Paul Merson ya yi suka mai kaifi kan shirin Chelsea na siyan Morgan Rogers da £117m, yana mai cewa yarjejeniyar ba ta da ma'ana yayin da Cole Palmer ya riga ya zama a matsayi ɗaya a Stamford Bridge.

Rogers na tsammanin ya zama ɗan wasan kwallon ƙafa na Biritaniya mafi tsadar aya a tarihi bayan ya yarda ya bar Aston Villa zuwa Chelsea wannan lokacin rani. Yarjejeniyar ta ƙunshi kwantiragin shekaru shida, tare da zaɓin ƙarin shekara ɗaya.

Damuwar Merson: ina Rogers ke taka leda ainihi?

Tsohon dan wasan kai na Arsenal, yana rubutu a shafin nasa na Sky Sports, bai ɓoye ra'ayinsa ba. "Kuɗi mai ban hauka," in ji Merson ya rubuta. "Kawo Morgan Rogers da £117m ba shi ne abin da Chelsea ke buƙata ba. Suna da Cole Palmer — suna taka leda a matsayi ɗaya! Rogers ya tafi Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya maimakon Palmer, saboda suna taka leda a matsayi ɗaya."

Merson ya amince da yanayi ɗaya da yarjejeniyar za ta iya aiki — Chelsea ta sayar da Enzo Fernandez, ta sake sanya Moises Caicedo a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiyar kariya, sannan ta jera Rogers da Palmer a gabansa. Amma ya nuna wata matsala: Joao Pedro ma No 10 ne na halitta, wanda ke nufin Chelsea yanzu tana da yalwace a wannan yankin.

"Ina Palmer zai kasance? An makale shi a gefen dama kuma? An bata shi a wannan matsayi," in ji Merson. "Kuma idan Rogers aka fitar a gefen dama — ba don ƙasƙantar da shi ba — akwai 'yan wasan gefen dama mafi kyau da yawa fiye da shi."

Merson kuma ya gargaɗi cewa salon abokan hamayya da Chelsea ke fuskanta akai-akai a Stamford Bridge — ƙungiyoyi da ke zaune zurfi suna rufe sarari — baya amfani Rogers, wanda ke taka leda mafi kyau a wasan buɗaɗɗe inda yake gudu da ƙwallon zuwa ga masu kare.

"Ba zai samu haka a Chelsea ba," Merson ya rubuta. "Ƙungiyoyin abokan hamayya suna buga farawa suna kuma zaune goma a bayan ƙwallon. Babu sarari."

Ya yi kwatancen Rogers da Declan Rice da Moise Caicedo, waɗanda dukkansu suka ƙaura da kusan £100m kowanne kafin su kashe masu sukar su da ƙwazonsu. "Haka Rogers ya kamata ya yi fata," in ji Merson, yana ƙara da cewa Rogers yana da aiki mai wahala saboda za a yi masa hukunci da farko kan ƙwallaye da tallafi — "mafi wuyan aiki a duniya."

Arsenal dole ne yanzu ta juya zuwa Doue ko Barcola

Merson ya ba da shawara cewa Rogers ya fi son Chelsea akan Arsenal saboda Chelsea ya yi masa alkawarin matsayin No 10, yayin da Arsenal da ta nemi ya taka leda a gefen hagu. Ya yi imanin wannan bambancin shi ne ya yanke shawara.

"Ƙungiya ɗaya ta yi kama za ta sake cin Premier League wannan shekara kuma tana da kyakkyawar damar shiga UEFA Champions League, kuma wata ƙungiya ba ta ko Turai ba," ya ƙara da cewa, yana tambayar dalilan kwallon ƙafa waɗanda za su sa Rogers ya fi son Chelsea.

Da Rogers ya yi nesa, Merson ya ƙarfafa Arsenal ta yi ƙoƙari da gaggawa ta samu ɗan wasan gefen — musamman Desire Doue ko Bradley Barcola daga Paris Saint-Germain. Ya kuma yi mamaki game da shawarar Arsenal ta sayar da Leandro Trossard, yana mai cewa adadin kuɗin ya yi ƙanƙanta sosai ga ɗan wasan da ya bayar da gudunmawa a manyan wasanni a ƙarshen kakar da ta wuce.

Lokacin rani mai ciwo ga Aston Villa

Merson ya adana mafi kaifin kalmominsa ga halin da ake ciki a Aston Villa. Bayan sun lashe kyautar Turai suka kuma tabbatar da wuri a UEFA Champions League a yakin ban mamaki, kulob din yanzu yana fuskantar rasa waɗanda ya ɗauke su mafi muhimmancin 'yan wasa biyu.

"Sun rasa mafi kyawun 'yan wasansu biyu a cikin Youri Tielemans da Rogers — mafi ƙirƙirar 'yan wasansu biyu sun tafi," ya rubuta. Merson ya yi jayayya cewa da Unai Emery aka tambaye shi wanda za a kiyaye, Tielemans da Rogers da suka kasance na ƙarshe a kowane jerin sayarwa.

Ya kuma tabo yiwuwar Ezri Konsa ya bi sawunsu, tare da Arsenal da Chelsea dukkansu ana zargin suna da sha'awa ga ɗan takin. Game da 'yan wasan da ke shigowa, Merson ya yi tambaya ko Johan Manzambi da — yana nuni ga Arsenal — Christos Tzolis sun janyo ainihin sha'awa daga kuliban fitattun kamar Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City, Manchester United, da Liverpool.