Arsenal suna motsi cikin sauri don kare lakabin Premier League nasu, kuma kawo Ezri Konsa daga Aston Villa da kusan £51m yana kusa da tabbatarwa — bayan Bruno Guimaraes (£75m daga Newcastle) da Christos Tzolis (£34m daga Club Brugge).

Da farko, kawo wani tsohon dan wasan tsaron baya tare da 'yan wasan tsaro bakwai a cikin tawagar na iya zama abin mamaki. Amma manaja Mikel Arteta yana da dalilai bayyanannun na neman wannan dan wasan na kasa da kasa na England.

Raunuka da ke tilasta Arteta ya yanke shawara

Layin tsaron Arsenal ya kasance ginshikin nasarar kamfen — inda suka ci gaba da rashin karbar kwallaye fiye da 27 a duk gasar, galibi godiya ga hadin gwiwar kwararru tsakanin William Saliba da Gabriel Magalhaes. Wannan katangar tsaro yanzu tana fuskantar babban matsi kafin sabuwar kakar.

An hana Saliba shiga wasan na tsawon lokaci saboda matsalar baya da ya kasance yana gudanar da ita a duk kakar da ta gabata, matsalar da ta kuma kawo karshen shigarsa a gasar cin kofin duniya tare da France kafin lokaci. Jurrien Timber, bek din dama na farko, shi ma ya kasa shiga wasanni na farko na kakar saboda ciwo a falala da ya tilasta shi ficewa daga tawagar Netherlands a gasar cin kofin duniya.

Wannan ya bar Ben White — wanda shi kansa ya fuskanci matsalolin raunuka a lokuta da dama — a matsayin bek din dama tilo da yake akwai, yayin da Cristhian Mosquera mai shekara 21 shi ne kawai zabin dan wasan tsaron tsakiya na gefen dama kusa da Gabriel Magalhaes. An sa ran cewa ɗan wasan saurayin asali Marli Salmon, mai shekara 16, zai yi wasa ne a gasar kofuna kawai a yanzu.

Arteta ya nuna cewa baya son zura 'yan wasan hannun hagu biyu a tsakiyar tsaro. Tun da Riccardo Calafiori shi ne ake so a matsayin bek din hagu kuma Piero Hincapie — wanda an tabbatar da yarjejeniyar aro tasa wannan rani — shi ma yana gefen hagu, tawagar na rasa murfin gefen dama da babban koci yake bukatar.

Me Konsa ke kawo wa tawagar?

Kafin a mayar da hannu zuwa ga Konsa, Arsenal sun yi la'akari da sanya hannu kan Jarell Quansah na Bayer Leverkusen wanda ke iya taka rawa a gefen dama da kuma a matsayin dan wasan tsaron tsakiya na gefen dama. A karshe, bayanan Konsa sun fi burge su.

Yana da shekara 28, Konsa yana cikin mafi kyawun lokaci a aikinsa. Ya dauki kofin UEFA Europa League tare da Aston Villa kakar da ta gabata kuma ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan wadanda suka fito fili ga England a gasar cin kofin duniya, inda ya fara wasanni 7 daga 8. Kididdiga daga gasar Premier League ta bayyana me ya sa Arsenal suka neme shi: ya yi nasara mafi kyau a fafatawar kasa tsakanin dukkan tsaro da kashi 73.1 bisa dari, kuma daidaiton wutsarsa ya kai kashi 95 bisa dari — mafi girma ga duk wani dan wasan fili a gasar. Ya kuma kasance na biyar daga cikin dukkan masu tsaro na Premier League a daukan kwallon fiye da mita biyar. Wannan daidaito ya cigaba a gasar cin kofin duniya, inda ya kammala kashi 97 bisa dari na wutsarsa a wasanni bakwai da ya fara.

Shin Konsa zai buga lokacin da dukkan dan wasan suke lafiya?

Masu son Arsenal da yawa suna tambaya ko Konsa zai sami gurbin buga wasanni a kai a kai Saliba da Gabriel Magalhaes su dawo cikin cikakkiyar lafiya. Layin tsaro na farko da Arteta yake so — Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, da Calafiori — wuri ne mai wahala a shiga.

Amma Arsenal sun buga wasanni 63 a dukkan gasar kakar da ta gabata yayin da suka lashe Premier League, sun kai wasan karshe na UEFA Champions League, wasan karshe na Carabao Cup, da kuma kusa da na hudu na FA Cup. Raunuka sun kasance nauyi akai-akai a cikin kamfen, kuma Arteta yana nufin gina tawagar mai zurfin dace don gujewa wadannan matsalolin wannan lokaci.

Arteta kansa ya magance tambayar zurfin tawagar.

"Akwai dalilai da yawa da ke shiga cikin hisabi. Dan wasan fili 22 da magatakarda 3, shin hakan ya ishe ko watakila kana bukatar karin. Kana bukatar fahimtar abin da ya faru a kakar da ta gabata, tarihin raunukan wadannan 'yan wasan, sassauci na wasu 'yan wasanki," in ji Arteta.

Manufar Arsenal a kasuwar canja wuri

Arsenal suna da ido a kan babbar manufa sama da kasuwar canja wuri. Babban jami'in zartarwa Richard Garlick ya ce a hirarraki da The Times cewa shiga cikin manyan kulubbin duniya shi ne "manufar — wannan shine burin." Kulob din yana nazarin hanyoyin karin kudin shiga a waje da filin wasa kuma yana la'akari da shirin fadada filin wasansa.

Zuwan Konsa zai kai kashe kudaden Arsenal wannan rani zuwa fiye da £150m. Suna har yanzu a kasuwa don dan wasan gaba kuma suna da sha'awa ta dogon lokaci a kan Julian Alvarez, har ila yau suna sa ido kan dan wasan gaba Kenan Yildiz mai shekara 21 daga Juventus. Arteta yanzu yana da zurfin daya daga cikin mafi kyau a Turai, a cikin tawaga wacce Transfermarkt ta kimanta da £1.19 biliyan.