Arsenal sun shiga sabon kakar Premier League a matsayin masu riƙe da kambun gasar — nasara ta farko ta kulob ɗin a liga tun shekara 22 da suka wuce — amma wannan nasara ta tarihi ta zo tare da ƙarar matsalar rauni da ke barazanar sauya tsarin kulob ɗin na siye da sayarwa a lokacin bazara.

Matsalar baya ta Saliba ita ce babbar damuwa

Fitar da William Saliba bayan minti 30 kawai na wasan semi-final na FIFA World Cup 2026 da France ta yi hasara wa Spain ya haifar da babban firgici a Arsenal. Dan wasan tsaron ɗan shekara 25 ya yarda cewa ya kasance yana sarrafa matsalar baya tun watanni da dama, yana wasa duk da ciwo a yayin kamfen din UEFA Champions League da Premier League.

"Na kasance ina da ƙananan ciwo tun watanni da dama. Na kasance ina hakura da su saboda akwai Champions League da Premier League. FIFA World Cup na zuwa sau ɗaya kawai a kowace shekara huɗu, don haka dole ne ka hakura," Saliba ya faɗa.

Ƙungiyar likitocin kulob ɗin za ta kimanta Saliba bayan dawowarsa London. Ana ba da rahoton cewa tiyata na cikin zaɓuɓɓukan da ake la'akari da su, ko da yake aikin tiyata na iya ɗaukar shi daga filin wasa har watanni huɗu — babbar asara ga ƙungiyar, idan an yi la'akari da yadda haɗin gwiwarsa da Gabriel Magalhaes ya kasance mabuɗin ƙarfin tsaron Arsenal.

Arsenal suna fatan cewa Ben White, wanda ke farfaɗo daga tiyatar gwiwa, zai kasance a shirye tun farkon kakar. Jurrien Timber, wanda ya rasa FIFA World Cup 2026 tare da Netherlands amma ya shiga fagen wasa a matsayin wanda aka maye gurbin sa a wasan karshe na Champions League, shi ma ana sa ran zai kasance a shirye. Riccardo Calafiori da Cristhian Mosquera suna ba da zaɓuɓɓukan tsakiyar tsaro idan rashin Saliba ya tabbatar da ɗaukar lokaci mai tsawo.

Rice da Saka suna sarrafa jikunansu har zuwa ƙarshen kakar

Declan Rice da Bukayo Saka su ne mafi tasiri a Arsenal, kuma dukansu suna ƙare wani lokaci mai gajiya tare da raunuka. Rice ya kasance yana sarrafa matsalar hamstring wacce ta buƙaci allura a ƙarshen shekarar da ta gabata, kuma ya kamu da rashin lafiya a lokacin FIFA World Cup 2026, wanda ya tilasta masa barin fagen wasa a rabi na biyu lokacin da England ta ci Norway 2-1 a wasan kwata-final.

Saka kuma ya kasance yana ɗaukar rauni na Achilles tun watan Maris — ya amince kafin gasar cewa halartarsa "caca" ce. Manajan England Thomas Tuchel ya bayyana shi a matsayin "ba shi da ciwo" a lokacin gasar, ko da yake Saliba bai sami dama ya shiga fagen wasa ba lokacin da England ta sha kashi 2-1 daga Argentina a wasan semi-final. Dan wasan fikafikan kuma ya sha wahala daga matsalar hamstring a kakar da ta gabata, don haka hutawa mai isasshe a wannan bazara abu ne da ba za a iya zama ba tare da shi ba.

Rice ya buga wasan 55 daga cikin 63 na Arsenal a dukkan gasa a kakar da ta gabata. Dan wasan tsakiya zai sami hutu na tilas na kwana 21 bayan kammala FIFA World Cup 2026, sannan kulob ɗin zai tantance ƙarin lokacin da ake buƙata kafin ya koma shirye-shiryen pre-season.

Hayar bazara tana tsarawa bisa hoton lafiyar ƙungiyar

Arsenal sun riga sun matsa a kasuwar saye da sayarwa. Kulob ɗin ya cimma yarjejeniyar baka da Club Brugge don sanya hannu kan dan wasan Christos Tzolis, wanda ya biyo bayan sayar da dan wasan fikafikan Leandro Trossard zuwa Besiktas da kusan £15 miliyan.

Kulob ɗin zai karɓi tayi game da Gabriel Martinelli, wanda aikinsa a matsayin dan wasan gaba ga Brazil a FIFA World Cup 2026 ya nuna iya yi da ya wuce matsayinsa na asali a fikafikan hagu — abin da zai iya jan hankalin masu sha'awa.

Arsenal kuma suna sa ido kan dan wasan Atletico Madrid Julian Alvarez kuma suna da sha'awar dogon lokaci kan Morgan Rogers na Aston Villa. Idan an tabbatar da cewa rashin Saliba zai ɗauki lokaci mai tsawo bayan kimantawa, saye dan wasan tsaro na tsakiya na iya zama fifiko na farko na kulob ɗin.

Wasan pre-season na farko na Arsenal zai kasance a waje da gida a Girona a ranar 1 ga watan Agusta, wanda zai ba da duba na farko kan yadda ƙungiyar manaja Mikel Arteta ke kallo kafin sabon kakar, bayan wani FIFA World Cup 2026 wanda ya tilasta tsarawa mai ɗan kusanci ga wasu daga cikin 'yan wasan mahimman sa.