Yanke hukuncin laifi na tarihi da aka yi wa Manchester City a kan tuhume-tuhume 114 daga cikin 115 na kudi ya yau da kullum ya sake kunna muhawara kan yanke maki a Premier League. Duk da haka, a tsawon shekara kusan 35 na tarihin gasa, kadan kawai kulob ɗin da suka fuskanci wannan hukunci mai tsauri.

Middlesbrough, 1996/97 — maki 3

Yanke maki na farko a tarihin Premier League ya faɗo kan Middlesbrough a lokacin kakar wasa ta 1996/97. Kulob ɗin ya soke wasan da Blackburn Rovers ba tare da izini ba, yana mai da'awar barkewar mura a cikin 'yan wasa, kuma aka yanke musu maki uku sakamakon haka.

Sakamakon ya kasance mai tsanani. Duk da isar su ga zagaye na ƙarshe na gasa biyu na kofuna na cikin gida wannan kakar, Middlesbrough ya sauka zuwa ƙananan gasar da maki 39 — uku ƙasa da abin da da zai isa ya kiyaye su, a kan asarar Coventry City.

Portsmouth, 2009/10 — maki 9

Portsmouth yana riƙe da rikodin mafi yawan yanke maki a tarihin Premier League. Bayan zama kulob na farko a babbar gasar da ya shiga gudanar da harkokin kudi na musamman a 2008/09, an yanke wa Pompey maki tara — hukuncin da har yanzu shi ne mafi girma da gasa ta taɓa yanke.

Kamar Middlesbrough, Portsmouth shima ya kai wasan karshe na FA Cup a wannan kakar, sa'an nan ya ƙare a ƙasan teburin, yana zaune can tun daga wasannin rana ta biyu.

Everton, 2023/24 — maki 8

Shari'ar Everton da ƙa'idodin kudi na Premier League a kakar 2023/24 ta zama mafi rikitarwa da gasa ta taɓa gani. An yanke wa kulob ɗin maki 10 a watan Nuwamba 2023 bayan an gano ya keta ƙa'idodin Riba da Dorewa (PSR) — rikodin a lokacin.

Bayan koke-koke da ya yi nasara, an rage yanke makin zuwa maki shida. Sa'an nan, a watan Afrilu 2024, an same Everton da laifi a kan ƙeta wani daban kuma an yanke masa ƙarin maki biyu — ta haka ya zama kulob na farko a tarihin babbar gasa ta Ingila da ya samu yanke maki biyu daban-daban a kakar wasa guda. Duk da cece-kucen, ƙungiyar Sean Dyche ta ƙare da maki 40 ta guji faɗuwa.

Nottingham Forest, 2023/24 — maki 4

Bayan haɓaka zuwa Premier League a 2022, Nottingham Forest ya shiga cikin saye-saye na mamaki — yana zuba fiye da £200 miliyan kan 'yan wasa fiye da 40 a cikin watanni 18 kimanin. Rikodin Pierre van Hooijdonk a matsayin mafi tsada sayan kulob ɗin ya karye sau biyu, tare da zuwan Morgan Gibbs-White a watan Agusta 2022 ya zama mafi fice.

Premier League ta yi aiki a watan Janairu 2024, tana yanke maki huɗu daga Forest bayan gano ya keta PSR. Koke-kokin kulob ɗin bai yi nasara ba, amma Garibaldi a ƙarshe ya guje wa faɗuwa kuma ya cancanci yin wasa a Turai — wanda ya sa ƴan tsiraru a City Ground ke nadamar wannan lokacin mahaukaciyar canja wuri.

Me ke jiran Manchester City?

Da Manchester City yanzu an same shi da laifi a kan tuhume-tuhume 114 daga cikin 115 — ciki har da ƙeta PSR da yawa — yiwuwar yanke maki na rataye sama da Etihad. Tarihi ya nuna cewa Premier League na shirye ta ɗauki matakai; duk da haka, ƙarfin shari'ar City ba shi da misali da gasa ta taɓa fuskantar a da.