Kwantiragin shekara biyu da lokacin shirye-shiryen da ya yi alkawarin makoma mai kyau sun zama kamar suna nuna sabuwar zamani a Manchester United. Amma bayan wasanni 15, an kori Michael Carrick — canjin uku a cikin mukamai irin wannan a cikin yawan damuna daya.

Farawa mai kyau da ta ruguje

A kakar da ta gabata, Carrick ya jagoranci United zuwa nasarori 12 daga cikin wasanni 17 na gasar kuma ya tabbatar da dawowar zuwa UEFA Champions League. Yanayi kafin kakar wasanni ya cike da bege: matasa 'yan wasa kamar JJ Gabriel sun haɗu da rukunin ba tare da wahala ba, kuma manyan ma'aikata sun yi magana da farin ciki game da yuwuwar haɗin gwiwar Bruno Fernandes da Youri Tielemans a tsakiyar filin.

Duk da haka, farkon matsalolin sun bayyana awanni 48 kafin wasan farko na kakar a Hull. Amad Diallo ya ji rauni a idon ƙafar sa kuma ya zama ba za a iya amfani da shi ba na makonni bakwai, wanda ya tilasta Bryan Mbeumo ya buga a gefen dama na harin kuma ya tilasta Carrick ya dogara ga Matheus Cunha a matsayin babban mai farma. Ɗabi'ar Cunha ta saukowa zuwa ƙasa akai-akai ta yi tasiri da yankuna da Bruno Fernandes ke son amfani da su, wanda ya lalata harin United tun daga farko.

Fasa, tashin hankali, da ƙarar ta faɗuwar

Tsarin Premier League ya yayyage da sauri. Bayan nasara mai ban mamaki 5-2 akan Ipswich — ta hannun hat-trick ta Fernandes — kulob ɗin bai samu wata nasara a gasar ba. An rasa fa'idodi a kan Everton da Tottenham Hotspur a lokaci na ƙari; Manchester City da ke da 'yan wasa 10 sun ɗauki maki; kuma rashin nasara 3-0 ga Bournemouth ya zama kamar ya ƙare zamanin Carrick kafin ya fara da gaske.

Tashin hankali a cikin ƙungiyar ya bayyana a fili lokacin da mai tsaro Lisandro Martinez, bayan rashin nasara 2-0 a UEFA Champions League a kan Atletico Madrid, ya yi zargin a bainar jama'a game da ayyukan siyan lokacin bazara kuma ya zargi darektan kwallon ƙafa Jason Wilcox. Fernandes, wanda aka cire shi daga ƙungiyar don wasan Bournemouth bayan ya bayyana damuwa game da dabarun Carrick, ya dawo yana sanya rigar kyaftin a kan Chelsea.

Raunuka sun ƙara haɓaka rikicin. Sesko, Amad Diallo, Luke Shaw, da Marcus Rashford duk sun yi rawa a lokuta daban-daban, wanda ya tilasta Carrick ya fara 'yan wasa biyar daban a matsayin baya na hagu. Ma'aikatan horarwa, waɗanda ake yabawa kwata-kwata a bazara, ba su sami mafita mai ɗorewa ba.

Siyan 'yan wasa mara kyau ya ƙara wa matsala

Lamarin siyayya bai taimaka ba. Tattaunawar siyan Carlos Baleba daga Brighton da £70 miliyan ta ja har zuwa 25 ga Agusta — kafin tsohuwar rauninsa ta ido ta jinkirta farkensa har 10 ga Oktoba. Bayan wasanni biyar kawai na farko, Baleba yanzu yana wurin warkarwa saboda matsalar tsoka ta baya.

Youri Tielemans ya zo daga Aston Villa da £35 miliyan, kuma Andrey Santos ya shiga daga Chelsea a cikin yarjejeniyar da zata iya kai £50 miliyan. Jaddadawar kan tsakiyar filin ta jawo suka daga waɗanda ke kusa da ƙungiyar, waɗanda suka tambaya dalilin da ya sa an mai da hankali kan wannan yanki yayin da sakamakon halitta shine canja Fernandes daga matsayin da ya yi wasan sa mafi kyau.

Daren ƙarshe a Old Trafford

Wasan ƙarshe na Carrick ya ƙare da daidaici 4-4 da Aston Villa. Yayinda United ke bayan da 4-2 kuma Old Trafford ya yi murabus ga ci, Patrick Dorgu ya ci daidaicin a lokaci na ƙari kuma Carrick ya ɗaga hannunsa da farin ciki. Daga nan ya yi zagaye a gefuna na filin yana gaisawa da masu tallafi da suka rera sunansa — yana tsayawa tsakanin 'yan wasansa domin kare su daga fushi na masu kallo, kamar yadda ya yi a makonni da suka gabata.

Babban darekta Omar Berrada da Wilcox sun kalli burin Dorgu daga akwatin daraktoci kafin su tashi zuwa Monaco 'yan kwanaki bayan haka don sanar da ƙaramin mai hannun jari Sir Jim Ratcliffe cewa ana buƙatar sauyi. A cikin kakar ta uku a jere, Manchester United za ta nemi sabon shugaban ƙungiya a tsakiyar kakar.