Kwanaki goma sha hudu sun shude tun lokacin da Premier League ta tabbatar da cewa Manchester City an same su da laifi a mafi yawan zarge-zargen 115 na kudi da aka kawo musu — kuma ga magoya baya da yawa, tashin hankali na motsin rai bai nuna alamar tsayawa ba.

"Wannan yana cikin mafi tsayi mako na rayuwata," in ji Steven McInerney, wani magoya baya mai shekara 41 daga Manchester. "Yanayin raina ya yi daidai daga ta'aziyyar neman labarai mara daɗi zuwa jin daɗin tsayawa da kuma tunani cewa wannan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne kawai."

Kulob din na ci gaba da musun dukkan zarge-zargen kuma yana ɗaukaka ƙara kan shawarar, wanda ke nufin sakamakon — da kuma duk wani hukunci mai yiwuwa — har yanzu ba a san shi ba. Hukunci mai yiwuwa sun haɗa da tarar mai yawa, rage maki, hana canja wurin 'yan wasa, ko ma korar kulob ɗin daga Premier League.

Aminci marar girgizawa

Ga Rachel Herdson, mai riƙon tikiti na lokaci tun 1989 daga Altrincham, amincinta bai karkata ko kaɗan ba. "Ranar Juma'a da ta gabata, lokacin da na kwanta barci, ni magoya bayan Manchester City ce. Na farka ina magoya bayan City. Kuma kun sani? Ko bayan wannan labarin mai ban mamaki, sanarwar Premier League, har yanzu magoya bayan City ce," ta shaida wa BBC Sport.

Tana samu ɗan ta'aziyya daga shawarar kulob na ɗaukaka ƙara, amma ta yarda da lalacewa da ya riga ya faru. "Kada ku ɓace ni — ban yi farin ciki ba, saboda ana ɓata sunan kulob," in ji ta. "Kuma ina tsammanin ko da muka je Kotun Koli muka ci duk wani ƙara, har yanzu za a ɓata sunan."

Herdson kuma ta yi kuka da cewa rigimar na iya rufe nasarori na gaske a filin wasa. "A cikin dukkan wannan, ana rasa abin da wasu nasarorin suka kasance. Kamar Kevin de Bruyne, David Silva... abin da suka ci nasara a wannan wasannin."

Ta ƙara da ƙarfin hali: "Wannan kulob dina ne. Ina ƙaunar wannan kulob. Kuma idan mafi munin ya faru kuma derby ɗinmu na gaba ya kasance da Altrincham, zan kasance can kamar yadda na kasance koyaushe."

Nuna ƙarfin hali a Anfield

City za su koma wasan bayan hutu na ƙasashen duniya da tafiya zuwa Anfield su yi wa Liverpool wasa, suna tafiya zuwa ɗaya daga cikin filayen da suka fi dacewa da rikici a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila a lokacin da ke da matsanancin tashin hankali a tarihin kulob.

A mayar da martani, ƙungiyoyin magoya baya suna shirya abin da suka kira "tsohon yini na tafiya waje," suna gayyatar magoya baya kimanin 3,000 masu tafiya su sa tufafin retro su kawo ayaba mai iya fisfisa — alama ta al'adun magoya bayan City tun cikin shekarun 1980.

"Magoya baya sun shafe lokutan duhu muka wuce ta hanyar barkwanci," in ji Dave Wilson, mai riƙon tikiti na lokaci wanda zai kasance a Anfield. "Magoya bayan City ba za su ɓoye daga kulob ɗinsu ba kuma ko menene ya faru, mu — a matsayinmu na magoya baya — za mu yi ta hanyar musamman."

Wannan motsin yana nufin nuna cewa ainihin kulob ba za a bayyana ta ta hanyar abubuwan da suka faru a cikin shekaru goma ko fiye ba.

Tsara mai zuwa

Rylan Vernon, mai shekara 18, an haife shi a Manchester a 2008 kuma bai taɓa sanin komai sai nasara ba — matsayinsa na sirri mafi girma shine Treble ɗin City na 2022-23. A gare shi, halin yana a fili. "Har yanzu ba a tabbatar da komai ba, amma zan goyi bayan tawagata koyaushe. City har abada. Ko da muka sauka, za mu dawo kai tsaye," in ji shi.

Vernon kuma bai gamsu da zarge-zargen da kansu ba. "An sanya dokokin ne ta ƙungiyoyin manyan tawaga don babu wanda zai samu damar zama babbar tawaga. Kuma yanzu da wanda ya yi ƙarami ya yi nasara, suna ƙoƙarin hukunta shi da dalilan gaskiyar kudi."

A filin wasa, rayuwa ta ci gaba

City za su tafi Anfield suna a saman Premier League, kuma Kevin Parker, wakilin hukuma na ƙungiyar magoya baya, ya yi imanin cewa 'yan wasan za su yi wa abin lissafi da ƙwararru. "'Yan wasan ƙwararru ne — za su ci gaba da aiki," in ji shi. "Anfield kullum yanayi ne mai tsananin rikici. Wannan batu ya yi ta ratsa kan mu kamar takobin Damocles tsawon shekaru takwas. Magoya bayansu za su rera waƙoƙi kuma su yi rera amma hakan bai damun mu ba."

A yanzu, magoya bayan City suna jiran da haƙuri. Sakamakon ɗaukaka ƙara da kowane hukunci har yanzu ba a warware su ba — kuma rashin tabbas, kamar yadda McInerney ya faɗa, ya ci gaba da canzawa "a kowane 'yan daƙiƙa."