Lisandro Martinez ya sake Jason Wilcox zuwa cibiyar hankali tare — kuma a wannan karo ba manajan da ya tafi ba ne ya kawo illa, sai dai wani dan wasa mai daraja wanda ya fitar da shawara ga jama'a game da daukar 'yan wasa a United bayan kashi da maki 2-0 ga Atletico Madrid.

Yana magana da tashar CBS ta Amurka bayan wannan kashi, Martinez — ko da yake tsohon mai tsaron raga na United Peter Schmeichel ya yi ƙoƙari har sau huɗu don canza hanyar tattaunawar — ya ƙi yin shiru. "Ina sa ran ƙari daga daraktan fasaharmu," in ji mai tsaron baya ɗan ƙasar Argentina. "Ba mu da mafi kyawun 'yan wasa a yanzu idan aka kwatanta da sauran manyan ƙungiyoyi. Ba zan rufe bakinana ba. Muna bukatar ƙarin ƙwazo. Idan ba mu faɗi gaskiya ba, ba za a sami canjin komai ba."

Manufa da aka sani

Wilcox ya kasance a wannan matsayi a baya. Watanni kusan 10 da suka wuce, manajan lokacin Ruben Amorim ya yi masa tsawa a bainar jama'a yayin wata taron manema labarai bayan wasa a Leeds, yana fushi saboda daraktan kwallon ƙafa ya ba shi shawara a asirce canza dabara kafin wasan Manchester United da Wolverhampton Wanderers. An kori Amorim cikin sa'o'i 24, kuma tambayoyi game da rawar Wilcox a wannan lamari sun ci gaba.

Yanzu, yayin da zargin Martinez ke yaduwa a duk Old Trafford, mutum ɗin mai shekara 55 yana fuskantar bincike karo da karo — duk da cewa majiyoyi a cikin United sun bayyana cewa mukaminsa yana aminci kuma ba shi da haɗarin rasa aikinsa.

Tashin hankali a ɗakin sutura

Fushin Martinez ya zo a lokaci mai muhimmanci sosai. Manchester United sun wuce wasanni biyar ba tare da nasara ba, kuma manajan mai wakiltar Michael Carrick yanzu dole ne ya sarrafa sakamakon wannan rikici kafin tafiyar Lahadi zuwa Leeds United — wasa wanda zai kawo ƙarin tambayoyi game da maganganun mai tsaron baya ɗan ƙasar Argentina.

Youri Tielemans, ɗaya daga cikin sabon masu zuwa uku na lokacin rani tare da Andrey Santos da Carlos Baleba, ya ba da "babu sharhi" kawai lokacin da Amazon Prime ta tambaye shi game da lamarin. Shurursa yana da ma'ana mai zurfi, ganin cewa suka na Martinez game da daukar 'yan wasa na iya fassarwa a matsayin ishara kai tsaye ga yanke shawarar ƙungiyar a kansa — dan wasa mai kamanceceniya da dan ƙasar Ingila Kobbie Mainoo — da fam miliyan 35.

Majiyoyin da suke kusa da ɗakin sutura sun gaya wa BBC Sport a lokacin rani cewa ƙungiyar tana bukatar ƙarfafawa fiye da uku da suka zo, kuma giɓɓin a matsayin mai tsaron baya na hagu da mai kai hari sun kasance "bayyananne ƙwarai." Wannan kimantawa yanzu tana kama da annabci, tare da Benjamin Sesko yana rasa wasa na tsawon lokaci ba a sani ba bayan kamuwa da rauni a ƙafar ƙashi tare da Luke Shaw ma ba ya wasan.

Tambayoyi game da dabarar daukar 'yan wasa

Kashe fam miliyan 155 a lokacin rani ya janyo bincike. Baleba ya rasa makonni shida na farko na kakar wasa saboda rauni; Santos ya kasance a benci ba tare da shiga filin wasa ba a wasannin Premier League uku na karshe na Manchester United; kuma Tielemans ya yi fama da rashin daidaito a wasansa. Majiyoyi ma sun yi tambaya game da dalilin kashe fam miliyan 50 a kan Santos, ganin cewa wannan jarin zai iya kawo wani dan wasa na farko a wata matsayi a wani wuri.

An yabi daukar 'yan wasa a lokacin rani na 2025, lokacin da aka sanya Senne Lammens kafin Emi Martinez — zaɓin da Amorim yake so — kuma isowar Matheus Cunha da Bryan Mbeumo, tare da Sesko, sun farfado da harin. Sai dai sakamako na lokacin yanzu yana da wahala a kare.

Babbar hoto a Ineos

Fushi bai takaita a filin wasa kawai ba. Amincewa da rancen mallakar Ineos — wanda aka amince da shi a Kirsimeti 2023 — na ci gaba da raguwa a tsakanin masu goyon baya. Nice suna matsayi na tara a manyan gasar Faransa kuma Lausanne-Sport suna kasan teburin a Switzerland, kuma wannan bai ƙarfafa kwarin gwiwa a wani babban hangen nesa na kwallon ƙafa mai inganci ba.

Mara-rinjaye kuma ya sha zargi saboda ƙara farashin tikiti da abin da ƙungiyar ta kira binciken sayarwa a cikin masu tikiti na yanayi — wani mataki da masu goyon baya suka fassara a matsayin ƙoƙarin kora masu goyon bayan aminci don goyon bayan baƙi masu yawon shakatawa. A halin yanzu, bashin United ya kai fam biliyan 1.1, tare da yanke shawara na kashe fam miliyan 63.5 a kan ƙasa don filin wasan da aka tsara wanda zai iya ɗauke mutum 100,000 — wanda ake kiyasta zai tsaya fiye da fam biliyan 2 — ya ƙara jawo fushi daga masu goyon baya waɗanda suke ganin ya kamata a yi amfani da wannan kuɗi wajen ƙarfafa tawagar Carrick.

Wata majiya da ke da cikakken ilimi a kan ayyukan ciki na ƙungiyar ta ba da takaitaccen kimantawa game da inda al'amura suke: "rikici."