A cikin yawancin shekaru goma da suka gabata, Arsenal sun kasance batun dariya a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingilishi — kulob ɗin da kullum yana alƙawarin dawowar ɗaukaka yayin da yake ƙarewa a wajen manyan guda huɗu kuma yana kallo yayin da abokan hamayyarsa ke ɗaga kofuna. Yanzu, iyalin Kroenke sun ce sun yi aiki tuƙuru don canza wannan labari gaba ɗaya.

Josh Kroenke, yana magana da fari-fari game da tafiyar ƙungiyar mallakar, ya yarda da suka da iyalinsa suka sha a lokacin da ake kira "banter era" na Arsenal — shekarun da aka fi saninsu da izgili da ba'a fiye da nasarori da kofuna. Hanya ta dawowa, ya nace, ta buƙaci haƙuri, zuba jari na tsari, da son zuciya don jimre da adawar jama'a.

Daga izgili zuwa gasar take

Kroenke sun kula da sake gina kulob a Emirates Stadium sosai, suna goyon bayan sabon falsafar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa, suna zaɓar ma'aikatan fasaha masu dacewa, kuma a hankali suka tattara ƙungiya mai ikon yin hamayya a saman Premier League. Wannan tsari ya ɗauki shekaru, kuma takaicin masu goyon baya ya kasance a fili a duk lokacin.

Duk da haka, sakamakon ya sauya sosai. Arsenal sun shiga gasar take ta gaskiya kuma yanzu ana ɗaukar su a matsayin masu fafatawa na gaske maimakon masu kusa da nasara kawai. Wannan sauyi yana wakiltar ɗaya daga cikin sauye-sauyen mallakar kulob da suka fi burgewa a tarihin Premier League na kwanan nan.

Sukar da aka jimre a hanya

Josh Kroenke bai guje wa babi-babi mafi duhu ba — tashin hankali a kwamitin gudanarwa, zanga-zanga a wajen Emirates Stadium, da kiran da aka yada na iyalin su sayar da kulob ɗin. Ya ɗauki waɗannan shekarun a matsayin wani ɓangare na dole na tsari mai tsawo, wanda ƙungiyar mallakar ta ɗauki alƙawarin kammala shi duk da matsin lamba na lokaci mai tsawo.

Shawarar goyon bayan maneja Mikel Arteta ta kasance tsakiya a cikin wannan farfaɗo. An nada shi a watan Disamba 2019, Arteta ya gaji da ƙungiya a rudani kuma a hankali ya ƙirƙira ta zuwa ƙungiya mai ladabi da tsananin ƙarfi, mai ikon yin hamayya da Manchester City, Liverpool, da sauran abokan hamayya na gargajiya na Arsenal a saman teburin.

Sabon zamani yana tasowa

Tare da take na Premier League yanzu yana kusa, Kroenke suna bayyana sun kuduri aniyar tabbatar da wannan lokaci a matsayin farkon tsawon nasara mai dorewa maimakon dawowar ɗan lokaci kawai. Son ranin Josh Kroenke na magana a fili game da shekarun tashin hankali yana nuna amincewar cewa mafi munin ya riga ya wuce kulob ɗin.

Ga masu goyon bayan Arsenal waɗanda suka rayu a cikin shekarun ƙunci, wannan sauyin yanayi — daga kunya zuwa tsammanin gaske — yana nuna juyin al'adu mai muhimmanci kamar duk abin da ke faruwa a fagen wasa.