Ray Parlour ba zai taɓa yin tunanin cewa Arsenal za su jira shekaru 22 don sake lashe taken Premier League ba — musamman bayan ya ɗaga kofin tare da Invincibles na Arsene Wenger a shekara ta 2004. Amma sa'ad da ƙungiyar Mikel Arteta ta ƙare ƙarshe wannan fari a kakar shekarar da ta gabata, tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na Gunners ya ji babban sauƙi.

"Na yi farin ciki sosai cewa sun yi hakan," Parlour ya shaida wa FourFourTwo. "Shi ne babban sauƙi, domin da an ce mini shekaru 22 da suka wuce, a 2004, cewa ba za su sake lashe taken ba har tsawon wannan lokaci, da na ce ku mahaukaci ne."

Lada don haƙuri

Nasarar ba ta zo ba tare da gwagwarmaya ba. Arsenal sun samu matsayi na biyu sau uku a jere kafin nasarar da suka samu a ƙarshe, kuma sun tara guraben na huɗu mafi ƙima 11 a cikin shekaru ashirin bayan shahararriyar kamfen ɗin Invincibles — rikodin da ke nuna gasa mai ɗorewa ba tare da lambar yabo ta ƙarshe ba.

Ga Parlour, wannan jerin kusan nasarorin kawai yana ƙarfafa yadda tseren don babbar kyautar gida ta Ingila ke zama mai tsanani. "Yana nuna yadda yana da wahala a lashe shi," in ji shi. "Na yi farin ciki ga ƙungiyar."

Yabo fiye da filin wasa

Parlour ya so ya yada yabo fiye da 'yan wasa, yana nuna cewa jagorancin kulob din sun cancanci a gane su daidai gwargwado. "Masu kulob da mutanen da ke kula da al'amura a bayan fage sun cancanci yabo ma, domin dukkanmu mun ga yadda abubuwa ke aiki a duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa a wannan zamanin," in ji shi.

A tsakiyar wannan yabo shi ne yanke shawarar Arsenal na tsayawa tare da Arteta a lokutan wahala. A zamanin da haƙuri ga manajoji ya zama da wuya, sadaukarwar kulob din ga shugaban horon su ya zama mai mahimmanci.

"A yawancin lokuta, sa'ad da abubuwa suka yi muni, ko kuma manaja ya kasa lashe wani abu, ba ya ci gaba da aikinsa," Parlour ya lura. "Amma Arsenal sun gaske tsaya tare da Mikel Arteta kuma sun goyi bayansa har ƙarshe."

Ga mutumin da ya san abin da ake buƙata don lashe taken Premier League tare da Arsenal, hukuncin Parlour a fili yake — jiran ya sa nasarar ta zama da ma'ana sosai.