Eddie Howe ya bar matsayinsa a matsayin manajan Newcastle United, yayin da ake samun rahotanni cewa kulob ɗin ya gano Matthias Jaissle, tsohon manajan RB Salzburg, a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbin sa. Ficewa ta zo bayan wata yanayi mai takaici a Premier League — inda The Magpies suka ƙare a matsayi na 12 — da kuma tagar canja wuri da bukatun kuɗi suka tsara fiye da buri na kulob ɗin.

Tarihi mai ɗaukaka wanda ƙarshe mai wahala ya ɓata

Shekaru huɗu da rabi da Howe ya yi a St James' Park sun samar da ɗaya daga cikin lokutan da magoya bayan kulob ɗin suka fi murna — nasarar Carabao Cup da ta kawo ƙarshen jiran shekaru 70 don samun kofin gida. Sai dai watanni na ƙarshe na mulkinsa sun kasance masu wahala, tare da ƙungiyar da take a matsayi na 13 a Premier League tun farkon 2025 kuma isar da gasar Champions League ta zama kaɗan kaɗan ta yiwuwa.

Shan kaye 2-1 a gida a hannun Sunderland a watan Maris — wanda ya tsawaita jerin rashin nasara a wasan gida na tsawon shekaru 15 — ya nuna halin ƙungiyar. Newcastle kuma sun fita daga FA Cup a matakin zagaye na biyar, sun fita daga Champions League a zagaye na ƙarshe 16, kuma sun sha kashi 5-1 a jimillar taswirorin biyu a hannun Manchester City a zagaye na ƙarshe biyu na EFL Cup.

An fahimci cewa Howe ya sanar da shugabancin Newcastle aniyarsa ta fice kimanin makonni biyu da suka wuce. Kulob ɗin da farko ya roƙe shi da ya sake yin tunani, kafin daga ƙarshe ya yarda da shawarar sa — yana roƙe shi ya ci gaba da aikin yayin da ake neman wanda zai maye gurbin sa, buƙata da Howe ya yarda da ita.

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Labararin da ke ƙarƙashin ficewan Howe shi ne na iyakancewa ta kuɗi. Tun lokacin da Public Investment Fund ya karɓi kulob ɗin a shekara ta 2021, Newcastle ya kasance yana ƙarƙashin Ƙa'idojin Riba da Dorewa (PSR) na Premier League, waɗanda ke iyakance kashe kuɗi ba tare da la'akari da arziki na masu kulob ɗin ba. PIF ya kashe £404.7m a cikin shekaru uku bayan siyan kulob ɗin amma ya samu £50.4m kawai daga tallace-tallace — bambanci wanda ya tilasta kulob ɗin ya sayar da ƙwararrun ƴan wasa kamar Elliot Anderson zuwa Nottingham Forest a shekara ta 2024.

Wannan zagaye ya ƙara hanzarta. An sayar da Alexander Isak zuwa Liverpool akan £125m a watan Satumba da ya wuce, Anthony Gordon ya shiga Barcelona, kuma Sandro Tonali ya tafi Tottenham Hotspur. Kuma ana jita-jita cewa kyaftin din kulob ɗin Bruno Guimaraes yana jan hankalin kulob-kulob. A halin da ake ciki, Newcastle bai samu Johan Manzambi, dan wasan tsakiya na Switzerland ba — wanda ya zaɓi Aston Villa — ko kuma dan wasan fiffike na Spain Victor Munoz, wanda ya tafi Liverpool.

A ƙarƙashin tsarin Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) na Premier League, wanda ya maye gurbin PSR, kulob-kulob na iya kashe kuɗi gwargwadon abin da suke samarwa. Nazarin Swiss Ramble ya sanya kasafin SCR na Newcastle a matsayi na tara a cikin ƙungiya akan £243m — nesa sosai daga manyan kulob-kulob na ƙungiyar.