Aston Villa sun karya rikodinsu na siyan Johan Manzambi daga Freiburg a yarjejeniyar da ta zarce £50m, wanda ke nuna farkon sabuwar zamani a Villa Park bayan nasararsu ta Europa League a watan Mayun da ya gabata.

Dan wasan tsakiyar Swiss mai shekaru 20 ya jawo hankalin sama da rabi daga cikin kulob ɗin Premier League a wannan lokacin rani. Newcastle suna kusa da sanya hannu sati ɗaya da suka gabata kafin Villa su shigo a ƙarshe kuma su samu nasara a gasar.

Dan wasan tsakiya wanda ya yi mulki a Bundesliga

Kididdiga na Manzambi daga kakar da ta gabata sun bayyana dalilin da ya sa kulob ɗi da yawa suka himmatuwa wajen siyan sa. Ya zo na farko a Bundesliga wajen ɗaukar ƙwal sama da mita 10 (116), ɗaukar ƙwal har zuwa harbi (13), da kuskuren da aka ba shi (78) — wanda ya sa shi dan wasan da ake yi masa kuskure mafi yawa a gasar.

Ya kuma zo na biyu wajen duk yawan gwajin dribbling (71), dribbling a rabin filin abokin hamayya (52), da jimlar ci gaba wajen ɗaukar ƙwal (mita 2,476). Yan Diomande, Bazoumana Toure, da Can Uzun ne kaɗai suka kasance ƙanana da ƙarin kwallaye da taimako a Bundesliga a kakar da ta gabata.

Manzambi ya lashe kyautar dan wasan matashi mafi kyau na Europa League bayan ya taimaki Freiburg su kai karshen — inda suka sha kashi a hannun Villa da kansu. Sunansa ya kasance a jerin sa ido na Villa tun farkon kakar da ta gabata, kuma kulob din ya yi gaggawar aiki tsakanin a buɗe taga.

Rauni a gwiwar da ya samu a lokacin FIFA World Cup ya hana shi kasancewa a nasarar Switzerland akan Colombia a zagaye na 16 da kuma shan kashi a hannun Argentina a kwata-kwata, amma ya ba shi lokaci don tunani game da makomar sa kuma a ƙarshe ya zaɓi Villa a kan Newcastle.

Me ya sa Villa suka buƙace shi da gaggawa

Isowar Manzambi yana magance rashi mai ƙaruwa a tsakiyar filin. Youri Tielemans ya shiga Manchester United da £35m kuma Amadou Onana yana wajen tare da rauni na gwiwa har zuwa shekara mai zuwa. Villa kuma suna kusa da cikakken yarjejeniya ta £38m don siyan Joao Gomes na Wolverhampton Wanderers, amma daidaiton Manzambi — musamman tare da rauni mai tsanani na ligament ɗin Onana da ya samu lokacin Belgium suka buga da USA — shine ke mai da shi saye mafi muhimmanci.

Don kwatantawa, Tielemans ya samu matsakaicin mita 10 kaɗai a kowane ɗaukar ƙwal na ci gaba a kakar da ta gabata da jimla 109, yayin da Onana ya kai 75. Sau uku kaɗai daga cikin ɗaukar ƙwal na Tielemans ya ƙare da harbi. Lambobin Manzambi suna wakiltar babban ci gaba wajen ƙarfi da aiki mai ƙarfin gaske.

Daidaita kuɗi a Villa Park

Lokacin rani na Villa yana jagoranta daidai da buƙatun kuɗi kamar yadda kwazon ke jagoranta. A watan Mayun, UEFA ta hukunta kulob din tarar euro miliyan 22.5 (£19.4m) saboda karya ka'idojin kashe kuɗi a kan ƙungiya a shekara ta 2025, inda £12.9m aka dakatar da ita. Kulob ɗin kuma yana fuskantar ƙuntatawa kan rajista da sabon 'yan wasa don Champions League a kakar mai zuwa.

Don daidaita lissafi, Villa sun riga sun tafi da 'yan wasa da yawa. Tielemans yana barin da riba cikakke, bayan ya shiga a kyauta daga Leicester City a 2023. Lucas Digne, wanda zai cika shekara 33 mako mai zuwa, ana tsammaninsa ya koma Paris St-Germain. Evann Guessand, Leon Bailey, da Lewis Dobbin — wanda ya shiga Southampton da £9m — sun kuma tafi, yayin da albashi na aro Douglas Luiz, Harvey Elliott, da Jadon Sancho ba sa nan ƙara.

Dan wasan tsakiyar Ingila Morgan Rogers, wanda ake kima shi da sama da £100m, yana jawo hankalin ƙwararrun Arsenal, kuma sayarwa mai yiwuwa na iya rage nauyin kuɗin Villa sosai.

Manajan Unai Emery yana son ƙara aƙalla ɗan wasan iyaka ɗaya, masu tsaro biyu, da maharin. Villa suna da ƙungiyar da ta biyu ta tsufa a Premier League a kakar da ta gabata, kuma rage matsakaicin shekaru ya kasance babban manufa ga shugaban ayyukan ƙwallon kafa Roberto Olabe tun lokacin da ya maye gurbin Monchi a watan Satumbar da ya gabata. Daga cikin 'yan wasan da suka fara wasan karshen Europa League a watan Mayun, Pau Torres, Rogers, da Victor Lindelof ne kaɗai Emery ya saya a cikin shekaru ukun da rabi masu canza yanayi a kujera.

Manzambi, da ƙuruciyarsa, ƙarfin jikinsa, da kaifinsa a matakin manyan kulob ɗi, yana nuna hanyar da Villa ke so ta biyowa — amma kulob din ya san dole ne ya daidaita ƙarfin hali da hankali a wannan mafi rikitarwar lokacin rani cikin shekarun da suka gabata.