Lokacin da masu saka hannun jari karkashin jagorancin Saudiyya suka kammala siyan Newcastle United a watan Oktoba 2021, kwatancen da Manchester City da Abu Dhabi ta yi na canjin da ya zo ya zo nan take. City sun lashe taken Premier League na farko kawai bayan shekaru uku, watanni bakwai, da kwana 21 tun daga canjin mulki na 2008 — kuma mulkin kwallon kafa na Ingila yana shirye don tarihi ya maimaita kansa.

"Akwai tsoro sosai a cikin sauran kulob-kulob domin sun yi zaton za ta zama wata Manchester City," wata babbar hujja ta shaida wa BBC Sport.

Kusa da shekaru hudu bayan haka, gaskiyar ta zama mafi rikitarwa.

Nasarori na gaske, iyakoki na gaske

Newcastle sun sami ci gaba na gaske. Tawagar Eddie Howe ta kawo karshen jiran shekaru 70 don babban kambun cikin gida ta hanyar ɗauke da EFL Cup a 2025, kuma kulob ɗin ya sami cancantar shiga UEFA Champions League a 2023 da 2025. Shugaban ƙungiyar Yasir Al-Rumayyan ya yi magana game da zama "lamba ɗaya," yayin da babban jami'in zartarwa David Hopkinson ya nufi zama "cikin muhawara game da mafi kyawun kulob a duniya" kafin 2030.

Duk da haka, yanayin daidaitawa ya canza sosai tun lokacin da Manchester City suka fara canza kwallon kafa ta Ingila. Ƙwararren harkar kudi na kwallon kafa Kieran Maguire ya bayyana ƙuntatawa a sarari: "Kalubalen da Newcastle United ke fuskanta a zamanin PSR (dokokin riba da dorewa) da yanzu SCR (ma'aunin tsadar tawagar), yana da nufin kiyaye yanayin da ake ciki sosai."

Gibin kudaden shiga da ke ci gaba da zama babba

Kudaden shiga na Newcastle sun karu sosai — daga £140m a 2021 zuwa £335.3m a 2025 — amma kulob ɗin na ci gaba da baya ga manyan kulob-kulob na kuɗi a Premier League. Duk da kasancewa wurare biyu kasa da Chelsea na shida a tebur na kudaden shiga, Chelsea sun samu £155m fiye da su a cikin lissafin kudaden su na kwanan nan, wanda aka ƙarfafa ta hanyar ƙwaƙƙwaran tsarin ciniki na 'yan wasa. Wannan gibi ne musamman wanda ya ba Chelsea damar kuɗanta yarjejeniyar tarihin kulob ɗin na £117m don Morgan Rogers daga Aston Villa.

Lokacin da siyan ya faru, abokan hamayya suka yi sauri don ƙuntata ikon Newcastle na rufe gibin ta hanyar tallafi da ke da alaƙa da Saudi. Wani jami'i da ke wakiltar kulob-kulob 11 ya tuntuɓi Premier League kwanaki kaɗan kawai bayan siyan, yana neman kuri'a don haramta irin waɗannan ma'amala — wani matakin da ya riga dokokin ma'amala tsakanin ɓangarori masu alaƙa (APT) da aka gabatar a watan Disamba 2021.

Manyan 'yan wasa uku sun tafi cikin ƙasa da shekara guda

A fagen wasa, yanayin yana buƙatar kulawa ta gaggawa. Kashe kuɗin da ya wuce £100m a bazara da ya gabata ya samar da sakamako kaɗan — mai tsaron baya Malick Thiaw ya tsaya a matsayin nasarar da ba a yi takaddama a kai ba. Matsayi na 12 a kakar da ta gabata, ba tare da kwallon kafa ta Turai ba, ya ƙara tsananta wahalar.

Mafi mahimmancin haka, Newcastle ta keta ka'idojin dorewa na kuɗi na Uefa kuma sun shiga yarjejeniyar shekaru uku da hukumar kula da kwallon kafa ta Turai. Wannan ya sa sayar da Anthony Gordon zuwa Barcelona da Sandro Tonali zuwa Tottenham Hotspur ya zama dole a fannin kuɗi, don sakin kuɗaɗe don sake zuba jari wannan bazara.

Waɗannan tallace-tallace sun biyo baya bayan canja wurin Alexander Isak zuwa Liverpool kan £125m — ma'ana manyan 'yan wasa uku sun tafi cikin ƙasa da watanni 12, wanda ya raunana tawagar sosai. Hankali yanzu ya koma kan kyaftin Bruno Guimaraes, wanda ya nuna sha'awar shiga Arsenal, wanda ke ƙara yin barazanar nan gaba na kulob ɗin a yanzu.

Sabbin 'yan wasa matasa da caca na dogon lokaci

Sabbin 'yan wasa na Newcastle na wannan bazara suna ba da labari nasu. Ɗan tsaron gida Ewen Jaouen, ɗan wasan tsakiya Sean Steur, da mai fuka-fuki Bazoumana Toure duk sun zo da shekaru 20 ko ƙasa, kowanne an ɗauke shi daga nahiyar Turai. Uku suna da babbar damar ci gaba amma za su buƙaci lokaci — kamar yadda aikin gabaki ɗaya kuma ke buƙata.

Inganta kayayyakin more rayuwa na ci gaba da jiran. An gano wani shafi don sabon cibiyar horarwa kusa da filin jirgin saman Newcastle a Woolsington, yayin da ba a yanke shawara ba kan faɗaɗa St James' Park ko gina sabon filin wasa gaba ɗaya — wanda ke da matukar muhimmanci ga bunƙasar kudaden shiga na dogon lokaci.

Buri na 2030 har yanzu yana nan. Amma tare da zagayowar shekara ta biyar na siyan da ta zo a watan Oktoba, gibin tsakanin buri da gaskiya na ci gaba da zama babba.