Tsohon dan wasan Arsenal, Alan Smith, ya bayyana cewa gasar taken Premier League dai fafatawa ne tsakanin Arsenal da Manchester City kawai, yana fitar da Chelsea da Manchester United daga jerin ainihin 'yan takara don taken kakar 2026-27.

Yana magana da Metro ta hanyar BestBettingSites.co.uk, Smith ya yi imanin cewa tsohon kulob dinsa da Manchester City ne kawai ke da daidaito da inganci na yin gasar cin kofin da kuzari.

City ita ce kawai barazana ta gaske, in ji Smith

"Ina ganin Man City ita ce babbar mai kalubalanta Arsenal," in ji Smith. "A bayyane, suna da sabon manaja, wanda ke kawo tambaya game da yadda Maresca zai daidaita da 'yan wasan sa, amma har yanzu ina gani su ne kawai mai kalubalanta. Akwai 'yan wasa da yawa a ƙasan hakan, amma zan ce tsakanin Arsenal da City ne a yanzu."

Smith bai yi jinkiri ba wajen zabar wanda zai lashe taken. "Dole ne in zaɓi Arsenal su sake lashe shi — bari mu yi fata," ya ce, yana sanya Manchester City a matsayi na biyu a tsinkayensa.

Sauran wurare shida na farko

Duk da cire Manchester United daga gasar taken, Smith bai yashe su gaba daya ba. Ya yarda cewa Michael Carrick har yanzu yana tsayawa a matsayinsa na manaja, kuma ya hasashen United za su kammala a matsayi na uku — wanda zai zama ci gaban da suke fatan gina a kan kakar da ta gabata.

Smith ya yi hasashen Liverpool za su zo na hudu, yayin da Chelsea — a ƙarƙashin Xabi Alonso kuma tare da kasuwar canja wurin da ke da kyakkyawar alƙawari — za su iya jin daɗin kakar wasan da ta fi ta baya ƙarfi. "Sun yi siyan 'yan wasa da kyau," in ji Smith, yana sanya Chelsea a matsayi na biyar.

Game da wurin ƙarshe na Turai, Smith ya nuna Aston Villa a matsayin mafi yuwuwa na kama wurin na shida.

Kakar wasan ta fara a ranar 21 ga Agusta

Kamfen ɗin Premier League na 2026-27 zai fara a ranar 21 ga Agusta, inda zakaran Arsenal za su karɓi baƙi Coventry City, waɗanda aka tura su sama. Cin nasara a farkon wasan zai zama ƙarfafawa mai ƙarfi ga ƙungiyar da ke da niyyar riƙe taken su.