Gasar CAF Interclub 2026/27 ta fara, kuma manajan biyar musamman sun shiga kakar wasankin karkashin matsin lamba mai yawa — kowanne an ba shi aikin biyan babban tsammani a kulob din da suke son daukar girma na nahiya.
Rulani Mokwena — Pyramids FC
Rulani Mokwena yana fuskantar ɗaya daga cikin manyan ayyuka a ƙwallon ƙafa na kulob din Afirka bayan ya karɓi matsayin Pyramids FC kafin sabuwar kakar wasa. Manajan ɗan Afirka ta Kudu mai shekara 39 ya maye gurbin Krunoslav Jurcic, wanda ya jagoranci kulob din Misira zuwa nasara a CAF Champions League — ma'ana Mokwena bai karɓi aikin da ake ci gaba da gina shi ba, sai dai kulob din da ya riga ya zauna a saman ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka.
Lokacin da ya yi a tsarin Mamelodi Sundowns ya ƙara masa fahimtar buƙatun gasar nahiya. Yanzu yana da dandali na buga hannu a ƙungiyar da yake son yin su bisa ƙa'idodin kiyaye ƙwallon da kai hari. Koyaya, ƙalubalen mafi wahala na iya zama kiyaye jan abin da Jurcic ya gina — nasara idan an dandana tana ɗago ma'auni sosai.
Miguel Cardoso — Mamelodi Sundowns
Miguel Cardoso ya shiga sabuwar kakar wasa a matsayin mai kare taken nahiya maimakon mai neman sa. Manajan Portuguese ya jagoranci Mamelodi Sundowns zuwa taken CAF Champions League a 2025/26, kuma manyan ƙungiyar Afirka ta Kudu yanzu sun fara kakar wasa a matsayin ƙungiyar da duk abokin hamayya ke yi wa shirin.
Wannan matsayi mai ɗaukaka yana kawo rikitarwas nasa. Abokan hamayya za su karanta Sundowns sosai kuma su zaɓi tsarin tsaro mai hankali, wanda ke tilasta Cardoso ya nemi mafita da bai taɓa buƙata a matsayin mai neman ba. Sarrafa juyar da 'yan wasa a jadawalin gida da na nahiya mai wahala zai zama daidai da mahimmanci.
Abdeslam Ouaddou — Orlando Pirates
Manajoci kaɗan ne suka shiga fagen nahiya da jan abin da Abdeslam Ouaddou ke ɗauka. Bamorocco ya tsara kakar wasa mai ban mamaki ta 2025/26 ga Orlando Pirates, yana kawo ƙarshen mulkin Mamelodi Sundowns na kakar wasa takwas a South African Premier League kuma ya kammala tarihin treble na gida. An ba shi taken Manajan Kakar Wasa da cancanta.
Yanzu CAF Champions League tana gabatar da jarrabawar wani irin. Ƙwallon ƙafa na nahiya yana buƙatar daidaitawa — tafiya mai nisa, yanayi da ba a saba da su, da abokan hamayya masu asalin ƙa'idodi na dabara daban-daban gaba ɗaya. Ouaddou dole ya nuna cewa hanyoyin da suka kawo nasara mai ban mamaki a Afirka ta Kudu na iya yaɗuwa ko'ina cikin nahiya.
Bubista — RS Berkane
Bubista ya iso RS Berkane da ɗaukakar ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun babi-babi na aikinsa. Manajan Cape Verde ya jagoranci tawagar ƙasarsa zuwa halarta na farko na tarihi a FIFA World Cup 2026 kuma ya kai Argentina na ƙarshen minti na karin lokaci kafin ya faɗi 3-2 a Round of 32. Wannan tafiya ta canza sunarsa duniya baki ɗaya.
Duk da haka, ƙwallon ƙafa na kulob yana gabatar da wani irin ƙalubale. Berkane sun kai semi-finals na CAF Champions League a kakar da ta gabata, kuma magoya bayansu za su buƙaci wani zagaye mai zurfi. Ikon Bubista na gina ƙungiyar da ke da tsari da haɗin kai shi ne katunan kasuwancinsa a matakin ƙasa da ƙasa — aikin yanzu shi ne sake haifar da waɗannan halaye a cikin yanayin yau da kullun na sarrafa kulob.
Hussein Ammouta — Al Ahly
Hussein Ammouta ya ɗauki babban nauyi mafi yawa daga cikin biyar. Bamorocco ya karɓi ragamar Al Ahly da kwangilar shekara biyu a watan Yuni 2026, yana maye gurbin Jess Thorup bayan kakar nahiya mai ɓacin rai ga manyan ƙungiyar Cairo. A kulob din da girman Al Ahly, inda ake ɗaukar mamayar nahiya a matsayin ƙa'idar ƙasa ba mafarkin ba, babu wuri ga farkon jinkiri.
Ammouta yana fafatawa a CAF Confederation Cup da wata manufa ta bayyane: dawo da Al Ahly kan kololuwar ƙwallon ƙafa na kulob na Afirka. Tsarin dabararsa da zurfinsa a ƙwallon ƙafa na nahiya suna da ƙima — amma a Al Ahly, sakamako kawai a lokutan yanke hukunci ne zai ƙidaya gaske.
