Mikel Arteta yana kusuranta yanke wanda yawancin manajoci za zo su yi murna da shi: yadda za a dawo da William Saliba — bayan ya warke gaba ɗaya — cikin tsaro da ya yi aiki da kyau matuƙa a ransa.

Ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na France ya dawo ga cikakken horar da ƙungiyar a sansanin Arsenal bayan ya rasa dukan kakar wasa har yanzu. Saliba ya bar wasan karshen da France ta yi da Spain a wasannin shan gari na Kofin Duniya saboda matsalar baya, kuma bayan shawarwari da ƙwararren likita, ya zaɓi shirin farfaɗowa mai tsayi maimakon tiyata. Kulob din bai taɓa bayar da ranar dawowa ta tabbas ba.

Konsa ya shiga cikin natsuwa

A rancin Saliba, sabon ɗan wasa na damuna Ezri Konsa ya sa canjinsa daga Aston Villa ya zama kamar ba matsala ba. Ɗan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na England ya kai Arsenal fam miliyan 55 kuma ya shiga kulob din awanni kaɗan kafin wasan farko na kakar wasa da Coventry, ya fara wasansa na farko a matsayin mai maye gurbin a kan tsohon kulob dinsa Aston Villa.

Tun daga wannan lokaci, Konsa ya fara wasa a matsayin farkon ɗan wasa a cikin wasanni bakwai daga cikin tara na Premier League a gefen Gabriel Magalhaes, kuma wannan haɗin gwiwar ya taimaka wajen sa Arsenal ta ci kwallaye biyar kawai — ƙarancin kowace ƙungiya a ɓangaren. Arsenal na kan gaba a Premier League, kuma wasu masu kallo sun bayyana Konsa da Gabriel a matsayin mafi kyawun haɗin gwiwar masu tsaro a duniya.

Ɗan wasan mai shekaru 29 ya kafa kansa tsawon shekaru a Aston Villa — yana da bayyanawa 286 bayan ya shiga daga Brentford a watan Yuli 2019 — kuma yana cikin ƙungiyar Villa da ta lashe UEFA Europa League a watan Mayu. Ya kuma tabbatar da matsayinsa a cikin tawagar England, yana farawa a wasanni bakwai daga takwas da Three Lions suka buga a Kofin Duniya, ciki har da wasan kusa da karshe a matsayin beken dama a kan Norway.

Bayyanarsa mai karfi ba ta wuce ba tare da an lura ba. Konsa ya zira kwallo ta farko a nasarar Arsenal 2-0 akan Everton kuma ya sanya wani aiki mai kyau lokacin da Gunners suka doke Liverpool a Anfield a karo na farko cikin shekaru 14.

Matsalar zaɓen Arteta

Saliba, mai shekaru 25, yana tafiyar da matsalar bayansa a cikin kakar wasa gaba ɗaya ta bara, lokacin da shi da Gabriel suka kafa bangon tsaro na ƙungiyar da ta lashe taken Premier League na Arsenal na farko cikin shekaru 22, suna karɓar kwallaye 27 kawai a gasar. Sa'an nan aka zaɓi Saliba cikin ƙungiyar shekara ta PFA a karo na huɗu a jere.

Arsenal za su karɓi Hull kafin hutu na kasa da kasa na gaba, wanda ke ba Saliba ƙarin lokaci don gina lafiyarsa. Da zarar ya kasance a shirye, Arteta zai dole ya sami wuri a bayan layin da a yanzu ya ƙunshi Konsa, Gabriel, Ben White, da Jurrien Timber.

Zaɓi ɗaya shi ne a matsar da Konsa — wanda ya fara wasansa na farko tare da Ingila a matsayin beken dama — daga tsakiya, yana bawa Saliba damar dawo da matsayinsa na al'ada a gefen Gabriel. Arteta yana matuƙar muhimmanci ga ƙarfin jiki a tsaronsa, kuma matsayin beken dama zai dace da silar Konsa ta jiki.

Dawowar Saliba kuma ta rage damar ɗan wasan tsakiya mai ƙuruciya Cristhian Mosquera, wanda ya sami mintuna kaɗan a wannan kakar wasa kuma har yanzu yana murmurewa daga rauni na tsoka na hannun ƙafa. Tambayoyi game da makomar sa a kulob din na iya ƙaruwa.

Arsenal suka buga wasanni 63 a dukan gasa a kakar wasa ta bara yayin da suka lashe Premier League suka kuma kai wasan karshe na UEFA Champions League. Tare da Arteta yana nufin kare taken kuma ya sami nasarar Turai a wannan lokacin, ƙungiyar zurfi da ke da gogewa — ciki har da Saliba da ya warke — zai zama muhimmanci don ci gaba da fafutukar gasa da yawa.