Shugaban Hukumar Kula da Ƙwallon Ƙafa mai zaman kanta ta Ingila (IFR), David Kogan, ya bayyana cewa zai yi murabus maimakon barin tasirin siyasa ya shafi yanke shawara game da shari'ar ladabtarwa ta Manchester City.

Kogan ya yi wannan sanarwa ne bayan da Firayim Minista Andy Burnham ya fuskanci suka watan da ya wuce, bayan ya ce zai kasance "da damuwa sosai" idan masu Manchester City daga Abu Dhabi suka yanke shawarar sayar da kulob din. Wasu kulob-kulob na Premier League sun ce sun ji "mamaki" game da matsayin Burnham, kuma kafofin da suka sanar da BBC Sport sun bayyana damuwar shiga tsakani na siyasa a tsarin daukaka kara.

Matsayin Kogan da ya bayyana sosai

Sa'ad da aka tambaye shi kai tsaye abin da zai yi idan ya fuskanci matsin siyasa game da shari'ar, Kogan bai bar wata shakka ba: "Zan yi murabus."

Ya kuma bayyana a sarari game da 'yancin kai na hukumar: "Mun kasance masu zaman kanmu. Wannan yana cikin sunanmu. Ni ne shugaban Hukumar Kula da Ƙwallon Ƙafa mai zaman kanta kuma 'yancin kai ya ratsa dukkan abin da muke yi. Ba wani ɗan siyasa da ya yi ƙoƙarin yin tasiri kuma zai yi ƙoƙari ya shafi duk abin da muke yi."

Kogan ya kuma jaddada cewa babu wani sharhi na waje da zai canza hanyar hukumar: "Babu sharhin ɗan siyasa ko kowa da zai shafi abin da muke yi. Tsari ne zai jagoranci abin da muke yi. Tsari ne zai kai mu ƙarshe."

Abubuwan da shari'ar ta shafi

Wata hukumar zaman kanta ta gano cewa Manchester City sun karya dokokin kudi na Premier League a tsawon shekaru tara tsakanin 2009 da 2018. Hukumar ta yanke hukunci cewa kulob din ya kulla kwantiragin "karya" da abokan kasuwanci don a asirce funnelawa sama da £830 miliyan zuwa ayyukan ƙwallon ƙafa nasu. Manchester City suna musun laifi kuma sun daukaka kara.

Wata zaman ladabtarwa daban — wacce na iya ɗaukar watanni kafin a kira ta — za ta yanke hukunci kan hukuncin da za a yi wa kulob din. Wannan hukunci na iya kasancewa daga babbar tarar kudi ko cirewa maki har zuwa korarwa daga Premier League, ko ma ƙwace kyaututtukan guda takwas da suka lashe a lokacin da ya shafe. Manchester City na da hakkin daukaka kara a kan hukunci da kowane ɗan takunkumi da za a ɗora musu.

Taron kwanaki 42 na hukumar a shekara ta 2024 ya kuma yanke cewa "wasu shaidu masu muhimmanci na kulob sun ba da shaidar ƙarya a muhimman batutuwa kuma wasu da gangan sun ba da shaidu na ƙarya da rashin gaskiya."

Matsayin IFR

A matsayinsa na shugaban IFR, Kogan yana da ikon doka na bincika cancancen masu kulob-kulob, daraktoci, da manyan jami'ai. Idan daukaka karar Manchester City ta ci tura, hukumar za ta buƙaci yin la'akari da tilasta sayar da kulob din.

Kogan ya amince da nauyin yanayin, yana kwatanta shari'ar a matsayin wadda take "ɗaga muhimman batutuwa sosai" idan Manchester City a ƙarshe aka same su da laifi a daukaka karar. "Muna jira kamar kowa don ganin abin da hukumar zaman kanta za ta yi," in ji shi, "sannan za mu kawo ra'ayin mu dangane da bincikanmu da ikon doka namu idan mun buƙata."

A yanzu haka, hukumar ta nuna cewa ba za ta iya ɗaukar wani matakin ba sai an kammala tsarin daukaka kara. "Ba mu san sakamakon daukaka karar ba," Kogan ya ce, "kuma idan muka san shi, za mu yi aiki bisa ga haka."