Shugaban Zartarwa na CEO na kulub Liverpool, Billy Hogan, ya yi magana a fili game da tattaunawar da ake yi kan saka hannun jari na 'yan kadan, nadinsa na Andoni Iraola a matsayin babban koci, da kuma lokacin canji da ya kira na kaucewa — yayin da kulub ke shirye-shiryen fuskantar Wrexham a Yankee Stadium a New York ranar Laraba da yamma.

Saka hannun jari na 'yan kadan da alƙawarin FSG

Mako da ya wuce, Fenway Sports Group (FSG) ta tabbatar da cewa ƙungiyar masu zuba jari wacce ɗan kasuwa ɗan ƙasar Burtaniya da ƙasar Indiya Amit Bhatia ke jagoranta ta shiga tattaunawar damar saka hannun jari na dabarun 'yan kadan a Liverpool. Hogan, wanda ya yi magana da BBC Sport a New York, ya amsa da hankali.

«John Henry da FSG sun kasance suna cewa idan akwai sha'awar saka hannun jari da zai amfani kulub ɗin ƙwallon ƙafa, za su yi la'akari da shi,» in ji Hogan. «An faɗi haka shekaru da dama da suka wuce kuma har yanzu haka lamarin yake.»

Ya ƙi ba da cikakken bayanin da ya wuce sanarwar hukuma ta kulub, amma ya jaddada cewa FSG na ci gaba da matukar himma ga wannan aikin. A cewar Financial Times, yarjejeniyar da ƙungiyar da Bhatia ke jagoranta za ta ƙima Liverpool sama da fam biliyan 4.5. Hogan, wanda ya shiga FSG lokacin da suka sayi Liverpool da fam miliyan 300 a cikin 2010, ya nuni da matsayin kudi na kulub a matsayin shaida ta niyyar ƙungiyar a dogon zango.

«Mun kasance na biyar a cikin Deloitte Football Money League kuma mun sami mafi yawan kudin shiga — fam miliyan 702 — a cikin Premier League,» in ji shi. «Duk wannan saka hannun jari, kamar yadda ya kasance tun 2010, yana dawowa ga kulub.»

Bazara mai cike da sauyi a filin wasa da wajen filin wasa

Kakar wasa ta 2024-25 ta Liverpool ta kasance mai wahala a kowace ma'auni. Kashe kuɗi da ya karya tarihi na fam miliyan 450 bai haifar da wani kofin nasara ba, wanda a ƙarshe ya kai ga korar Arne Slot a ƙarshen kakar. Manyan 'yan wasa irin su Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson, da Ibrahima Konate duk sun tafi kyauta, yayin da Michael Edwards ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa na CEO na Ƙwallon ƙafa na FSG bayan an watsar da tsare-tsaren mallakar kulub da yawa. Darektan wasanni Richard Hughes ma an haɗa sunansa da yin ƙaura zuwa Al Hilal a Saudi Arabia.

«Canji da sauyi ba makawa ne a ƙwallon ƙafa,» in ji Hogan ya amince. «A halin mu, tare da sabon koci mai zuwa, akwai matukar sha'awa game da tunanin da falsafar Andoni wanda magoya baya za su ƙaunaci sosai. Ina son isar da saƙo cewa muna cikin wuri mai kyau sosai a matsayin kulub na ƙwallon ƙafa.»

Ya kuma nemi su fahimci tarihin kashe kuɗi na Liverpool a ƙarƙashin FSG, yana mai cewa matakan saka hannun jari suna canzawa gwargwadon buƙatu — yana misalta da bazara ta 2024, lokacin da Federico Chiesa ya zo da fam miliyan 12.5 ne kawai a matsayin ƙari guda ɗaya. A ƙarshe, in ji shi, waɗannan yanke shawara na hannun mai kulob Mike Gordon ne.

Ƙungiyar mata da makomar Anfield

Hogan ya yarda cewa ƙungiyar mata — waɗanda suka ƙare a matsayi na 11 a WSL a kakar da ta wuce kuma ban ci nasara a gasar mafi girma ba tun 2014 — an yi watsi da su a shekarun baya.

«Domin sukar kai, wannan watakila yanki ne da wataƙila mun rasa kulawa da shi shekaru da yawa da suka wuce amma mun canza hakan,» in ji shi. «Yanzu muna da ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun cibiyoyin horarwa a AXA Melwood, muna saka hannun jari a cikin ƙungiyar, kuma za mu kula da ƙungiyar mata kamar yadda muke kula da ƙungiyar maza.»

Game da Anfield kanta, Hogan ya nuna alfahari da faɗaɗa filin wasa a cikin shekaru goma da suka wuce — an sake gina biyu daga cikin kambun huɗu — yayin da ya jaddada mahimmancin haɓaka unguwar da ke kewaye da filin wasa. Ya yi tunani akan yadda kulub ya yi kusa da fatarar kudi lokacin FSG suka zo a 2010, suna kwatanta wannan lokaci da ƙarfin kudi na Liverpool a yau.

«A ƙarshe, yana game da cin kofuna,» in ji shi. «Sau da yawa ina tunani game da fan parks a wasannin ƙarshe na Champions League — mun rasa wasu, amma wannan farin ciki da waɗancan abubuwan tunawa sune na koma gare su lokaci zuwa lokaci. Dukkanmu muna son wannan kulub ya zama mafi kyau a duniya.»