gwiwa. Rabin na biyu ya nuna masa matsala da ya warware. A cikin mintuna 25 na rabin na biyu, Liverpool sun ci gaba da karɓar kwalabe huɗu daga Leeds, suna nuna layin baya da ya rasa inganci da zurfi da ake bukata don kakar Premier League mai zuwa.

Tsaron da ke bukatar ƙarfafawa

Iraola bai ɓoye damuwarsa ba, yana maimaita cewa ƙungiyarsa tana "raunana" a baya. Tafiyar Andy Robertson da Ibrahima Konate sun bar kulob din da ƙarancin kwarewa, yayin da sabon ɗan wasa Jeremy Jacquet bai buga ko minti ɗaya ba a rangadin kafin kakar yayin da Liverpool ke kula da dawowarsashinsa daga jikkatar.

Virgil van Dijk ya dawo horar kuma zai zama kyaftin, amma yana bukata abokin haɗin gwiwa mai aminci a tsaron tsakiya. Liverpool za su fara kakar Premier League nasu a kan Newcastle United a cikin ƙasa da makonni uku, kuma ba a sa ran Joe Gomez ko Giovanni Leoni su kasance a shirye a lokaci. Conor Bradley har yanzu "nesa" daga dawowa a matsayin bayan dama, matsayi da Arne Slot ya tilasta yiwa Curtis Jones da Dominik Szoboszlai a kakar da ta gabata — mafita da Iraola ba zai iya sake amfani da ita ba.

A ƙarancin matakin, Liverpool suna bukata su samu aƙalla ɗan wasa mai kwarewa guda ɗaya wanda zai iya buga tsaron tsakiya da bayan dama kafin kakar ta fara.

«Dole ku tambayi manajan, ba ni ba,» in ji Szoboszlai sa'ad da aka tambaye shi game da rawarsa nan gaba. «A kakar da ta gabata na buga wurare da yawa. Insha Allah zai sanya ni a tsakiyar filin amma idan yana bukata ni a bayan dama, ina shirye.»

Tsohon kyaftin din Liverpool Phil Thompson, yana magana da BBC Sport a Chicago, ya jaddada bukata a samar da shugabanni a cikin ɗakin sutura. «Ɗakin sutura yana bukata hadi da muryoyin ƙarfi. A yanzu, akwai Virgil da Alisson kawai. Wani kamar Szoboszlai dole ya tashi matakin kuma ina tsammani zai yi haka.»

Barcola babban manufa a gaba

A tsakiyar filin, Liverpool suna da kwanciyar hankali. Szoboszlai da Ryan Gravenberch sun sabunta kwangilolinsu a wannan shekara, kuma Iraola yana dogara kan Alexis Mac Allister ya dawo da ingancin da ya rasa mafi yawan kakar da ta gabata.

Curtis Jones yana kusa da shiga Inter Milan da kimanin £35 miliyan, wata yarjejeniya da zata dogara a wani ɓangare kan ci gaban Trey Nyoni, mai shekaru 19, bayan kyakkyawan kafin-kakar. Wataru Endo da Stefan Bajcetic sun dawo horar, yayin da makomar Harvey Elliott a kulob ɗin ta kasance a cikin rashin tabbas.

A gaba, dan wasan bawan PSG Bradley Barcola ya bayyana a matsayin babban manufar farko ta Liverpool a hare-hare bayan kulob din ya rasa damar samun Yan Diomande. Liverpool sun riga sun sanya hannu kan Victor Munoz daga Osasuna da £34 miliyan. PSG suna ƙimar Barcola da £145 miliyan, amma Liverpool suna shirye su yi shawarwari kusa da £100 miliyan, kuma ana cewa dan wasan yana buɗe ido kan tafiya zuwa Anfield.

Bayan tafiyar Mohamed Salah, ana sa ran Rio Ngumoha mai shekaru 17 zai sami ƙarin lokaci a gefen dama. Ngumoha ya yi kyau sosai a gefen hagu a kan Leeds, amma Iraola yana son wingers waɗanda za su iya buga gefen biyu.

Ana kuma jiran yanke hukunci game da Federico Chiesa, wanda ya bayyana son yin gwagwarmaya don matsayinsa duk da labarin dawowarsa zuwa Italiya. Makomar Cody Gakpo ta jawo sha'awa daga kulababu da dama ciki har da Tottenham Hotspur, amma duk wani tafiya zai bukata maye gurbi da farko — kuma da shekaru huɗu saurara a kwangilon sa ba za a yi watsi da shi ba da farashi mai rahusa.

Shugaban FSG Mike Gordon ya halarci kashedi na Lahadi da kansa a Chicago. Kamar kowa mai alaƙa da kulob ɗin, ya ga alkawarin zamanin Iraola yana hasken sa a rabin farko — sa'an nan ya ga girman aikin da har yanzu ke jira ya bayyana a rabin na biyu.