Manchester United ya bude pre-season na 2026/27 da nasara mai ƙarfi 5-0 akan ƙungiyar Norway Rosenborg a Trondheim, suna ba da alamomin ƙarfafawa da yawa ga manaja Michael Carrick kafin kakar sabuwa.

Salon wasa sabon siga a hannun Carrick

Sa'ad da Carrick ya fara jagorantar United ta hanyar wucin gadi, dabarar sa ta dogara sosai kan sauri a juyi — amfani da gudu a gefen filin ta 'yan wasa irin su Bryan Mbeumo da Patrick Dorgu, yayin da Bruno Fernandes da Matheus Cunha ke jagorantar wasan daga baya. Ƙididdiga ta tabbatar da haka: United ta kasance ta uku a adadin hare-hare masu sauri a wasa kuma ta kasance ta farko tare da wani a burin da aka ci daga hare-hare masu sauri a kowane mintuna 90.

A lokaci guda, wannan lokaci ya bayyana rauni mai ɗorewa. United ta kasance ta 13 a mallakar ƙwallon da ta 11 a matsakaicin lokacin riƙe ƙwallo — matsalar da ta daɗe tana barwa ƙungiyar tun zamanin Sir Alex Ferguson, wadda ta bar su cikin haɗarin rashin kariya a kan ƙungiyoyin da ke matsawa suna kiyaye tsaro.

Kan Rosenborg — wata ƙungiyar da ta riga ta buga wasanni 13 a gasar nata kuma mai ƙarfin jiki — United ta bayyana kamar ƙungiya daban gaba ɗaya. Ba tare da Fernandes ko Cunha ba, suna iko da ƙwallon da sauƙi da ƙari, suna wargaza Norwegians ta hanyar wasan haɗin gwiwa maimakon martani. Wannan alamar bayyananniya ce cewa Carrick, yanzu a matsayin manaja na dindindin, yana faɗaɗa zaɓuɓɓukansa na dabarun — kuma hakan mai yiwuwa yana bayyana yadda sa hannun Youri Tielemans ya ɗauki kyau.

Zirkzee ya haskaka a mintuna 60

Joshua Zirkzee shi ne marigayi maras takara a daren nan. Lambar 11 ta kasance batun muhawara tun daga zuwan sa ga Old Trafford a 2024 — ba cikakken mai ƙarfi a matsayin ɗan wasan gaba na asali, kuma ba ya iya cire Fernandes daga matsayin lamba goma — duk da haka haske na fasaha sa ya koyaushe ya kira kwatancen Dimitar Berbatov.

A Trondheim, ya kasance mai ban mamaki. Ya yi aiki kamar maganiyar ƙwallo, mai wayo a juyin rabin jiki kuma yana haɗa layin harin akai-akai. Ya taimaka a burin farko kafin ya ci na biyu wanda ya kasance mai ƙyalli — musanya da aka yi da sauƙi tare da mai maye Harry Amass, wanda aka biyo bayan da kafafuwan da ya rikitar da masu tsaron guda biyu sannan kipa na Rosenborg kafin ya saka ƙwallon cikin ragar da ba a kiyaye ta ba.

Duk da haka, tambayoyi suna nan. Saurin wasan pre-season ya fi dacewa da Zirkzee fiye da saurin Premier League wanda bai tsaya ba. Benjamin Sesko yana bayyana a matsayin mafi dacewa don jagorantar layin gaba, kuma abin da Trondheim ya bayyana mai yiwuwa shine yadda Carrick ke tunanin amfani da ɗan Holland a matsayin mai goyon baya kusa da ɗan Slovenia lokacin da ya koma cikakke.

Matasa na Carrington sun haska

Layin samar da 'yan wasa na United da aka fama da shi ya kasance bayyananne sosai. Shea Lacey ya fara a matsayin lamba 10 kuma ya ƙarfafa a cikin wasan a hankali. Mutumin da yake da shekaru 19 ya riga ya bayyana a ƙungiyar farko — musamman ya kusa ci wani kari mai ban mamaki a daidai 2-2 da Burnley — amma a nan ya bayyana ya girma a cikin babban rawa, ya kammala burin farko da daidaito ya kuma lashe kyautar mafi kyawun ɗan wasa da masu sha'awar ƙungiyar suka zaɓa.

Harry Amass ya shigo a farkon rabin na biyu kuma ya yi tasiri kai tsaye. Cigaban ɗan wasan baya na hagu ya kasance yana fama da raunuka a lokacin aro sa ga Sheffield Wednesday a kakar da ta gabata, amma ya nuna hangen nesa mai kaifi game da tafiya zuwa yankuna masu haɗari, ya kare gefen hagu da inganci, kuma ya ƙare aikin sa da burin da ya ci. Tare da United suna neman ɗan wasan baya na hagu, Amass ya gina hujja mai ƙarfi don kasancewa madadin dindindin na Luke Shaw.

Jacob Devaney da Ethan Williams ma sun samu sunayensu a jerin masu ci bura — lokuta da za su iya nuna su a ko da yaushe. Amma jarumin da ba a rera shi ba na dare shi ne Jaydan Kamason ne, ɗan wasan baya na dama mai shekaru 19. An kama shi ba a wurin da ya kamata a wasu lokuta ba tare da ƙwallon, amma da ƙwallon ya kasance kamar wutar lantarki — yana ba da tallafai biyu tare da irin ƙananan gicciyar da ake danganta wa mai kai hari, ba ɗan wasan baya ba. Yawan mintuna da Carrick ya bashi yana magana game da aminin da manaja ke da shi ga matashi.

JJ Gabriel ya zauna kan benci

Rukunin da ya yi tafiya ya ƙunshi fitaccen ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa mai shekaru 15 JJ Gabriel, kuma kasancewar sa a cikin jerin ya haifar da farin ciki mai yawa a tsakanin masu goyon baya da ke fatan samun ganin abin da ake ta magana a kai. Duk da haka, bai sami ko minti ɗaya ba, ya zauna kan benci a cikin dukan wasan da rigar sa mai haske.

Hakan bai kamata a ɗauke shi a matsayin keɓancewa na dindindin ba. Carrick ya nuna kafin wasan cewa Gabriel za ta sami mintuna a cikin wasannin biki masu zuwa. Daraktan Makarantar United, Stephen Torpey, ya yi kiran haƙuri a watan Mayu — saƙon da har yanzu yana dacewa. Jira tana ci gaba.