Gary O'Neil Ya Karɓi Jagorancin Ipswich Town Kafin Dawowar Premier League

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Ipswich Town sun naɗa Gary O'Neil a matsayin sabon maneja, inda ya rattaba hannu kan kwantiragin shekaru uku, wanda ya kawo ƙarshen binciken magaji ga Kieran McKenna, wanda ya yi murabus bayan da ya jagoranci Tractor Boys zuwa Premier League.

Ficewar McKenna — wanda ya bayar da dalili na son ɗaukar ƙarin lokaci tare da iyalinsa — ta buɗe kofa ga O'Neil, wanda ya kasance daga cikin manyan 'yan takarar matsayin tare da tsohon maneja na Chelsea, Liam Rosenior. Maneja ɗan shekaru 43 ya isa Portman Road bayan ya bar ƙungiyar Ligue 1 Strasbourg, inda ya shafe watanni shida kawai a kan mulki.

O'Neil ya karɓi ragamar Strasbourg a watan Janairu, ya maye gurbin Rosenior — wanda ya tafi Stamford Bridge — kuma ya jagoranci ƙungiyar zuwa matsayi na takwas a Ligue 1 a kakar da ta gabata, inda ya yi kusa da cancanta zuwa gasar Turai amma bai samu ba.

Dawowar O'Neil East Anglia tana da ɗanɗano na musamman: ya buga wasanni 51 don abokin hamayyar Ipswich, Norwich, tsakanin 2014 zuwa 2016.

Farkon kakar wasa mai ƙalubale yana jiran sa

O'Neil yana karɓar ƙungiyar da ke buƙatar ƙarfafawa sosai kafin kakar 2026/27 ta Premier League ta fara a ranar 22 ga Agusta, lokacin da Sunderland za su ziyarci Portman Road a wasan farkon kakar.

Kakar Ipswich ta baya a Premier League, shekaru biyu da suka wuce, ta kasance kamar gargaɗi mai ƙarfi. Duk da samun ƴan wasan da yawa bayan haɓakawa biyu a jere daga League One da Championship, ƙungiyar ta ci wasa huɗu kawai a duk kakar wasan ta ƙare a matsayi na biyu daga ƙasa.

O'Neil zai buƙaci ƙarfafa ƙungiyar ta fuskar yawa da inganci — kuma ya yi haka da sauri. Tarihinsa na farawa da ƙarfi a Bournemouth da Wolverhampton Wanderers — a duka lokutan tare da ƙarancin kuɗin saye — ya kamata ya ba magoya bayan kwanciyar hankali.

Duk da haka, wasannin farko za su buƙaci sanarwa ta niyya da wuri. Ipswich za su fuskanci tafiya zuwa Man Utd da wasa a gida da Liverpool a cikin wasannin farko uku — sakamakon da zai taimaka sosai wajen yanke shawara ko O'Neil zai iya gamsar da magoya baya waɗanda har yanzu suna baƙin ciki saboda ficewar McKenna.

Hangen nesa na aiki da tsari za su kasance tushen da O'Neil ke gina a kai — halaye da wataƙila ba za su sa farin ciki nan da nan ba, amma Ipswich za su dogara sosai a kansu idan suna son tsira a gasar mafi ƙanƙanta ta kasa.