Manchester City suna shirye-shiryen yin karar ƙara kan hukuncin laifin su a kan laifuffuka 114 na dokar kudi ta Premier League, inda suke dogara kan hujjar shari'a ta musamman — mai iya haifar da cece-kuce.

A cewar babban wakilin wasanni na The Times, Matt Lawton, ƙungiyar lauyoyin City za ta yi iƙirarin cewa an biya kudaden daukar nauyin da ake jayayya a kai kai tsaye daga gwamnatin Abu Dhabi, ba daga masu mallakar kulob ɗin na sirri ba. Dabarar ta danganta tsakanin kuɗaɗen gwamnati da hannun jarin masu mallakar keɓantacce — bambancin da zai iya zama mai yanke hukunci idan sabon kwamitin ƙara ya yarda da shi.

Haɗin kan siyasa a tsakiyar shari'ar

Hujjar tana dogaro ne a kan asalin mai Manchester City na farko, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Mansour ba mai hannun jari mai wadata a matakin sirri kawai ba ne; shi ma yana rike da mukamai na mataimakin shugaban ƙasa, mataimakin firaminista, da kuma shugaban Ƙungiyar Daular Larabawa.

Rahotannin sun nuna cewa lauyoyin City suna niyyar yin da'awa cewa kudaden kasuwanci da aka samu daga hukumomin da ke da alaƙa da gwamnati sun wakilci kuɗaɗen gwamnati na halal — ba hannun jari da aka ɓoye da nufin karkatar da ƙa'idodin kuɗaɗen Premier League ba. Masu sukar al'amura sun daɗe suna tambaya game da iyaka tsakanin hanyar sirri ta Sheikh Mansour, Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG), da jihar UAE.

Kariya da aka riga aka ƙi

Ƙarar tana fuskantar babbar cikas: hukumar mai zaman kanta ta asali ta riga ta duba wannan layin hujja kuma ta ƙi shi. Wannan hukumar ta kammala da cewa an gina tsarin kuɗaɗen da aka yi magana a kai da gangan domin ɓoye gudummawar masu mallakar da kuma kara kudaden kasuwanci ta wucin gadi tsakanin 2009 da 2018.

A ƙarƙashin ƙa'idodin Premier League, sabon kwamiti mai zaman kanta na ƙara zai kafa don ji ko shari'ar daga farko. Ƙungiyar shari'ar City suna sa ran cewa waɗannan sabon alkalai za su ɗauki ra'ayi daban-daban game da bambancin tsakanin kuɗaɗen gwamnati da hannun jarin masu mallakar sirri. Duk da haka, rahotannin sun nuna cewa canza hukuncin asali har yanzu bai fi yiwuwa ba.

Abin da zai faru idan ƙarar ta kasa

Idan kwamitin ƙarar ya tabbatar da hukuncin laifi na asali, Manchester City za su ƙare dukkan hanyoyin shari'a na cikin gida da suke da su. Wannan sakamakon zai buɗe hanyar zuwa hukunci mara misaltuwa — wanda daidai nau'insa har yanzu ba a yanke shawara ba, amma na iya zama lokaci mai tarihi a tarihin Premier League.