A lokacin da Friedkin Group suka kammala karbar Everton, Dan Friedkin ya yi alkawarin taimaka wa kyau ga tarihin kulob ɗin da kuma asalin gida mai daraja. Shugaban gudanarwa Marc Watts ya yi alkawarin sabon zamanin da ambicin aiki da ƙwarewa zai kasance ginshiƙinsa. Bayan watanni takwas kacal, tagwayen lokacin rani ya nuna cewa waɗancan alkawura ba komai ne ba.

Ƙungiya da aka kwashe gaba ɗaya

Everton na shiga sabon kakar wasa cikin halin rauni mai ban tsoro. Manaja David Moyes yana da ƴan wasan filin da aka tabbatar da su guda 18 kacal, tare da Thierno Barry a matsayin ɗan bulo guda ɗaya da aka amince da shi a ƙungiyar. Kulob ɗin ya zo matsayin 18 a Premier League wajen kashe kuɗi a wannan lokacin rani — na ƙarshe a tsakanin ƙungiyoyi 17 waɗanda ba a haɓaka su ba, wajen ƙimar ƙungiyar — a lokacin da kuɗaɗe masu yawa suka kwararar a ko'ina cikin ƙwallon ƙafar.

Fiye da £100 miliyan an tattara ta hanyar sayar da ƴan wasa a ranar ƙarshe ta tagwayen kadai, kusan ninki biyu na duk abin da aka kashewa a duk tsawon rani. Irin wannan kasuwancin kadarorin ya yi kama da tagwayen Janairu 2023 wanda ya gaggauta faduwar mulkin Farhad Moshiri.

Neman ɗan bulo cikin rudani

Lamarin da ya fi illa a tagwayen shi ne ƙoƙarin ƙarshe neman Folarin Balogun. Ɗan bulo na Monaco ya bar tattaunawar Finch Farm a awa na ƙarshe na ranar ƙofa, yana barin Everton ba tare da ƙari mai muhimmanci a gaban ba. Kafin wannan juyawarsa da ba a zata ba, kulob ɗin ya kuma yi bincike kan aro Joshua Zirkzee na Manchester United da kuma tuntuɓar Aston Villa game da Tammy Abraham — ba ɗaya daga cikinsu ya ci nasara ba.

An yi tsammanin siyar da Iliman Ndiaye zuwa Manchester City da £60 miliyan, amma yadda aka kammala shi ya bar ɗaci a zukatan masu taimakon kulob ɗin. Tsare-tsare na farko sun nuna yarjejeniya da Tottenham a wannan adadin, wanda zai tarwatse ta hanyar damar dawowar Richarlison da £35 miliyan — wannan zaɓin ya ruguje. Aro na biyu na Jack Grealish daga Etihad Stadium bai ba da ta'aziyya sosai ba wajen asarar muhimmin tushen hare-haren Everton.

Masu kulob a ƙarƙashin wuta

Makonni biyu kafin a rufe tagwayen, Babban Jami'in Zartarwa Angus Kinnear ya tabbatar wa masu goyon baya a fili cewa kulob ɗin na tsaye a kan ƙaƙƙarfar hali ta kuɗi. Abin da ya biyo baya ya fatattake wannan labarin gaba ɗaya. Maganar wani tsari na 'tagwaye biyu' an ɗora shi a mutur cikin shiru, yayin da ƙoƙarin boye na sayar da ɗan wasan da aka haɓaka a gida Harrison Armstrong zuwa Nottingham Forest — wanda aka dakatar da shi bayan zanga-zangar masu goyon baya a Bournemouth — ya nuna yanayin rudanin da zai zo.

Masu goyon baya sun amsa da fushi a bayyane. Ƙungiyar yanayi The 1878s ta tabbatar da dakatar da nunin da suke yi kafin wasanni har zuwa ƙarƙashin umarni mara iyaka, yayin da wasu suka rantse za su ƙi kashe kuɗi a cikin Hill Dickinson Stadium, tun daga gasar gida da Manchester United.

Bambancin da ke tsakanin wannan da yadda TFG ke gudanar da AS Roma ya fi kwauri-kwauri. A Roma, masu kulob suna hulɗa kai tsaye da abubuwan da suka dame masu goyon baya sau da yawa, har ma a lokutan rudani waɗanda suka haɗa da canza manajoji uku a cikin kakar wasa guda. A Everton kuwa, masu kulob da ba sa nan sun lulluɓe cikin shiru, a yayin da ake ba da labari cewa suna neman masu saka hannun jari don raunana hannun jarin da kusan su kaɗai suke da shi — suna kuma ci gaba da shirye-shiryen ƙaddamar da ƙungiya ta NHL a Texas.

Moyes, yana magana bayan wasan ƙarshe a Goodison Park, ya kwatanta kulob ɗin da ya ga yana cikin ɓaraka amma yana farkon waraka. Bayan watanni 15, wannan jin daɗin ɓaraka ya dawo — kuma nauyin gyara shi yana kan masu kulob da jami'an da suka naɗa don gudanar da al'amuran kulob ɗin a rasu.