Celtic yanzu sun kasa isa UEFA Champions League a karo na biyu a jere, kuma fita daga gasar a wannan lokaci yana daga cikin mafi zafi a tarihin kwanan nan. Suna kan gaba da kwallaye 4 a jimillar kuma sai da ƙasa da sa'a ɗaya ta rage a duk wasan biyu, Celtic ta yi rashin nasara 5-4 da LASK — wani durkushewa da zai kasance tarihine ga kulob din shekaru masu zuwa.

Wane ne ke ɗaukar alhakin?

Martin O'Neill ya ɗauki alhakin kai tsaye bayan rashin nasarar, kuma wannan mataki na girmamawa ya cancanta. Sai dai gazawar ta wuce yanke shawarar wani manaja a daren Linz. Yan wasan, hukumar gudanarwa, da ƙungiyar daukar ma'aikata dukkansu suna da rabo a alhakin.

Kurakurai na mutum ɗaya da abin da ya bayyana a matsayin sakaci sun baiwa LASK damar komawa cikin gasar. Musanyar O'Neill ta raunana ƙungiyar a lokaci mai mahimmanci, ta bar Celtic ba tare da zaɓuɓɓukan harin ba yayin da matsin lamba ya ƙaru. Amma rauni na tsarin ƙungiyar — wanda ya bayyana a cikin wasanni biyu — yana nuni ga matsaloli masu zurfi.

Celtic sun san Arne Engels zai iya tafi, amma ba a kawo maye gurbinsa kafin gasar LASK ba. An gane buƙatar mai kariya ga Kieran Tierney a matsayin baya na hagu, amma har yanzu ba a magance ta ba. Rauni na Alistair Johnston ya kasance rauni na ƙarshe, ko da yake da ya kamata kulob din ya kasance a shirye musamman ganin yana kusa da tafiya. An kashe kusan £32 miliyan akan Kasper Hogh, Camilo Duran, Mika Baur, da Haissem Hassan — saye-saye da suka ƙarfafa tawagar farko — amma har yanzu akwai manyan giɓiɓi da ba a cike ba.

Gaskiyar cewa Celtic ta kammala wasanni da Dane Murray, Liam Scales, Anthony Ralston, da Luke McCowan a filin wasa tana nuna yadda ƙungiyar ke ƙarancin ƙarfi.

Tasiri akan kasuwar canja wuri

Rasa UEFA Champions League yana da tasiri mai yawa na kudi. Celtic da suka tabbatar da kusan £40 miliyan daga kudaden matakin rukuni kaɗai, ban da kusan £75 miliyan da suka samu daga gasar a shekaru biyu da suka wuce. Da waɗannan kudade sun tafi, dole ne a sake zana shirye-shiryen mako na ƙarshe na taga canja wuri.

Celtic suna tsammanin kashe fiye da £20 miliyan kafin rufe taga ranar Alhamis mai zuwa, ciki har da ɗan wasan tsakiya na Torino Gvidas Gineitis da Ermin Mahmic na Slovan Liberec. Gineitis, wanda zai kashe kusan £10 miliyan, yanzu yana da alama ba zai yiwu ba bisa sabbin yanayin kudi. Bugu da ƙari, tsammanin wasan UEFA Champions League ya kasance jan hankali mai ƙarfi ga 'yan wasan da wakilan sun bayar wa kulob — wannan ƙarfin yanzu ya ɓace cikin dare ɗaya.

Celtic har yanzu suna neman ɗan wasan tsakiya, mai tsaron gida, baya na hagu, baya na dama, kuma watakila fiffike na hagu. Da mako ɗaya da ya rage da tsarin daukar ma'aikata mai ƙarancin mutane, wasu daga cikin waɗannan matsayi yanzu ana iya cike su ta hanyar aro maimakon canja wuri na dindindin. Ana sa ran hukumar kulob din, ƙungiyar daukar ma'aikata, O'Neill, da Shaun Maloney su hadu a wannan mako don amince da shirin aiki.

Yadda za a guji wani lokaci na rikici

Kakar da ta wuce ta kawo zanga-zanga, kamfen na ƙauracewa kayayyakin kulob, sauye-sauye na manajoci, da haramtawar ultras — yanayin rashin gamsuwa da O'Neill a ƙarshe ya shawo kan ta don kai gida nasarori biyu na ƙasa. Guji maimaita haka zai buƙaci hukumar gudanarwa ta zuba jarurruka cikakke wajen gina ƙungiya mai iya yin tasiri a UEFA Europa League, ko da yake ladan kudi ya yi ƙasa da na UEFA Champions League.

Magoya baya kuma suna kira ga garambawul na tsari. Celtic bai maye gurbin daraktan kwallon kafa Paul Tisdale da ya tafi a watan Janairun ba, kuma kulob ɗin har yanzu yana rashin shugaban daukar ma'aikata da cikakken adadin masu nazarin ƙungiyar farko idan aka kwatanta da zamanin Brendan Rodgers. An lura da matakn shugaba Brian Wilson na raba abin sha da magoya baya a Linz ranar wasan — amma yanzu ana buƙatar sulhu mai zurfi sosai.

Hanyar komawa gasar Champions League

Idan Celtic sun lashe kofin Scottish Premiership a wannan kakar, za su shiga zagaye na biyu na cancanta na UEFA Champions League a kakar mai zuwa — ma'ana wasanni uku na shiga da wasanni shida ke tsaye a tsakaninsu da matakin lig. Wannan ficewa ta ƙara adadin rashin nasarorinsu a jere a cancanta zuwa shida, kuma hanyar komawa tana ƙara wuyar gaske kowace shekara.

Celtic suna ɗaukar kansu a matsayin kulob na UEFA Champions League daga fuskar girma da buri. Amma mafi gajeriyar hanya ta komawa wannan mataki, a kusa, na iya wucewa ta nasara a UEFA Europa League.