Alkalai na Premier League suna fuskantar girgijen zargi tun daga farkon wasanni biyu na sabon kakar wasa — kuma tushen wahalarsu ba yanke shawara mai cece-kuce a filin wasa ba, sai dai jerin da'awo masu ban mamaki da tsohon alkali Mike Dean ya yi a wani podcast.

Dean, wanda yake da shekaru 58, ya bayyana a podcast ɗin Having A Party na Jamie Vardy, inda ya yi iƙirari cewa, a lokacin aikinsa kafin zamanin VAR, yana buga wanda ya kira "wasannin asiri" a lokacin wasanni. Waɗannan sun haɗa da ƙin busa sarewa da gangan kafin minti na 20, da tsayawa a tsakiyar filin wasa gwargwadon lokaci.

Alkalai sun ƙi yarda da da'awar Dean

Professional Game Referees sun yi saurin ƙin yarda da iƙirarin tsohon jami'in, suna faɗin cewa babu wata hujja mai inganci da ke goyan bayan labarin sa. Dean ya yi ritaya a watan Mayu na shekara 2022, bayan ya yi aikin alkali a Premier League kafin a gabatar da VAR daga kakar 2019/20.

Duk da haka, lalacewar na iya riga ta faru. Dean ya san sakamakon rashin fahimta na jama'a. A shekarar 2021, ya sami barazanar kashe shi bayan an soke katunan ja da ya bayar ga Tomas Soucek na West Ham da Jan Bednarek na Southampton a wasanni masu jere bayan yin daukaka ƙara. A shekarunsa na ƙarshe, da'awar da ba ta da tushe amma ta ci gaba — cewa ya fi son Liverpool — ta addabi aikinsa, wanda ya samo asali ne daga labari na ƙirƙira game da ʻya'yan maza biyu da ake cewa sune masu kati na yanayi a Anfield.

Yanayin bayyanawa masu cutarwa

Ba wannan ba ce karo na farko da Dean ya haifar da cece-kuce bayan ritaya. A shekarar 2023, watanni kaɗan kawai bayan barin ayyukan VAR, ya yarda ya ɓoye bayanai game da jan gashi da Cristian Romero ya yi wa Marc Cucurella daga abokin aikinsa Anthony Taylor a lokacin daidaituwar 2-2 tsakanin Chelsea da Tottenham, yana mai cewa bai so ya haifar wa alkalin "ƙarin wahala."

Shi ma ba shi kaɗai ne tsohon jami'i da ya fitar da bayanan masu lalacewa daga kwanciyar studio ba. Mark Clattenburg ya riga ya bayyana cewa ya bar Spurs su "hallaka kansu" a lokacin "Battle of Stamford Bridge" na tarihi ta 2016 — wasa da ake ɗaukansa a matsayin lokacin da nasarar da ba'a zata ba ta Leicester City ta tabbata.

A mafi kyaun yanayi, da'awar Dean na baya-bayan nan ba komai ba ne face alfahari marasa asasin gaskiya — hukunci da ke nuna faɗin Arsène Wenger na Disamba 2017 cewa shi "ba mai gaskiya ba ne," kalaman da suka sa manajan tauraron Arsenal ya samu haramcin wasanni uku da tarar £40,000. A mafi munin yanayi, yana ba da makaman yaka ga waɗanda suka riga sun yi imani cewa alkalanci a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila ba zuciyar adalci ke jagoranta ba.

Ƙoƙarin gaskiya na Webb yana shan rauni

Shugaban alkalai na Premier League Howard Webb ya zuba ƙoƙari mai yawa wajen gina amincin jama'a, inda ya haɗa da sassan bidiyo na wata-wata da cikinsu jami'an ke nazarin yanke shawara masu rigima, kuma wani lokaci suna amincewa da kurakuransu. Yanzu waɗannan ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarce suna cikin haɗarin a rufe su da maganganun Dean.

Magoya bayan ƙwallon ƙafa sun riga sun kusanci yanke shawara na alkalai da cikakken zargi. Waƙoƙin da ke kiran Premier League "cuta" suna fashewa kusan nan take bayan kowane yanke shawara mai cece-kuce, kuma zargin nuna son wasu kulubben a kan alkalai na yanzu suna yaɗuwa cikin 'yanci a kan kafofin sada zumunta da cikin filayen wasa.

Ko da gaskiyar da ke bayan da'awar Dean ta kasance me, kalaminsa ya kãwar nan take aikin da aka yi da wahala na shawo kan magoya bayan cewa gaskiyar da ke bin doka har yanzu tana jagorantar waɗanda ke aiwatar da dokokin wasan. Kowane yanke shawara na gaba, ko da yake na yau da kullun ne, yanzu za a kalle shi ta hanyar zargi — kuma wannan matsala ce da ya ƙirƙira da hannayensa.