Ɗan wasan Aston Villa Ollie Watkins ya amince da sharudda na sirri tare da ƙungiyar Saudi Pro League Al Hilal, bisa rahoto daga Sachi Tavolieri na Sky Sports — yana ɗaga damar cewa mafi muhimmancin mai ci gol na Emery zai iya tafiya kafin sabon kakar Premier League ta fara.

Wannan ci gaba ya biyo bayan wani rahoto daga ɗan jarida ɗan Italiya Gianluigi Longari, wanda ya bayyana a kan X cewa Al Hilal sun gano Watkins a matsayin madadin Victor Osimhen. An fahimci cewa ƙungiyar Saudiyya tana ganin Osimhen a matsayin babban makasudinsu, amma matsalolin da ke tattare da canja wurin ɗan Najeriya — wanda yanzu ana danganta shi da Arsenal — sun tura su zuwa ɗan wasan Aston Villa.

Matsalar Benzema ta sa abin ya ƙara wahala

Canjin ba shi da sauƙi. Manajan Al Hilal Simone Inzaghi yana son ficewa da Karim Benzema a wannan watan, kuma Tavolieri ya bayar da rahoton cewa gudanarwar ƙungiyar tana son warware yanayin kwangilar Benzema kafin a fara tsarin neman mai ci gol na gaba. An ce Benzema yana tsayawa kan karɓar albashi na shekara mai zuwa, wanda ke ƙara wani ɓangare na wahala ga jadawali.

Da Watkins ya kammala canjin, zai shiga tare da ɗan'uwansa na ƙungiyar England Ivan Toney a yankin Gulf, tare da Toney ya riga ya bi hanya ɗaya wajen shiga Al-Ahli.

Villa tana shirye-shirye don lokacin rani na ficewa

Wannan taga canjin ya riga ya zama mai wahala ga Aston Villa. Morgan Rogers ya tafi a adadin kuɗi da ya karya tarihin ƙungiyar, kuma ana rahoton cewa mai tsaron gida Emiliano Martinez kuma yana kusa da ficewa. Rasa Watkins — wanda ya zama mafi yawan mai ci gol a cikin kowane ɗayan kakar shida da suka gabata — zai wakilci mafi mahimmancin ficewa na lokacin rani.

Watkins, wanda yake da shekaru 30, ya zo Villa Park a shekara ta 2020 daga Brentford bayan sha'anin wasan karshe na Championship play-off, kuma tun daga lokacin ya ci sama da goma a kowane kakar wasannin gasa. Transfermarkt ya ƙima shi a kuɗin euro miliyan 60, kuma ba a sa ran Villa za su karɓa ƙasa da wani kyakkyawan tayin — matsayin da ya yi daidai da yadda suka yi da tayin da suka ɗauka marasa gamsuwa na Martinez.

FourFourTwo ya ba da rahoto cewa Aston Villa ta kare sha'awar da yawancin ƙungiyoyi suka nuna wa Watkins a cikin lokutan da suka gabata, ciki har da Arsenal — ƙungiyar da Watkins kansa yake tallafawa — kuma sun yi tunanin siyar da shi lokacin rani da ya gabata kafin a ƙarshe su riƙe shi. Ƙungiyar Emery za ta fara yaƙin neman zaɓen Premier League a ƙarshen mako nan suna tafiya wurin Brighton & Hove Albion.