Bayan Manchester City ya sami hukuncin laifi da gangan ta karya dokoki na kudi tsawon shekaru tara, Pep Guardiola — wanda yanzu yake aiki a matsayin jakada na duniya na City Football Group maimakon zama kocin farko — ya je kafofin sada zumunta don isar da kalmomi na haɗin kai ga magoya baya: "Bari in yi bayani: za mu fita daga wannan tare. Ina son ku duka."

Dogon tarihi na bayanan gaban jama'a

Shiga tsakani na Guardiola ya ba wasu masu kallo mamaki. Ya bar City a lokacin bazara kuma bai wajabta masa yin bayanin jama'a game da hukuncing ba. Duk da haka, muryarsa tana da alaka da wannan labari tsawon shekaru — daga musun fushi a tarukan manema labarai zuwa alkawarai masu tsanani na yin murabus idan aka same klabin da laifi.

BBC Sport ta tattara kowane muhimmin bayani da Guardiola ya yi game da batun yayin lokacin da yake kula da tawagar Etihad Stadium.

Kafin tuhume-tuhumen Premier League

Bayanan sa na farko masu muhimmanci sun zo a ranar 18 ga Mayu 2019, jim kadan bayan nasara ta 6-0 da City ta samu a kan Watford a karshen gasar FA Cup. Lokacin da ɗan jarida Rob Harris na Sky News ya tambaye shi ko ya karɓi kuɗaɗen da ba a bayyana su ba — tambaya da Football Leaks suka haifar ta hanyar buga bayanan da aka sata wanda ya nuna cewa tsohon koci Roberto Mancini an biya shi ta wannan hanya — Guardiola ya amsa da fushi bayyane.

"Shin na karɓi kuɗi a wani yanayi, yanzu haka, yau? Da gaske, kuna tsammani na cancanci wannan irin tambayar, ranar da muka lashe treble? Ina sauraron shugabana da babban manajinmu, kuma ina amince da su. Suna gaya mana cewa muna bin doka gaba ɗaya. Ina amincewa da su."

Ya bayyana yana fassara tambayar a matsayin hari na sirri akan mutuncin sa maimakon tambayar game da kuɗin klabin.

A ranar 19 ga Fabrairu 2020, bayan UEFA ta same City da laifin karya dokokin Financial Fair Play ta kuma hana klabin yin gasar Turai tsawon shekaru biyu, Guardiola ya nuna tsayin daka: "Muna daukaka kara. Lokacin da mutum ya yi imani yana da gaskiya, dole ne ya yi faɗa."

Hukuncin hana an cire shi a ranar 14 ga Yuli 2020, lokacin da Kotun Aikin Wasanni ta tsabtace klabin daga mafi tsanani daga cikin tuhumomin. Guardiola ya yi tsaurin magana a amsar sa: "An cutar da mu. Mutane sun ce mun yi zamba kuma mun yi ƙarya — sau da yawa. Tsarin rashin laifi ba ya nan."

Aminci — da alkawarin yin murabus

A ranar 7 ga Mayu 2022, Guardiola ya bayyana tushen amincin sa ga wadanda ke gudanar da klabin.

"Idan aka tuhume su da wani abu, sai in tambaye su: 'Faɗa min game da hakan.' Suna bayani kuma ina amincewa da su. Na gaya musu: 'Idan kun yi mini ƙarya, washegari ba zan nan ba.'"

Mafi muhimmanci, ya kuma bayyana zai bar aikin idan aka same City da laifi — alkawarin da ya zama banza saboda tafiyar sa a lokacin bazara na 2024, makwanni kaɗan kafin a sanar da hukuncin.

Bayan tuhume-tuhumen 115 na Premier League

Premier League ta sanar da tuhume-tuhume 115 kan City a watan Fabrairu na 2023, kuma Guardiola ya gudanar da taron manema labarai mai ƙarfi sosai a ranar 10 ga Fabrairu.

"Tunani na na farko shi ne cewa an riga an yanke mana hukunci. Ina da cikakken yakinin za mu zama marasa laifi. Idan ba haka ba, za mu yarda da abin da alkalin ya yanke — amma menene zai faru idan muka zama marasa laifi? Menene za a yi don rama asarar mu?"

A ranar 23 ga Mayu 2023, takaicin sa game da saurin tsari ya bayyana: "Da mun so a sami hukunci gobe — yamma na yau ya fi gobe."

A ranar 24 ga Nuwamba 2023, ya wuce haka, yana rantse zai ci gaba da kula da klabin ko da an saukar da City zuwa League One: "Akwai damar da zan fi kasancewa idan muna League One fiye da idan muna Champions League." Ya kuma yi alkawarin fuskantar manema labarai da zarar an yanke hukunci — alkawarin da ya maimaita shi daga baya.

Makonni na karshe kafin sauraron kara

Da sauraron kara na shari'a ya kusanto a watan Agusta na 2024, Guardiola ya ci gaba da neman warwarewa: "Ina farin ciki cewa zai fara nan ba da jimawa ba kuma ina fatan zai ƙare da wuri. Za mu yarda da hukunci, kamar yadda muka yi koyaushe."

A watan Satumba na 2024, da sauraron kara ya fara, ya koma kan batunsa na saba — cewa duniyar kwallon ƙafa ta riga ta yanke hukunci na laifin City.

"Kowa ba shi da laifi har sai an tabbatar da laifi. Yana kama da cewa kowa bai tsammani mu yi faduwa kawai ba — suna son mu ɓace daga fuskar duniya."

City tana daukaka kara kan hukuncin laifi. Guardiola, wanda har yanzu City Football Group ke ɗaukar sa aiki a matsayin jakada na duniya, ana sa ran zai halarci wasan klabin na UEFA Champions League kan Paris St-Germain — farkon wasan gida a filin wasa daga bayan sanar da hukuncin.