Manyan masu hannun jari guda biyu na West Ham United sun yi magana a bainar jama'a suka rabu da abokin mallaka David Sullivan, bayan bincike na hadin gwiwa tsakanin BBC Panorama da The Times wanda ya kawo zargin halayya ta cin zarafin jima'i da farautar wadanda ba su da kariya a kansa.

Daniel Kretinsky da Vanessa Gold sun ce suna da «damuwa sosai» game da wadannan zargin, kuma a lokaci guda suka sanar da yarjejeniyar sayan hannun jari wanda zai mai da Kretinsky babban mai hannun jari a kulob din.

Yarjejeniyar mallakar kulob

A karkashin wannan yarjejeniya, kamfanin 1890 Holdings na Kretinsky — wani bangare na rukunin EP mai faɗi — zai sayi hannun jarin da iyalin Gold ke da su, yana daga rabon sa daga 27% zuwa kusan 43%. Wannan adadi ya zarce hannun jarin Sullivan na yanzu wanda yake 38.8%, wanda hakan zai sa Kretinsky ya zama babban mabukaci guda ɗaya a kulob din.

«A matsayinsa na mafi girman mai hannun jari, rukunin EP zai iya samar da kuɗin da kulob din ke bukata,» in ji Kretinsky da Gold a cikin wata sanarwa ta hadin gwiwa. Wannan ma'amala har yanzu tana ƙarƙashin hakkokin sayan hannun jarin masu hannun jari na sauran da kuma amincewar da ake bukata ta hukuma.

Martani ga zargin

A cikin sanarwarsu, Kretinsky da Gold sun ce cikakken kwamitin West Ham United bai sami labarin zargin da ake yi wa Sullivan ba sai kusan wata guda kafin a bayyana su ga jama'a a ranar Litinin, kuma masu hannun jarin kansu ba su san dukkan bayanai ba sai labarin ya fashe.

«Tunaninmu yana tare da wadancan mata wadanda suka yi fafutukar wahala don a ji muryarsu,» in ji sanarwar. «Duk wani cin zarafin iko abin ƙyama ne, kuma yana buƙatar babban jaruntaka da ƙuduri don furta shi.»

An kuma tabbatar da cewa an haramta wa Sullivan hulda da tawagar mata da matasa na kulob din tsawon shekaru uku da suka wuce saboda damuwar tsaro — wata matakin da wakilai na sauran masu hannun jari a kwamitin sun ce sun san shi ne a wannan mako, a cewar Kretinsky da Gold.

Sullivan, wanda yake da shekaru 77, ya «yi inkarin gaba ɗaya» dukkan zargin. Zargin sun shafi wani lokaci da ya gina dukiyarsa a harkar batsa, jaridu, da kwallon ƙafa.

Yanayin gabaɗaya na West Ham

Wannan rikici a wajen filin wasa ya zo a wani lokaci da yake da wahala musamman ga kulob din gabashin London. West Ham suna ƙoƙarin tabbatar da komawa nan take zuwa Premier League bayan sun sauka daga gasar a karon farko tun 2012.

«A matsayinmu na masu hannun jari da daraktocin West Ham, hankalinmu yanzu ya maida hankali gabaɗaya kan kare makomar wannan kulob din kwallon ƙafa,» in ji Kretinsky da Gold, suna nuna niyyarsu ta daidaita kulob din a harkar kudi da suna.