Mikel Merino ya bayyana a matsayin wanda ba a sa ran Real Madrid za nema ba a kasuwar 'yan wasa, bisa ga rahoton shafin Sipaniyanci Fichajes, inda jerin wasannin da dan wasan tsakiyar Arsenal ya yi kwanan nan ya jawo hankalin Los Blancos yayin da suke neman karfafa tawagar su karkashin manajan Jose Mourinho.
Madrid ta Mourinho tana kokarin nemo mafi kyawun wasan su
Real Madrid ta sha fama da farkon kakar wasa mai wahala karkashin Mourinho da ya koma, ta makara a La Liga kuma tana neman tsarin da zai iya fitar da cikakken ikon Kylian Mbappe da Vinicius Jr a gaba, inda Jude Bellingham da Yan Diomande ke taka rawar tallafi a matsayi mafi zurfi a bayansa.
A wannan yanayin, an ruwaito cewa kwarewar Merino da ikonsa na ci wa masu gadi kwallon ya jawo hankalin Madrid, Mourinho yana neman sabuwar hanyoyin rayar da tawagar sa.
Dan wasan tsakiya wanda zai iya yin komai
Arsenal ta kawo Merino da farko a matsayin madadin dan wasan tsakiya ga Martin Odegaard da Declan Rice. Duk da haka, rikicin raunuka a watan Fabrairu 2025 wanda ya fitar da Gabriel Jesus da Kai Havertz dukkaninsu, ya ba dan wasan tsakiyar Basque damar buga a matsayi mafi gaba — kuma ya amfana da ita ta hanyar ci wa masu gadi kwallon biyu a waje da gida kan Leicester City.
Kwallaye suka ci gaba da zuwa. Merino ya ci gwal kan Real Madrid a UEFA Champions League, ya ba da gudummawa ta hanyar kwallaye biyar da taimakoki yayin da yake maye gurbin Viktor Gyokeres a lokacin rauninsa na kakar da ta gabata, sannan ya yi kyau a Kofin Duniya — ya ci kwallaye biyu a taƙaitattun bayyanarsa daga kujerar masu zubi a zagaye na kowa a bata inda Spain ta dauki kofin.
A kwanan nan, Merino ya ba da gudummawar kwallaye hudu da taimakoki a lokacin hutu na kasa da kasa tare da Spain, jerin wasannin da Fichajes suka ce ya sanya shi a fili a radar na Real Madrid don taga canji na gaba.
Yadda Merino ya dace da tunanin Mourinho
Rahoton Fichajes ya nuna rashin lokaci na wasa na yau da kullun a Arsenal a matsayin muhimmin dalili na sha'awar Madrid. Shafin ya lura cewa Mourinho zai samu dan wasa mai ikon buga a matsayin dan wasan tsakiya mai kai hari ko dan wasan tsakiya na tsakiya, tare da kasancewa jiki da ikon zuwa cikin akwatin daga matsayi mai zurfi.
Ko da yake Merino shi ne dan wasan tsakiya da farko — kuma har ya buga a matsayin mai tsaron baya a tsakiya karkashin Thomas Tuchel a Borussia Dortmund a farkon aikinsa — komawa kwallaye 13 a cikin wasanni 24 na kasa da kasa na ƙarshe yana nuna cewa bayanansu sun canza sosai. Dan wasan dan shekara 30 ya zama zabin da ake dogaro da shi ga Mikel Arteta lokacin da Arsenal suka buga kwallon tsaye, yana ba da nau'in kasancewar jiki da haɗin wasa yawanci yake da alaƙa da Havertz.
Gyokeres ya ci gaba da zama mai fafatawa don dakika na kai hari a kulob din, kuma Arteta gabaɗaya ya fi son dan wasan yajin na Sweden lokacin da 'yan wasa biyu suka kasance lafiya cikakke. Tare da Havertz mai yiwuwa bai cancanta ba ga wasan gasar Arsenal na gaba, Merino na iya samun damar turawa karar sa a Emirates — ko da yake Transfermarkt a halin yanzu ya kimanta darajarsa a €25 miliyan kawai, kudaden da ba su yi ta gwada kasafin kudin Real Madrid ba. Arsenal za ta karbi Leeds United karshen mako nan lokacin da Premier League ta ci gaba bayan hutu na kasa da kasa.
