Kwamiti mai zaman kanta ta gano Manchester City da laifin karya manyan ka'idojin kudi a tsawon lokacin misimai tara, inda ta fallasa wata shirin dabara wanda ya boye fiye da £830 miliyan na kuɗin masu kulawa a matsayin ainihin kudaden daukar nauyi.

Girman matsalar

Sa'ad da Abu Dhabi United Group suka sayi Manchester City a shekarar 2008, girman saka hannun jari da ake bukata ya bayyana kusan nan take. A lokacin kakar 2009-10, masu kulawa da kulob ɗin sun fahimci cewa jimlar asara za wuce rikodin asara mafi girma a kakar guda ɗaya ga kowane kulob na Premier League — asarar Chelsea FC ta £140 miliyan a shekarar 2006 — wani maƙasudi da masu kulawa da City suka ƙuduri aniyar kada su kai.

Ya kara tsananta matsin lamba tsinkayar asarori masu yawa na akalla misimai biyar masu zuwa, a lokaci guda da UEFA da Premier League suke shirye-shiryen gabatar da dokokin hujjar kudi. Maganin guda ɗaya da ya yiwu, kamar yadda kwamiti ta gano, shi ne ƙara kudaden kasuwanci sosai.

Tsarin ba da kuɗi cikin ɓoye

Tun farkon shekarar 2010, City ta shiga cikin yarjejeniyoyin daukar nauyi a ƙididdigar da suka fi ƙimar kasuwa ta ainihi. An raba kowane yarjejeniya zuwa sashe biyu: kuɗin asali, wanda mai daukar nauyi ya biya, da ƙarin adadi, wanda masu kulawa da kulob ɗin suka biya. Daga £949.94 miliyan na kudaden kasuwanci da aka yi rikodin su tsakanin 2009-10 da 2017-18, kwamiti ta gano cewa £119.25 miliyan kawai suka wakilci kuɗin asali na ainihi. £830.69 miliyan da suka rage sun fito kai tsaye daga masu kulawa.

Hukuncin ya bayyana cewa wannan tsari ya ba da ra'ayin ruɗi ga masu kula, masu duba lissafi, da hukumomin hujjar kudi — yana mai sa ya bayyana cewa kudaden kasuwancin City sun fi girma da yawa fiye da yadda suke a ainihi. Sa'ad da barazanar fallasa ta bayyana, an sabunta tsarin lokaci zuwa lokaci don, a cewar kwamiti, "taimakawa ɓoye mai ci gaba" da rage yuwuwar tambayoyi masu wuya a yi.

Misali mai ban mamaki: a watan Mayu na 2013, ƙasa da mako guda kafin ƙarshen shekara ta kudi, City ta gano rashi na £9.9 miliyan game da bukatun hujjar kudi na UEFA. A cikin 'yan kwanaki — ba tare da an tuntubi masu daukar nauyi ba — an samar da yarjejeniyoyi da aka gyara don sake rubuta kari na baya da biyan kuɗin yawon shakatawa na Amurka. An cika rashi.

Project Longbow da tsarin Fordham

A shekarar 2012, City ta ƙaddamar da wani shiri na ciki da aka sani da Project Longbow. Ko da yake yawancin sassa sun shafi ƙoƙari na halal don ƙara kudaden shiga, an gano cewa wani sashi ɗaya — Fordham Arrangement — ba komai bane face ɓangarori. An yi amfani da kuɗin masu kulawa don ba da damar wani ɓangare na uku mai suna Fordham ya sayi haƙƙin City na cin riba ta hanyar haƙƙin hoto na 'yan wasa a farashin da aka yi ta wuce gona da iri, yana ba kulob ɗin damar rubuta waɗannan kuɗi a matsayin kudaden gudanarwa. Jimlar £24.5 miliyan an rubuta su ba daidai ba a matsayin kudaden shiga, kuma an cire £49.414 miliyan ba daidai ba daga kuɗin gudanarwa.

Albashi ɓoyayyu da biyan kuɗi ta hanyar wakilai

Kwamiti ta kuma gano lokuta uku daban-daban inda aka biya albashi na 'yan wasa da manaja ta hanyar wakilai na uku maimakon bayyana a lissafin kulob ɗin — yana mai boye farashin ainihin waɗannan kwangilolin yadda ya kamata. An bi ta wannan hanyar da biyan kuɗi na £8.866 miliyan, £7.4 miliyan, da £0.5 miliyan, kuma an rubuta su a maimakon haka a matsayin kuɗin ba da shawara.

An gano shaidu sun yi ƙarya

Watakila mafi ɓarna daga cikin ganawar ta shafi yadda kulob ɗin ya yi ɗabi'a a lokacin binciken da kansa. Kwamiti ta yanke hukunci cewa City ta yi ƙoƙari na ƙungiya don toshe da takaita binciken Premier League. An gano cewa shaida da shaidu da yawa masu mahimmanci suka gabatar sun kasance ƙarya a fannonin da suka dace, inda ƙungiyar ta yanke hukunci cewa wasu mutane sun gabatar da shaida da suka san cewa ba ta dace ba.

Hukuncin kuma ya gano cewa City ta san cewa lissafin shekara-shekara bai bayar da madaidaiciyar hoto ta gaskiya da kuma adalci game da matsayin kudi na kulob ɗin ba, kuma kulob ɗin ya yi rashin kulawa wajen ba da damar waɗannan rashin gaskiya su ci gaba. Ta haka, City ta kasa yin aiki da kyakkyawar nia da take bin Premier League kuma ta karya ayyukan hadin kai da binciken.

Manchester City ta yi watsi da ganawar kuma ta dage cewa Premier League ba ta fahimci yanayin yarjejeniyoyin daukar nauyi ba. Kwamiti ta ƙi wannan bayanin gaba ɗaya, tana kwatanta shi a matsayin wanda aka ƙirƙira shi ne da kyau bayan abubuwan da suka faru a yunƙurin boye ainihin tsarin.