Manchester City sun kammala sake fasalin kungiyarsu a wannan lokacin bazara, suna kashe kudi mafi yawa a tarihin Premier League na £458 miliyan — amma babban tambayar da ke rataye kan kulob din ba ta game da sabbin 'yan wasan tsakiyar filin ba, sai dai wanda zai jagoranci layin hare-hare idan Erling Haaland ba ya nan.

Sake gina tarihi mai karya kwarori

Sabon manajan Enzo Maresca, wanda ya maye gurbin Pep Guardiola, ya sami cikakken goyon bayan darektan kwallon Hugo Viana. City sun karya rikodin canja wurin su sau biyu a cikin taga guda. Da farko, an kashe £116 miliyan don Elliot Anderson daga Nottingham Forest, sannan an kashe rikodin gama-gari na Burtaniya na £125 miliyan don Enzo Fernandez — kyaftin din Maresca na baya a Chelsea. Ɗan wasan ƙasar Morocco kuma mai shekara 18 Ayyoub Bouaddi ya zo da £86 miliyan, yana kammala uku a tsakiyar filin wanda ya ɗauki mafi yawan kashe kuɗin lokacin bazara.

Fitowar Bernardo Silva, mai Ballon d'Or Rodri, Tijjani Reijnders, da Nico Gonzalez na nufin cewa tsakiyar filin City ta canja gaba ɗaya. Ana rahoton cewa manyan tushe a kulob din sun ji daɗi da kasuwancin da aka yi a wannan bazara da kuma a watan Janairu, lokacin da aka sanya hannu kan Antoine Semenyo da Marc Guehi kafin jadawalin da aka tsara.

Gabaɗaya, City sun kashe £542 miliyan kan sabbin 'yan wasa tun farkon shekara, ko da yake sayarwar wayo — gami da £75 miliyan don Savinho, £65 miliyan don Rodri, da £52 miliyan don Reijnders — sun rage jimillar kashe kuɗi zuwa kusan £208 miliyan. Ana sa ran ƙarin £60 miliyan lokacin da Tottenham Hotspur suka cika alkawarinsu na siyan Omar Marmoush dindindin a ƙarshen aro nasa.

Matsalolin zaɓi ga Maresca

'Yan wasa huɗu ne kawai suka rage daga cikin farawa da madaidaicin da suka kasance dare da Manchester City suka ci Inter Milan a Istanbul don ɗaukar kofin UEFA Champions League na 2023. Duk da haka, Maresca yanzu yana da zaɓuɓɓuka masu ƙarfi a kusan kowane matsayi, kuma kulob din ya yi imani cewa tawagar yanzu tana da ƙarfi fiye da yadda take a farkon kakar wasa ta baya.

A farkon wasannin Premier League, City sun ci gaba da lashe wasanni biyu a jere, wanda ya ba Maresca matsalar zaɓi tun farko saboda dukiyar 'yan wasa da yake da ita. Fernandez, Anderson, da Bouaddi dukkansu suna iya buga wasanninsu a yankuna da dama a cikin tsarin Maresca, wanda ya canza tsakanin sifar akwati da lu'u-lu'u a tsakiyar filin.

Anderson ya riƙe tushen tsakiyar filin a wasanni biyu har yanzu, yana nuna cewa Maresca yana kallonsa a matsayin magajin Rodri na halitta. Ana tsammanin Bouaddi zai taka rawa a wannan matsayi, yayin da Mateo Kovacic — wanda ya yi fice a lokacin da'irar kafin kakar — ya faɗi a cikin matsayi. Ana kuma sa ran Nico O'Reilly, wanda a baya ana amfani da shi a matsayin baya na hagu, ya sami ƙarin lokaci a matsayinsa na halitta na tsakiyar filin bayan fitowar Gonzalez.

Matsayin lamba 10 ya raba tsakanin Phil Foden da Rayan Cherki. La'akari da ayyukan Foden a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiyar filin a kakar wasa ta baya, akwai yiwuwar su biyun su buga tare a tsakiya a wani lokaci a kakar wasa.

Matsalar Haaland

Duk da kashe kuɗi mai yawa, City suna shiga sabuwar kakar wasa da Haaland a matsayin kadai mai kai farmaki na gaske. Ɗan wasan mai shekara 26 ya kammala kakar wasa ta baya a matsayin mai ci yawa a Premier League da kwallaye 27 kuma ya riga ya ci sau biyu a cikin farkon wasanni biyu na kakar wasa ta yanzu.

An ba wa Marmoush damar shiga Tottenham Hotspur a aro bayan neman wasanni na yau da kullum, yayin da Divin Mubama, mai shekara 21, wanda ya burge a lokacin da'irar kafin kakar, aka aro shi zuwa Southampton na Championship. City sun yi imani cewa zaɓuɓɓukansu na gaba suna ba da isasshen sassauci ba tare da maye gurbin Marmoush kai tsaye ba.

Sayan ranar ƙarshe Mamadou Ndiaye, ɗan wasa da aka tabbatar a Premier League wanda ya kai £60 miliyan, na iya buga a matsayin mai kai farmaki, kamar Semenyo ma — ko da yake wannan na ƙarshe ya fi zamanta a matsayin ɗan gefe na dama. Koyaya, daga cikin dukkan 'yan wasan gaba na City, Semenyo ne kawai wanda ya kai lamba biyu a kwallaye na Premier League a kowace daga cikin kakar wasa biyu da suka gabata. Cherki, Jeremy Doku, da Ndiaye ba su taɓa kai wannan matakin ba, yayin da Foden ke gwagwarmaya don daidaito bayan zura kwallaye 19 na Premier League a 2023-24.

Idan Haaland ya buƙaci hutu ko ya ji rauni, dogaro da City ga zaɓuɓɓuka waɗanda ba ɗaya daga cikinsu ba ya da tarihi mafi ƙarfi a matsayin mai kai farmaki na gaske na iya a gwada da wuri fiye da yadda kulob din ke so.