Ana tsammanin Pep Guardiola zai koma Etihad Stadium mako mai zuwa don kallon Manchester City suna maraba da Paris Saint-Germain a UEFA Champions League — ziyararsa ta farko tun bayan ya bar kulob din ƙarshen kakar wasa ta bara bayan shekaru goma a matsayin manaja.

Wannan ziyara tana ɗauke da muhimmanci na musamman. Wasan Champions League da PSG a ranar Laraba, 14 ga Oktoba zai zama farkon wasan gida da City za yi tun bayan da wata hukumar zaman kanta ta same su da laifin mafi yawan tuhume-tuhmenda 115 da Premier League ta kawo musu saboda keta ƙa'idojin kuɗi.

Martanin City ga hukuncin

Hukumar ta gano cewa City ta keta ƙa'idojin kuɗi na Premier League a lokutan kakar wasa daga 2009-10 zuwa 2017-18, inda rahoton ya yi da'awar cewa kulob din ya kara kudaden shigar kasuwanci na karya da £830 miliyan ta hanyar kwantiragin da aka kwatanta da "karya." City sun musanta duk wani laifi kuma sun shigar da ƙara ta hukuma akan waɗannan gano-ganon.

Bayan hukuncin, Guardiola ya gaggauta bayyana goyon bayansa ga kulob din, masu shi, da jagorancinsa. Wanda ya kai shekara 55 ya wallafa sakon haɗin kai a kafofin sada zumunta.

"Ina son kowace ƙaƙƙarfan magoya bayan Manchester City a duk duniya su san cewa ina nan; fiye da kowane lokaci. Na kasance, koyaushe, kuma zan kasance, a bayan kulob ɗina, mai kulob ɗina, shugabana, Ferran [Soriano], 'yan wasa, ma'aikata, Enzo [Maresca] kuma ku, magoya bayananmu na musamman. Bari in fito karara: za mu shawo kan wannan tare. Ina son ku duka."

Guardiola ya taɓa magana kan tuhume-tuhmenda a watan Nuwamba 2024, yana cewa zai zauna da kulob din — ko da kuwa sakamakon zai kai ƙasƙantar da su zuwa ƙananan gasar.

Dawowar da tarihi ya ɗauke ta

A lokacin shekaru goma da ya yi a City, Guardiola ya gina ɗaya daga cikin zamanin da suka fi mamaye tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila. Ya jagoranci kulob din zuwa nasara shida na Premier League — ciki har da tarihin nasarori huɗu a jere daga 2020-21 — tare da Champions League, FA Cups uku, da League Cups biyar.

Kafin wasan PSG, City suna komawa ga Premier League don fafatawa da Liverpool a Anfield ranar Lahadi da karfe 16:30 BST, bayan hutu na ƙasa da ƙasa na makonni uku. Ƙungiyar Enzo Maresca za ta yi ƙoƙari nemo tafiyarsu kafin abin da ke alama zai zama mako mai zafi na motsin rai a Etihad.