Leicester City suna faduwa cikin sauri. Suna matsayi na 17 a League One bayan sun lashe wasa ɗaya kawai a wannan kakar wasa, kuma ƙungiyar da ta lashe Premier League a 2015/16 ta sauko zuwa mataki na uku na ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila — ba tare da wani alamar dakatar da wannan faduwar ba.

Manajoji biyar, babu kwanciyar hankali

Matsalar ta fara a zahiri bayan Enzo Maresca ya jagoranci Leicester zuwa taken Championship a 2023/24, tare da Jamie Vardy yana da nasarorin 20 a dukkan gasar. Maresca ya tafi Chelsea a lokacin bazara, kuma abin da ya biyo baya shi ne canjin manajoji da yawa.

Steve Cooper, wanda ake yabawa don aikinsa a maƙiyin Nottingham Forest, ya zo na farko. Sannan Ruud van Nistelrooy ya zo, sannan Marti Cifuentes — wanda ya daɗe watanni shida kawai —, Gary Rowett, da kuma yanzu Russell Martin. Manajoji biyar na dindindin a tsakanin shekara ɗaya kusan, ba ɗayansu ya sami nasarar tsayar da faduwar ba.

Tarihin Martin baya ba tabbaci. Kafin nasarar wasan da Leicester ya yi a gasar a wannan kakar, nasarorin ƙarshe na gasa a bangaren ƙungiyoyi ya faru da Rangers, sannan kafin wannan tare da Southampton. Salo na gwagwarmaya ya bi shi zuwa King Power Stadium.

Mallakar ƙwallon ba tare da amfani ba

Lambobi suna ba da labari mai ban tsoro. A cikin hasarar 4-0 a gida da Oxford United ranar Asabar — ƙungiyar da ta sauko daga Championship kakar da ta gabata — Leicester sun mallaki kashi 63 cikin ɗari na ƙwallon amma sun yi harbi kaɗan a bisa raga fiye da abokan hamayyarsu. Tsammanin manufofin wasansu yana da wuyar kai ga manufa ɗaya.

Leicester a yanzu na jagorantar League One a mallakar ƙwallo kuma suna cikin manyan ƙungiyoyi uku a harbi ga kowane mai ci. Kayan aikin suna akwai a ka'ida; aiwatarwa ba ya nan.

Ƙungiya cikin rikici daga sama zuwa ƙasa

Gazawar ta wuce iyakar lasisin horon ƙungiya. Leicester ta kashe kuɗi mai yawa a 'yan shekarun nan, tare da tambayoyin da aka tayar game da yawan da ingancin ƴan wasan da aka samu. Matsalolin dawwama na dogon lokaci da rahotannin take dokokin kuɗi sun ƙara matsalar a bangaren wasan ƙwallon ƙafa.

Har ila yau, ƙungiyar tana ɗauke da nauyin babban bala'i. Mutuwar shugaban ƙungiya Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha da waɗansu huɗu a haɗarin jirgin helikwafta na 2018 kusa da King Power Stadium ya bar inuwa mai tsawo — wanda ba makawa ya tsara alkiblar ƙungiyar a cikin shekarun da suka wuce.

Kakar da ta gabata, yayin da Leicester aka sauke su daga Premier League na shekara ta biyu a jere, shugaban kwamitin Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha ya karɓi alhakin faduwar ƙungiyar a fili. Amma waɗannan ikirari har yanzu ba su zama shirin gyara mai inganci ba a fagen wasa.

Hanyar dawowa ta yi nisa

A halin yanzu, Sheffield Wednesday — abokin hamayya na Leicester a ranar farko ta kakar Championship ta kakarar da ta gabata, a lokacin da ake ɗauke da su misalin ƙungiyar da ke cikin rikici — yanzu sun zauna a saman League One. Bambancin ya yi ƙyalli.

Rahotanni daga karshen mako sun nuna Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha na fuskantar manyan shawarwari guda biyu, tare da aƙalla ɗaya — wanda ake tsammanin yana da alaƙa da makomar Martin — alama ta zama ba makawa. Na biyu, wanda ba a bayyana shi a sarari ba, an ce yana da ikon tsara makomar ƙungiyar na shekaru masu zuwa.

Ga ƙungiyar da ta kai ga tsaunuka masu ban mamaki ƙasa da shekaru goma da suka wuce, halin Leicester City yana buƙatar gaggauta yin aiki da ƙarfin hali. Shawarwarin da za a yanke a hukumomi na sama za su ƙayyade ko wannan rikici ne na ɗan lokaci ko wani abu mai ɗorewa sosai.