Leicester City sun fara kakarsu ta League One da rashin nasara 1-1 a filin Notts County ranar Asabar — kwana kaɗan bayan an sanar da cewa an sanya kulob ɗin cikin kasuwa a hukumance, ana rufe wata shafi na musamman a tarihin kulob ɗin kwallon ƙafa na Ingila.
Foxes suna hannun kamfanin sayar da kaya na Thailand King Power tun 2010. A cikin shekaru shida, masu kulob sun cimma ɗaya daga cikin mafi girman abubuwa a tarihin wasanni, suna jagorantar Leicester daga Championship zuwa taken Premier League wanda ya ba duniya mamaki. Nasarar kakar 2015-16 ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin labaran tatsuniya da ake iya tunawa a kwallon ƙafa.
Duk da haka, shekarun da suka biyo baya sun kasance masu tashin hankali. Mutuwar shugaban kujera Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha a faɗuwar helikoftarsa a wajen King Power Stadium a shekarar 2018 ta jefa inuwa mai tsawo, kuma a ƙarƙashin jagorancin ɗansa Aiyawatt, kulob ɗin ya sauka sau biyu a jere — ya fita Premier League sannan Championship a lokuttan biyu masu juna.
Gado na King Power ƙarƙashin fitila
Fushi na magoya baya game da wannan halin ya ƙaru, kuma King Power sun amsa ta hanyar sanya kulob ɗin cikin kasuwa da farashin da aka ruwaito na £200 miliyan. Yana da daɗi da kuma ɓacin rai ga da yawa waɗanda ke tunawa da abin da dangin Thailand suka gina.
Tsohon dan wasan kai hare-hare na England Emile Heskey — wanda ya fara aikinsa a kulob ɗin kuma yanzu shi ne shugaban raya kwallon ƙafa ga ƙungiyoyin mata na kulob — ya roƙi magoya baya da su ƙi barin takaicin kwanan nan ya share tunanin abin da King Power suka cimma.
«Ban yi imani cewa zai kasance da wuri ba — ina tsammanin za a sami tattaunawa mai tsawo da yawa kafin a kammala, amma ba za mu manta abin da wannan dangin Thailand suka yi mana a Leicester, ga kwallon ƙafa, da ga Premier League ba,» ya shaida wa FourFourTwo. «Leicester City da masu kulob ɗin sun sa kowace kulob a ƙasar ta yi imani cewa tana da damar — cewa ko ta yaushe yana iya faruwa.»
Heskey ya yarda cewa harkokin sun yi muni kwanan nan, amma ya yi imani cewa King Power sun kasance suna ƙoƙari mafi kyau a kowane lokaci. «E, al'amuran sun kauce kaɗan, amma ba za ka iya zarginsu ba saboda gaskiya ita ce, tare da dokokin kudi na gaskiya, sun kashe fiye da yadda ya kamata,» ya ƙara. «Ba za ka iya cewa ba su kashe ba. Sun kashe, sun kashe fiye da yadda ya kamata, don ƙoƙarin fita cikin matsala.»
A gefe na al'umma, Heskey ya kuma ja hankali ga gudummawar King Power da yawa a wajen filin wasa: taimako ga asibitocin yanki, ƙungiyoyin agaji na yara, da kuma babbar saka hannun jari a more rayuwar kulob — wuraren horo na zamani ga ƙungiyoyin maza da mata, da kuma filin wasa da aka sabunta.
«Kawai za ka iya ɗaga hular ka gare su ka gode musu abin da suka yi, ba ga kulob ɗin kaɗai ba ne har da ga birnin,» Heskey ya ƙarasa. Game da waɗanda za su gaje King Power, ya ga amfani a gado da suke barin: «Duk wanda ya karɓi mulki zai sami kyakkyawan tushe — wuraren horo, filin wasa, da ƙungiyar da ta dace da za a iya amfani da ita don ci gaba da wani abu daban.»
