Jiga-jigan Manchester United sun yi imanin cewa kulob ɗin na iya ƙalubalantar manyan gasa a wannan kakar, ko da yake abokan hamayyarsu suna kashe kuɗi fiye da su sosai. Babban kocin Michael Carrick da shugaban zartarwa Omar Berrada dukkansu sun yi jayayya cewa hani a kashe kuɗi ba lallai yake nufin rasa buri ba.
Kashe kuɗin United a lokacin rani ya kai £148m — adadi mai girma wanda ya yi ƙanƙanta idan aka kwatanta shi da na abokan hamayya. Chelsea da Tottenham Hotspur kowanne ya zuba fiye da £300m, yayin da Manchester City ya karya rikodin ta hanyar kashe £458m. Har ma Ipswich, kulob ɗin da ya samu furo, ya kashe fiye da United. Liverpool, wanda ya doke Ipswich daren Jumma'a, ya fitar da 'yan wasa uku — Alexander Isak, Bradley Barcola, da Florian Wirtz — kowannensu ya wuce £100m.
Saye da sayarwa na United a lokacin rani
Mafi tsadar sayan United a wannan lokacin rani shi ne dan wasan tsakiya dan Kamaru Carlos Baleba, wanda aka sayo daga Brighton a yarjejeniyar da za ta iya kaiwa £70m. Wannan adadi ya yi ƙasa da rikodin kulob ɗin na £89m da aka biya don Paul Pogba shekaru goma da suka gabata. Bayan Baleba, United ya kuma kawo Andrey Santos daga Chelsea da Youri Tielemans daga Aston Villa, yayin da mai shekara 19 kuma dan wasan gaba Shea Lacey ya nuna iyawa a cikin ƙungiyar.
Carrick ya amince da sukar da ake yi game da rashin bek na hagu don ƙalubalantar Luke Shaw da kuma rashin goyon baya ga Benjamin Sesko a gaba, amma ya ƙi da ƙarfi ra'ayin cewa jagorancin kulob ɗin ya sanya iyaka a kashe kuɗi.
"Adadin kuɗin na iya zama babbar matsala, na fahimta, amma bai koyaushe ya kamata ya zama amsar ba," in ji shi.
Carrick yana da imani cewa ƙungiyarsa tana cikin matsayi mafi kyau yanzu fiye da yadda take a ƙarshen kakar da ta gabata, lokacin da United ta ƙare ta uku bayan ta lashe 12 daga cikin wasannin 17 a ƙarƙashin jagorancin sa. "Kasancewa a wannan kulob ɗin, dole ne ka nemi nasara," in ji shi. "Wannan shine inda muke so mu kasance."
Basusuka da burin sabon filin wasa
Tambayoyi game da yanayin kuɗin kulob ɗin har yanzu suna ci gaba. Ƙididdiga ta kwata ta kwata ta ƙarshe ta nuna jimlar bashin da ya kai £1.29bn, ciki har da kudaden canja wuri da aka biya. A watan Yuni, United ya ɗauki ƙarin £91.92m lokacin da aka sake fasalin sharuɗɗan bashi, kuma kulob ɗin har yanzu bai bayyana yadda zai ba da kuɗin sabon filin wasa da ake sa ran zai wuce £2bn ba.
Shahararren mai rubutu game da kuɗin wasan Swiss Ramble ya kiyasta cewa United ya biya £852m a matsayin riba kaɗai tun lokacin da dangin Glazer suka karɓi kulob ɗin a shekara ta 2005 — wani gaskiya da ke ci gaba da haifar da zanga-zangar magoya baya kusan a kowace wasa.
Berrada ya kare kulob ɗin a Taron Magoya Baya na 30 ga Yuli. "Mun nuna cewa da bashi, ba wai kawai za mu iya samun riba ba, a mafi mahimmanci, za mu iya lashe kofuna," in ji shi. "Kuma manufarmu ita ce sake yin hakan." Ya jaddada bukatar tsari mai ƙarfi don a ci gaba da yin gasa a wasan, a gudanar da bashi, da kuma aiwatar da shirin sabon filin wasa."
