Nottingham Forest na shiga kakar 2026-27 ta Premier League tare da manajan su na biyar a cikin shekaru biyu, Oliver Glasner na karbar ragamar kulob din da har yanzu yana neman zaman lafiya bayan ɗaya daga cikin shekarun da suka fi rikici a tarihin kwanan nan na ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila.
Kakar cike da rudani da nasarori da ba a zata ba
Kakar 2025-26 ta fara da fata — Forest ta kammala a matsayi na bakwai a shekarar da ta gabata kuma ta dawo gasar Turai a karon farko cikin shekaru 29. Komai ya ruguje kusan nan take. An kori Nuno Espirito Santo bayan wasanni uku kacal, wanda ya kunna jerin canjin manajoji: Ange Postecoglou ya daɗi wasanni takwas, Sean Dyche wasanni 25, kafin Vitor Pereira ya maido da kwanciyar hankali ya kuma tabbatar da kasancewa a kaka ta spring.
A fagen Turai, hoton ya kasance daban. Forest ta doke Porto — sau biyu — da Fenerbahce a kan hanyar zuwa wasan kusa da karshe na UEFA Europa League, inda Aston Villa ta tsayar da mafarkinsu. Igor Jesus ya kasance mabuɗin wannan tafiya, yayin da farfaɗowar Morgan Gibbs-White a ƙarƙashin Pereira — ƙwallaye tara a wasanni 10 na gasar — ya kuma ba masu goyon baya farin ciki a gida.
Forest ta zama kulob na farko a tarihin Premier League da ta yi amfani da manajoji huɗu na dindindin a kakar ɗaya, duk da haka ta gama a matsayi 16 kuma ta kai wasan kusa da karshe na Turai a cikin wannan kakar. Kalmar "rikici" ita kaɗai ba ta isa ta bayyana hakan ba.
Aikin Glasner da tambayar Gibbs-White
Sakamako da Pereira ya samu don ceton kulob shi ne korarsa a lokacin bazara, Glasner yana zuwa bayan barin Crystal Palace — kulob da ya gama matsayi ɗaya sama da Forest a kakar da ta gabata. Rahotanni sun nuna Glasner ya yi tattaunawa da AC Milan kafin ya zaɓi City Ground. Yadda alaƙarsa da mai kulob Evangelos Marinakis take ci gaba zai ƙayyade kakar.
Babban kayan aiki a hannun Glasner shi ne Gibbs-White, mai shekara 26, wanda ya ci ƙwallaye 18 a gasar 2025-26 — mafi yawa daga duk ɗan wasa na Forest. Mai ƙirƙira, mai wuyar gajiya wajen latsa abokan gaba, kuma mai zuwa yana fi haɗari a gaban kewaye, ƙwallolinsa 15 na gasar ya sa an yi mamaki sa an bar shi a wajen tawagar Kofin Duniya ta Ingila. Kiyaye shi lafiyayye kuma mai ci ƙwallo shine babban aikin mai horar da sabuwar kaina.
Ginshiƙin tsaro mai ƙarfi na gina akan shi
Wani ɓangare da aka yi watsi da shi na kakar da ta gabata shi ne tarihin tsaro na Forest. Layin baya na biyar ɗaya — Matz Sels, Ola Aina, Murillo, Nikola Milenkovic, da Neco Williams — ya kasance ɗaure a duk kakar Premier League, tare da Elliot Anderson da Ibrahim Sangare a matsayin masu tsaro. Wannan ƙungiya ta karɓi ƙananan ƙwallaye fiye da Liverpool da Bournemouth, kuma ɗaya kawai fiye da Manchester United masu matsayi na uku.
Forest kuma ta yi amfani da 'yan wasa 31 a cikin kakar gasar — West Ham kawai da aka saukar ya yi amfani da fiye da haka. Neman haɗin kan ƙungiya ya fi muhimmanci idan Glasner yana son gujewa maimaita rudanin kakar 2025-26.
Abin da za a yi tsammani a kakar 2026-27
A cikin kakar Premier League huɗu da suka shuɗe tun dawowarsu zuwa babbar gasar, Forest ta gama a matsayi na 16, 17, bakwai, da 16. Hasashen kakar lumana a tsakiyar teburin ya yi kama da mai sauki sosai don kulob ɗin da Marinakis ke jagoranta. Ficewa da wuri na Anderson ya sa hoton ya zama mafi wahala.
Tarihin Glasner yana ba da bege na gaske, kuma wasan kusa da karshe na Europa League ya nuna cewa ƙungiyar tana da halin yaƙi lokacin da take haɗe. Babban tambayar bazarar Forest ita ce ko wannan haɗin kai zai iya ɗaukar tsawon kakar gaba ɗaya — tare da manaji ɗaya kawai a kayar.
