Sa'ad da Sheikh Mansour ya kammala karɓar Manchester City a watan Satumba 2008, ƙungiyar tana da lakabi biyu kawai na gasar manyan ƙungiyoyi a cikin shekaru 114 — mafi ƙarshen ya zo shekaru arba'in kafin isowarsa. City sun kammala a matsayi na tara a cikin 2007/08, sun kasance nesa da maki 32 a bayan zakaran Manchester United, kuma an saukar da su daga Premier League sau uku tun farkon wannan zamanin.

Abin da ya biyo baya ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban mamaki na canji a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila. Duk da haka, wata kwamitin da ba ta da alaƙa ta yanzu ta gano cewa harsashin kuɗi da ya sa hakan yiwuwa ya haɗa da manyan take-take na ka'idoji a tsari.

Tsarin kuɗin da aka ɓoye

Kwamitin ta gano cewa Manchester City sun kara haɓaka kudaden shiga su ta hanyar ƙarya da £830m a cikin yanayi tara — daga 2009/10 zuwa 2017/18 — ta hanyar kwantiragin kasuwanci da ta kira "na ƙarya." Masu mallakar Abu Dhabi United Group sun tura manyan ɗimbin kuɗi a matsayin kuɗin tallafi waɗanda aka rubuta a matsayin kuɗin kasuwanci na doka, wani tsari da kwamitin ta kira "tsarin kuɗin da aka ɓoye."

Wadannan biyan tallafi sun tashi sosai a cikin wannan lokacin, suna hawa daga £22.5m a cikin 2009/10 zuwa £134.7m a cikin 2017/18. Nawa £830m da aka rubuta ta hanyar ƙarya a matsayin kudaden shiga na kasuwanci yana wakiltar kimanin kashi 70 na £1.2bn da City suka kashe kan kuɗin canja wuri a wannan lokaci guda.

Kashe kuɗi da ya canza yanayin

Tsakanin lokacin rani na 2009 da kofar canja wuri ta Janairu 2018, Manchester City sun kashe £1.2bn kan 'yan wasa — kusan £300m fiye da Chelsea da suka zo na biyu da £931.7m. Kashe kuɗin net na City na £888.2m ya fi na Manchester United da suka kasance na biyu da £513.1m. City sun kasance a matsayi na farko wajen kashe kuɗi kan canja wuri a cikin biyar daga cikin yanayi tara da aka bincika, kuma sun kashe fiye da kowa wajen net spend a cikin shida daga cikin su.

'Yan wasa sun isa cikin raƙuman ruwa. Kafin taken farko a cikin shekaru 44 a cikin 2011/12, masu shigowa sun haɗa da Carlos Tevez, Edin Dzeko, Yaya Toure, David Silva, Mario Balotelli, da James Milner — jimlar £260.5m a cikin yanayi biyu. Sergio Aguero, Samir Nasri, Fernandinho, Jesus Navas, da Eliaquim Mangala sun biyo baya a cikin kamfen guda huɗu masu zuwa.

Yanayin da aka fi kashe kuɗi a ciki a duk lokacin bincike shi ne 2017/18, sa'ad da City suka ware £282.5m kan 'yan wasa ciki har da Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy, Kyle Walker, Bernardo Silva, da Ederson — kuma suka lashe taken Premier League na uku na wannan zamanin.

Lakabi uku, manaja uku na zaɓi

Ƙarfin kuɗi na ƙungiyar ya kuma ba su damar jan hankalin manaja uku na zaɓi a jere: Roberto Mancini, Manuel Pellegrini, da Pep Guardiola. Tsakanin 2009/10 da 2017/18, City sun lashe taken Premier League sau uku, FA Cup ɗaya, League Cup uku, da Community Shield — mafi nasarar lokaci a tarihin ƙungiyar.

A cikin 2008, City ƙungiya ce ta tsakiyar teburin ta. Tun daga lokacin, sun fita waje da manyan uku na Premier League sau ɗaya kawai a cikin yanayi 16, suna zama zakara sau takwas — a bayan Manchester United kawai wajen jerin taken kowane lokaci, sun zarce Chelsea da Arsenal.

Bincike da sakamakon sa

Hukunsin kwamitin yana jefa dukan wannan lokaci na canji cikin haske mai tsanani. Hukunce-hukunce masu yiwuwa sun haɗa da tarar kuɗi, hana canja wuri, da fitar da su daga Premier League. Wasu muryoyi — ciki har da ta Jamie Carragher — sun nemi a kwace wa City taken su. City sun ƙi yarda da duk wani laifi kuma sun sanar da niyyarsu na ɗaukaka kara. Babban jami'in gudanarwa Ferran Soriano ya ƙi tsarin, yana kiransa "ka'idar makarkashiya ta Premier League."

Ko wane irin sakamako da ɗaukaka kara ta kawo, binciken kwamitin yana nuna a sarari cewa tsarin kuɗi a bayan ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban mamaki na hawan da aka gani a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila an gina shi, a yawancin sa, a kan tushe da aka fufuta ta hanyar ƙarya.