Gabriel Martinelli ya bar Arsenal ya tafi zuwa ƙungiyar Saudi Pro League Al Hilal a cikin yarjejeniya mai darajar £60m da aka tsaida — mafi girma da Gunners suka taɓa karɓa don ɗan wasa.

Wannan canja wuri, wanda kuma ya haɗa da shiri na sake sayarwa, ya zarce rikodin ƙungiyar na £40m da Arsenal ta karɓa lokacin da suka sayar da Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain zuwa Liverpool a lokacin rani na 2017. Tun da Martinelli ya zo daga ƙungiyar Braziliya Ituano yana da shekara 18, duk £60m yana wakiltar riba a tarihin kuɗin Arsenal.

Dogon lokaci a Emirates

Martinelli ya shiga Arsenal a shekara ta 2019 kuma ya taka rawar gani a wasanni 191 na Premier League don ƙungiyar, ya zira kwallaye 41 kuma ya bayar da taimako 24 a lokacin da yake arewacin London.

A kakar da ta gabata, lokacin da Arsenal suka kawo ƙarshen jiran shekara 22 don lashe taken Premier League, ɗan Brazil ɗin ya bayyana a wasanni 30 na gasar — amma 11 kawai daga cikinsu ne ya fara daga farkon, wanda shine mafi ƙarancin sa tun daga 2020/21. Raguwar rawarsa a tsare-tsaren Mikel Arteta ya bayyana ya shimfiɗa hanya ga tafiyarsa.

Yankin Saudiyya bayan ƙin yarda da Turkiyya

Canja wurin Martinelli zuwa Riyadh ya zo bayan da ya riga ya ƙi tayin da ya zo daga Galatasaray. Ƙungiyar Turkiyya ta gabatar da tayin kusan £38.9m a wannan lokacin rani, amma ɗan wasa mai shekara 25 bai yarda ya tafi Turkiyya ba ya jira wata zaɓi.

Sayarwarsa ta kai jimillar kuɗin da Arsenal ta samu daga tafiyar 'yan wasa a wannan lokacin rani zuwa sama da £120m.

Tzolis ya maye gurbinsa a gefen hagu

Arsenal sun riga sun ɗauki matakai don magance gibin da tafiyar Martinelli ta bari, ta hanyar sanya hannu kan Christos Tzolis daga Club Brugge. Tzolis ya fara a nasarar Arsenal a ranar farko akan Coventry, wasan da Martinelli bai ma kasance a cikin ƙungiyar ba — alama da ta nuna cewa makomar sa yana a wani wuri.