Koma zuwa ranar da Liverpool ta lashe taken Premier League karkashin Arne Slot a shekarar 2025, kuma hoto ɗaya ya fita fili: Alexis Mac Allister zaune shi kaɗai a benci yayin da abokan wasansa suke gudu zuwa fagen wasa don bukukuwa, hawaye suna zuba a shiru.
Wannan hoto ya bayyana wani abu na asali game da dan wasa na tsakiyar filin na Argentina — mutum wanda cin nasara shine komai. Da ya zura kwallo a ranar a Anfield, bukukuwan yan kallo sun kai 1.74 a ma'aunin Richter, kadan kawai kafin iyaka ta girgizar ƙasa mai ƙanƙanta.
Mac Allister ya kasance ginshiƙi a nasarar taken, amma kakar wasa ta 2025-26 ta ba da labari daban. Cututtuka sun dakatar da shi a farko, kuma bai taɓa samun salon wasan da ya nuna a shekararsa biyu na farko ba, wanda ya sa wannan ta zama mafi rauni a cikin shekararsa uku tun da ya shigo daga Brighton da £35m a shekarar 2023.
Wasannin Kofin Duniya sun sake nuna iyawarsa
Tambayoyi game da makomar sa sun tashi a lokacin rani, amma aikinsa tare da Argentina a Kofin Duniya ya zama tabbacin yadda yake iya wasa. Babban kocin Liverpool na sabon lokaci, Andoni Iraola, tabbas ya lura — ko da wannan yana nufin jiran ɗan lokaci kafin ƙungiyarsa ta cika.
Yaron da ke da shekara 27 ya buga kowane minti na tafiyar Argentina, ban da wasan ƙarshe na rukunin bayan tabbatar da ci gaba. Ya buga cikakken minti 120 a duka wasan kusa-da-na-ƙarshe da Cape Verde da kuma na tsallake kusa-da-na-ƙarshe da Switzerland, wanda duka biyun sun ci gaba da tsawaitawa. Sai mai tsaron raga Emiliano Martinez na Aston Villa kaɗai ya buga mintoci fiye da shi don Argentina a gasar.
A cikin waɗannan wasanni, Mac Allister ya tara minti 539, ya lashe fafatawa 31, ya yi tackles 10, ya toshe ƙwallon sau 9, kuma ya yi matsawa mai ƙarfi sau 208 — lambobin da suke sa shi cikin sahun mafi aiki a tsakiyar filin a gasar.
Abin da Iraola yake so
Mac Allister ya shaida wa ESPN cewa yana ganin matsayin lamba takwas ko matsayin kara biyu (double pivot) shine mafi kyau gare shi, yayin da ya jaddada iyawarsa ta wasa a kowace matsayi. Wannan sassauci zai zama kadarori masu daraja ga Iraola, wanda aka sani da tsarin matsa lamba da wasan kai tsaye.
A bangaren kwantiragin, Mac Allister yana ƙarƙashin kwantiragim na shekara biyar da ya sanya hannu a lokacin rani na 2023, wanda yana nufin yana da shekara biyu ya rage. Ba a ci gaba da tattaunawar sabunta kwantiragi ba a yanzu, kuma ba ya tattaunawa da wata kulob din ba. A matsayin kwatanci, Dominik Szoboszlai — wanda kwantiragimsa ma ya ƙare a 2028 — na tattaunawa game da sabuntawa, kuma Ryan Gravenberch ya sanya hannu kan sabon kwantiragi a watan Mayu.
Idan ba a shirya tattaunawa ba a watannin da za su zo, Liverpool na iya samun kanta tana la'akari da tayin kasuwa a wannan lokacin rani — yanke shawara mai nauyi mai kama da lokacin da ta bar Luis Diaz ya tafi Bayern Munich lokacin rani da ya gabata.
Tarihi mai girmamawa
Mac Allister yana da Kofin Duniya, Copa America, da taken Premier League a tarihinsa na nasarori. Shi ne ɗan wasan kawai a duniya wanda ya buga wasanni 12 a Kofin Duniya ya lashe dukansu 12.
Alaƙarsa da Liverpool ta kasance mai ƙarfi. Ya kasance kusa sosai da Jürgen Klopp har abokan wasansa sukan yi dariya cewa Klopp kamar mahaifinsa ne. Mutum ya iya ganin wannan a hoton su biyu suna runguma a Kofin Duniya, da kuma rigar da Mac Allister ya ba Klopp a matsayin kyauta. Ya kira Arne Slot "gada cikakkiya" bayan tafiyar Klopp.
Bisa dokokin Fifa, duk wani ɗan wasa da ya buga a karshen mako nan — wasan na uku ko na ƙarshe — yana da hakkin hutu na aƙalla makonni uku, wanda ke nufin ba zai dawo ba kafin ranar 10 ga Agusta. Gasar Premier League tana farawa ƙasa da makonni biyu bayan haka.
Kafin duk wannan, Mac Allister yana da wasan kusa-da-na-ƙarshe na Kofin Duniya da England — ƙasar da ta zama gidansa tun shekara ta 2020 — don magancewa da farko.
