Aston Villa na ci gaba da wata budurwar canja-wurin da ta cika da tashin hankali — kuma a wannan karon, Ollie Watkins shi ne ke tsakiyar guguwar.

Al-Hilal, kulob din Saudi Pro League, ya ga kasonsa na huɗu yana kin karɓuwa a ƙoƙarin siyan dan wasan, inda mafi girman tayin da suka yi yana kusantar £40 miliyan. Wannan adadi bai kai farashin Villa ba, kuma tare da ranar karshe ta canja-wuri ta gabato a ranar Talata mai zuwa, kulob din na kiyaye matsayinsu da ƙarfi.

Shiru Emery ya yana magana da yawa

Sa'ad da shugaban kocin Unai Emery aka tambaye shi dalilin da ya sa Watkins ya rasa wasannin Villa na farko a Premier League a Brighton — wata shan kashi mai zafi ta 4-0 inda dukan kwallaye huɗu suka fada cikin minti 31 masu barna na farko — amsinsa ya kasance mai zurfin magana. "Wannan tambaya ta shi ne. Zan iya amsa da shiru nawa kawai," in ji Emery ga Sky Sports, yana alama yana zuba laifin a kafaɗar Watkins.

Ba a karon farko ba Villa ta same kanta a irin wannan yanayi. Lokacin rani na bara, Emery ya guje wa tambayoyi game da rashin kasancewar Emi Martinez a wasan farko kan Crystal Palace ta hanyar maimaita sunan mai tsaron ragar maye gurbin Marco Bizot akai-akai. Yanzu sunan Watkins shi ne ke jan amsar sanyi iri ɗaya.

Dangantaka da ke kusa da karewa cikin wahala

Watkins, wanda zai kai shekara 31 a watan Disamba, ya kasance yana horaswa shi kaɗai bayan komowa daga hutu mai tsawo bayan Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. An fahimci cewa ya sanar da ma'aikatancin Villa sha'awar tafiya, ko da yake ba shi ko wakilansa suka yi wata magana a bainar jama'a ba — kuma har yanzu ba a sani ko Al-Hilal ne tafiyarsa ta zabi ba.

Dan wasan ɗan shekara 30 ya shiga Villa daga Brentford da £28 miliyan — riƙodi a wancan lokaci — kuma tun lokacin ya ci kwallaye 108 a wasanni 278, yana mai zama mafi yawan dan wasan mai ƙwallo a tarihin Premier League na kulob din. Gudunmawarsa ga hauhawar Villa tsawon shekaru shida ya kasance mai girma sosai, ya kai kololuwa a daren Istanbul lokacin da ya taimaki kulob wajen doke Freiburg su daga UEFA Europa League — ya kawo karshen yunwar tukwici shekara 30.

Mutanen da ke ciki na kulob suna da mamaki na gaskiya game da yadda dangantakar ta tabarbare. Watkins koyaushe ya ɗauki suna na ƙwararren ƙwararru — mai kwanciyar hankali, mai ƙauna ga iyali, da kuma mai himma gaba ɗaya ga ƙwallon ƙafa. A shekara ta 2017, ya roƙo koocin Exeter a wancan lokaci Paul Tisdale ya ba shi damar wasa duk da sha'awar Derby a gare shi, sannan ya fito a matsayin maye gurbi ya ci kwallo da Wycombe. Wannan yunwa ta sa shi zama mafarkin kowace mai horo. Tafiyarsa za ta zama mai ciwo fiye da tafiyar Ezri Konsa.

Matsalolin canja-wurin Villa na gabaɗaya

Bayan Watkins, Villa dole su warware makomar Martinez, wanda ya shafe lokacin rani na biyu a jere na rashin gamsuwa bayan an kasa yarjejeniya da Juventus tun farkon wannan watan. Kulob din ya sanya hannu tare da Zion Suzuki a matsayin sabon dan wasan mai tsaron ragar farko.

Maye gurbin Watkins ba zai zama abu mai sauƙi ba. Villa ta riga ta ga tayin biyu da Southampton suka ƙi don Taylor Harwood-Bellis yayin neman ƙarfin tsaro, kuma samun dan wasan kai hari na matsayin Watkins cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci ya fi wuya sosai. Saurayin Brian Madjo — wanda aka yi rajistarsa bayan Villa ta ci nasara a rikici da FIFA — yana ba da zaɓi, ko da yake ba shi da kyau a sa ran dan wasan ɗan shekara 17 ya ɗauki nauyin.

Tammy Abraham, wanda ya zo daga Besiktas a watan Janairu, yana samuwa don siyarwa amma tafiyar Watkins da ke kusa da gaban yana sa abubuwa rikitacce. Abraham bai nuna sha'awar barin ba kuma yana ci gaba da farin ciki a Villa Park. Babban manufar Emery a layin kai hari ita ce Nicolas Jackson na Chelsea, dan wasan da ya taɓa yin aiki tare da shi a Villarreal, yayin da babu wata mu'amala kai tsaye da Manchester United game da Joshua Zirkzee.

Emery ya riga ya ga Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans, Lucas Digne, da Konsa suna tafiya — 'yan wasa huɗu waɗanda suka bar sawansu a nasarar Istanbul. Amma idan Watkins ya bi su, babu wata tafiya a wannan lokacin rani da za ta yi zafi fiye da haka.