Manchester City ba ta da yuwuwa a kwace mata taken Premier League, bisa ga majiyoyi da ɗan jarida Miguel Delaney ya nakalto a cikin The Independent — amma matsalolin shari'a na kulob ɗin na iya zama nesa da ƙarewa, yayin da jami'an ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila ke fafutukar ƙarin tuhume-tuhume na kuɗi.

Hukunci na asali

A watan Satumba, wata hukumar da ba ta da alaƙa da gwamnati ta same Manchester City da laifi a duk tuhume-tuhumen da suka shafi keta ƙa'idojin kuɗi na Premier League tsakanin kakar 2009/10 zuwa 2017/18. Richard Masters, Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa na Premier League, ya bayyana hukuncin a matsayin "mafi muhimmanci a tarihin Premier League."

Tuhume-tuhumen sun ta'allaka ne a kan iƙirarin cewa City ta tsaga ƙididdigar tallafin kuɗi da kusan £1 biliyan a tsawon shekaru tara — lokacin da kulob ɗin ta lashe taken Premier League uku, a 2012, 2014, da 2018. City ta shirya ɗaukaka ƙara kuma tana jiran sakamakon.

Bincike na biyu ya zuwa?

An kaddamar da binciken na asali bayan an buga ɗimbin imel na ciki ta Der Spiegel a watan Nuwamba 2018. Yanzu, majiyoyin da Delaney ya nakalto suna tambayar me ya canza, idan akwai wani abu, a cikin halayyar kasuwancin kulob ɗin bayan wannan kwanan wata — wanda ke tayar da tambayoyi game da ko keta ƙa'idoji ya ci gaba bayan 2018.

Wasu jami'ai sun yi imani cewa yarjejeniyoyin kasuwanci da aka yi bayan 2018 an riga an kimanta su da ƙimar kasuwa mai kyau kuma sun kasance ƙarƙashin ƙa'idojin ɓangarorin da ke da alaƙa, wanda ke kare City daga ƙarin bincike. Wannan ra'ayi, duk da haka, ya samu shakku dangane da hukuncin laifi.

Rahotannin Delaney kuma sun nuna girman dabara: bincike na biyu mai yuwuwa na iya zama "dabarar tattaunawa" a bangaren Premier League, wanda ke ba City rangwame don musayar sasantawa kan tuhume-tuhumenta na yanzu. Kamar yadda wata majiya ta bayyana, "lokacin da kake neman yarjejeniya kan hukunci mai tsauri mai yuwuwa, Premier League za a iya nuna ta ba su rangwame kuma ta tsire su daga ƙari."

Me zai faru daga nan?

Manchester City na ci gaba da jaddada rashin laifin ta. Rahotannin sun nuna cewa idan hukuncin laifi ya tabbata bayan ɗaukaka ƙara, kulob ɗin na iya kai batun zuwa High Court — wani matakin da zai miƙa wannan labari fiye da ƙarsheen kakar wasan yanzu.

A filin wasa, City tana tafiya zuwa Nottingham Forest a ƙarshen mako mai zuwa yayin da gasar Premier League ta ci gaba.