An sa ran Pep Guardiola zai dawo Etihad Stadium mako mako don kallon Manchester City suna buga wa Paris Saint-Germain a UEFA Champions League — zai zama karon farko da zai bayyana a filin wasa tun bayan da ya bar kulob din bazara ta shekarar da ta gabata.
Ziyarar tana zuwa a wani lokaci mai matukar wahala ga City, wanda aka sami da laifin dukkanin tuhume-tuhume masu alaka da manyan take-taken ka'idojin kudi na Premier League ta hukumar mai zaman kanta. Kulob din ya shigar da daukaka kara kan hukunce-hukuncen kuma ya ki amincewa da duk wani laifi.
Guardiola, wanda ya yi shekaru goma na nasarori a kan kulob din — yana ba da kananzir shida na Premier League da zakara daya na Champions League — ya bayyana goyon bayansa ga hukumar City da masu goyon baya bayan yanke hukuncin. An sa ran tsohon koci zai kasance a mazauna masu kallo a ranar 14 ga Oktoba lokacin da tawagar Enzo Maresca ke karbar baki Paris Saint-Germain, jim kadan bayan City suka tafi Liverpool a Premier League.
Lineker ya yi kira ga City da ta karbi hukunci
Gary Lineker, yana magana a taron Leaders Week da aka yi a Stamford Bridge, ya yi kira ga Manchester City da ta karbi alhakin sakamakon. Hukumar mai zaman kanta ta kammala cewa fiye da £830 miliyan na kudade daga mai kulob din an yi amfani da su wajen kara kudaden shiga na kulob din ta hanyar na karya kuma ta baiwa kulob din damar bin ka'idojin Premier League da na UEFA ta hanyar jerin shirye-shirye da aka bayyana da kalmar «na yaudara». Laifukan da ake zargi suna rufe lokacin tsakanin 2009-10 da 2017-18.
«A fili, wannan yana bayyana mara kyau sosai ga Manchester City, kuma mara kyau ga wasan ma,» in ji Lineker, tsohon kyaftin din England. «Ina son ganin Man City yanzu ya karba kuma ya ce: 'To mun yi kuskure amma don amfanin wasan, za mu karba kuma za mu karbi duk wane hukunci da zai iso gare mu.'»
Da aka tambaye shi ko ya kamata a kwace wa City kambun Premier League uku da suka lashe a lokacin da ake magana, Lineker ya ce: «Ba zan yi mamaki ba idan ya bi wannan hanya. Amma wa ne ke wahala daga wannan? Yan wasa da masu goyon baya.»
Walker ya yi tunani kan kiyayyar tunaninsa
Kyle Walker, wanda ya bar Manchester City a shekarar 2025 bayan shekaru takwas a kulob din — a lokacin da ya lashe Champions League da manyan kyaututtuka 12 na cikin gida — ya ce tsoffin yan wasa za su riƙe a zuciya abin da suka cimma tare, ba tare da la'akari da sakamakon daukaka karan ba.
Yana magana a talkSPORT, matashin dama na Burnley Walker ya ce: «Na san yana cikin marhalar daukaka kara, don haka, fara yin tsokaci kan matakan shari'a da komai, mai yiwuwa ba zai yi min adalci ba ko wa kuma da yake ciki. Amma, a matakin kaina, zan iya cewa samarin — mun yi shekaru da yawa da kyau muna murnar kyaututtuka da yawa, kuma wannan abu ne wanda, duk abin da ya faru, ba za su iya karba mana ba domin mun rayu waɗannan daren.»
Wanda yake da shekaru 36 ya yarda cewa batun yana da saukin ji ga waɗanda suka sa kamin shuɗi. «Yana da matukar wahala domin mun yi aiki tuƙuru don su, kuma ba mu kaɗai ba — ina duba masu goyon bayan da suka yi tafiya ta yankin ƙasa, suka je Istanbul lokacin da muka lashe treble, kuma su ma sun cancanci wannan dare,» Walker ya ƙara da cewa.
Karyata komai na City
A cikin wata sanarwa da aka fitar Juma'a ta karshe, Manchester City sun tsaya kan rashin lafinsu da kalmomin da ba su da wata shakka. «Kulob din ba shi da laifi kan zargin da Premier League ya yi,» in ji sanarwar, «kuma akwai cikakken adadi na shaidun da ba za a iya musanta su ba waɗanda ke goyan bayan dukkanin muƙamarsa da suka shafi wannan shari'a.» City kuma sun ce ra'ayin hukumar yana dauke da «manyan kurakurai a sarari, na doka, ka'ida da gaskiya», wanda ya sa shi na haɗari.

