Manchester United yanzu sun sha kashi sau uku a cikin ƙasa da watanni 10 ga abokan hamayya da suka rasa ɗan wasa kafin rabin lokaci na farko — sabon misali shi ne shan kashi 1-0 a gida a hannun Manchester City, wanda ya sake tada jerin tambayoyi masu ɗaci game da kulob ɗin.
Sakamakon ya sa Pro Ref ta yi gafara a hukumance, inda ta amince da abin da ta bayyana a matsayin "kuskuren hukunci" game da burin da Erling Haaland ya ci. Duk da haka, daban da wannan takaddama, ɗaukar nauyi mafi zurfi shi ne abin da zai mamaye tattaunawar a cibiyar horarwa ta Carrington.
Babban koci Michael Carrick, wanda makon da ya wuce ya ki yarda cewa maki huɗu daga wasanni uku mawuyaci ne fara, yanzu ya yarda cewa maki huɗu daga wasanni huɗu ƙasa da ake tsammani. "Babu makawa" a gaban wannan gaskiyar, kamar yadda ya amince.
Daukar 'yan wasa a ƙarƙashin lura
Kashe £155m da United ta yi a lokacin rani an mayar da hankali musamman a layin tsakiya, amma sakamako ya kasance matalauta. Youri Tielemans bai kai matakin sa na kololuwar ba tukuna, Carlos Baleba bai taka filin wasa ba har yanzu, kuma Andrey Santos — wanda aka ɗauke shi zuwa benci bayan buɗin wasanni a Hull — ba a yi amfani da shi kwata-kwata a kan City.
Matsayin baya na hagu ya kasance wani giɓi bayyane: jerin wasanni 41 na Premier League da Luke Shaw ya taka cikin jere ya ƙare ba tare da an kawo wanda zai maye gurbinsa ba, kamar yadda yawancin masu lura suka annabta. Shigowa daga baya na Joshua Zirkzee — dan wasan gaba wanda ya kasance yana samuwa don tafiya duk lokacin rani — a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan maye gurbi biyu kawai da aka yi amfani da su a kan City, ya nuna raunin ƙungiyar Carrick.
Sabon koci na City, Enzo Maresca, ya yi nazarin yanayin da United ke ciki cikin kaifi. Ya yarda cewa jan kati ga Phil Foden ya ƙara wahalar saʼin a ga ƙungiyarsa, amma ya bayyana yadda hakan kuma ya kashe haɗarin United. Ya ce: "Su ƙungiya ce da ke son canjin wuri da sarari a bayan tsaron. Da 'yan wasa 10, mun kwanta muka jira su, don haka ba mu ba su wata damar canjin wuri ko sarari a bayan tsaron."
United ta kasa yin karin aiki fiye da salon wasa na ɗaukar martani tun zamanin Jose Mourinho fiye da shekaru goma da suka wuce. An fahimta cewa Carrick, wanda ya shahara da nutsuwa da riƙe ƙwallon a matsayin ɗan wasa, yana son hanyar riƙe ƙwallon — amma juyar da wannan falsafa zuwa sakamako a kan abokan hamayya masu tsaron kai ya tabbatar da wuyar gaske.
Fernandes da nauyin dogaro
Bruno Fernandes ya lashe kyaututtukan PFA da Football Writers' Player of the Year a kakar da ta wuce bayan zura kwallaye 9 da samar da tarihin Premier League na taimakawa 22. A wannan kakar, kwallaye uku da taimako ɗaya sune raguwa bayyananna — kuma masu lura sun lura cewa ya bayyana yana gajiya a shan kashin City.
Waɗannan damuwar sun ƙaru ta hanyar shawarar Carrick na barin Fernandes a filin wasa cikakken mintina 90 a wasan Champions League da Sabah FK, duk da cewa United na jagoranci da kwallaye 3 a rabin lokaci kuma koci yana sane cewa wasa da City yana nisan kwanaki uku ne kawai. Yanzu yana shiga cikin shekarar ƙarshe ta kwantiraginsa — tare da zaɓin kulob don tsawaita har 2028 — dogaron da ya fi yawa a kan Fernandes yana ƙara bayyana haɗarinsa.
Tambayoyi game da Carrick kansa
An ba Carrick kwantiragi na dindindin na shekaru biyu a watan Mayu, bayan da ya jagoranci United zuwa nasara 12 daga wasanni 17 a matsayin koci na wucin gadi bayan korar Ruben Amorim. Kwatance da nadin Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a 2019 — wani tsohon ɗan wasa da aka fi son wanda aka ɗaukaka daga aikin mai kula na wucin gadi — ya bayyana nan da nan kuma bai tafi ba.
Solskjaer, shine kaɗai a cikin manajan United bayan Sir Alex Ferguson da ya samu ƙarshensa na gaban uku a Premier League sau biyu jere, ba ya iya kashe shakku game da ingancin koyarwarsa ta ƙwararru. Carrick na fuskantar binciken iri ɗaya. Sa'ad da City ta ragu zuwa 'yan wasa 10, ƙungiyarsa ba ta iya cin amfanin damar da ya dace ba.
"Zan iya kammala wasan cikin kyau. Za mu iya kasancewa masu ƙirƙira kaɗan," Carrick ya amince bayan busa ƙarshe.
United za ta karɓi Brighton a Carabao Cup a ranar 16 Satumba, sannan za ta tafi Fulham kwana huɗu bayan haka. Carrick yana buƙatar sakamako daga waɗannan wasanni biyu — kafin hutu na ƙasashe uku na mako uku ya ƙara ƙarfin tambayoyin da suka daɗe suna bin wannan kulob.
