Shekara guda bayan kaura zuwa Hill Dickinson Stadium, Everton suna fuskantar wani yanke hanya — kuma ba karo na farko ba ne. Alkawarin sabuwar zamanin a bakin Kogin Mersey yana ɓacewa cikin sauri, an maye gurbinsa da damuwar da ta saba: kwamitin na iya bata wata dama kuma ta fita daga shekarun rashin nasara.

Komawan Moyes: bege ya zama damuwa

Sa'ad da David Moyes ya koma Everton watanni 19 da suka wuce, an yi sa'a cewa wa'adinsa na biyu zai kammala aikin da na farko ya fara. Ya daidaita kulob din kafin kakar wuce ta Goodison Park, kuma a taƙaice a kakar da ta gabata, Toffees har suka yi mafarkin shiga gasar Turai. Sun kai ga neman matsayi na biyar don UEFA Champions League, kafin hasarar da suka sha a ƙarshen wasan Merseyside derby da Liverpool ta tsaya da gurinsu. Everton sai suka tattara maki biyu kawai daga wasanni shida na ƙarshe na Premier League, suna barin kulob din da ƙarancin albarkatu su wuce su.

Yanzu, tare da wasa na farko da Crystal Palace da ke gabatowa — kulob din da ya bunƙasa ta hanyar ɗaukar matakan jaruntaka — alamun tsayawa a wuri sun bayyana a fili kafin ƙwallon ma ta tashi.

Kasuwar canja wuri tana haifar da tambayoyi fiye da amsoshi

Biyu daga cikin 'yan wasan uku na farko da Everton suka sanya hannu a cikin wannan lokacin rani, Merlin Rohl da Tyrique George, 'yan wasa ne da suka kwana a kulob ɗin a matsayin lamuni a kakar da ta gabata. Dukansu biyu sun zo da £36 miliyan a jimilce, amma gibin muhimman matsayi na tawagar bai warware ba. Binciken don maye gurbin Seamus Coleman, wanda ya yi hidima tsawon shekaru, ba shi da sakamakon da ake so, tare da Jake O'Brien, dan tsaro na tsakiya, ana amfani da shi a wannan matsayi a wata hanya da take tunatar da yadda Moyes ya taɓa amfani da Joleon Lescott a waje da matsayinsa na asali. Nathan Patterson, ƙwararren ɗan wasa tilo a wannan matsayi, ya kasance a wajen shan lissafi tun bayan wani lamari da ya shafi tsohon manaja Sean Dyche a sansanin horo fiye da shekaru biyu da suka wuce.

A tsakiyar filin wasa, Everton suna cikin halin da yake kama da su kai tsaye. Idrissa Gueye ya tafi, shekaru huɗu bayan ya koma don cike matsayin tsaro a tsakiya wanda ya bar a 2019. James Garner yana da yuwuwar rashin halarta a wasan farko da Palace bayan ya yi tiyata kan rauni a cikin gishiri da aka gano a shirye-shiryen kafin kakar. Hayden Hackney — mafi kyawun ɗan wasa na Championship a kakar da ta gabata — na ɗan ɗaukar lokaci don saba da sabuwar muhalli.

Makomar Ndiaye tana zubar da duhun tsoro

Rashin tabbas da ke kewaye da Iliman Ndiaye yana ƙara damuwa. Dan wasan, wanda ya ci ƙwallon ƙarshe a wasan maza a Goodison Park da kuma na farko a Hill Dickinson Stadium, bai ɓoye burinsa na wasa a UEFA Champions League ba — gasar da Everton ba su kusa da ita. Ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce da yawa na tsawaita kwantiraginsa wanda ke ƙarewa a rani 2029 sun yi amfani ƙasa, kuma rahotanni na kwanan nan da ke danganta shi da Al-Hilal suna nuna cewa halin yana ta yin muni. Siyarwa ta £70 miliyan za ta kawo kuɗi, amma a kasuwar yau, adadin ba ya mika nisa — kuma Everton za su rasa mafi haɗarin mai kai hari a cikin wannan tsari.

Tambayoyin masu kulob suna ci gaba

The Friedkin Group, wanda kuma ke da AS Roma, sun sha sukar magoya baya da suka damu da rashin ganawa da shiga cikin al'amuran kulob. Kusan shekaru biyu bayan karɓar ragamar kulawar kulob, shugaba Dan Friedkin bai taɓa halarta wasan Everton guda ɗaya ba. Wata sanarwa daga Babban Jami'in Zartarwa Angus Kinnear da ta bayyana matsayin kulob a matsayin 'farin cikin rashin gamsuwa' ba ta taimaka wa magoya baya suyi imani cewa akwai babban niyya a matakin manyan jami'ai. Tare da Moyes a cikin watanni 12 na ƙarshe na kwantirajin da ya sanya hannu a Janairu 2025, kuma babu darakta na ƙwallon ƙafa — wanda ya sa Everton su zama kulob tilo a Premier League ba tare da wannan mukami ba — tsarin da ke ɗaukar makomar kulob yana kasancewa mai rauni yana damun zuciya.

Everton sun shafe shekaru suna yaki da fafatiyan sauka daga gasar. Tsira a wannan daga faɗuwa shine farkon mataki kawai. Sai dai idan kulob ya yi amfani da wannan lokaci na rani don magance gibin tsari da na 'yan wasa da gaske, damar gaske ta ƙarshe na maido da ɗaya daga cikin kulob mafi girma na ƙwallon ƙafarfin Ingilishi zuwa ingancin da ya dace na iya wuce ba tare da an yi amfani da ita ba.