Martin O'Neill ya kawo karshen hasashen game da makomar sa a Celtic, inda ya tabbatar cewa ya yanke shawarar sa da sauri bayan jerin sakamako mara kyau da suka sanya shi tambayar ko ya ci gaba a matsayin maneja.

Mutumin shekaru 74 ya bayyana shakku a fili game da muqaminsa bayan an kayar da su 1-0 a gida a hannun Rangers — shan kashi na uku a jere da Celtic suka yi kafin hutu na kasa da kasa. A lokacin, O'Neill ya gaya wa 'yan jarida: "Ba karo na farko ba ne aka yi tambaya game da lokacin da nake koyarwa. Zan duba ta. Zan yi tunani kuma zan ga."

Yana magana a taron manema labarai ranar Juma'a, kafin tafiyar Premiership ranar Lahadi zuwa Motherwell — kai tsaye a Sky Sports — O'Neill ya bayyana a sarari cewa hutu a kalandar ya taimake shi da sauri ya sake samun karfin gwiwa.

"Ba da jimawa ba in yi gaskiya. An yi hutu na kasa da kasa. Yana ba ka lokaci don tunani. A fili ina cikin bacin rai game da makon da muka yi. Akwai dogon kakar wasa a gaba kuma bai dauki lokaci mai tsawo ba don yanke shawarar ci gaba, muddin kulob din na son ni kuma ina farin cikin yin hakan."

O'Neill ya kasance a fili game da sukar da zai fuskanta da ya bar. "Barin a wannan mataki na musamman da mugunci ne," in ji shi. "Da ba hutu na kasa da kasa ba, watakila ba ma da na ce abin da na ce."

Manufar lashe gasar ta kasance

Duk da shan kashi uku a jere, Celtic suna kan gaba da Rangers da maki biyu a kawon Scottish Premiership. O'Neill ya nuni ga wannan fa'ida — da jerin nasarori 13 a gasar kafin Rangers su kare su — a matsayin dalilan imani.

"A haƙiƙa mun kasance a gaba a gasar a wannan lokaci," ya lura. "Ina imani da ƙungiyar kuma ina tsammanin yakamata mu mai da hankali wajen ƙoƙarin lashe gasar."

Ya ƙara da cewa kwarewarsa na jagorantar Celtic ta zama kambun nasara a cikin wasanni 23 na gasar kaka ta bara na ci gaba da motivarte shi. "Saboda yana cikin kwanan baya, yana ba ka ƙarfin hali don son zuwa yin shi," O'Neill ya ce.

Labarin raunuka: Jota da Emenalo

O'Neill ya ba da labari mai farin ciki game da Jota, wanda ya kasance a bango kusan watanni 18 sakamakon rauni a ligament na giciye. Ɗan wasan fafiko ya kasance yana horon tare da ƙungiyar tsawon lokaci kuma ya buga a wasan abota da Falkirk, wanda ya ba shi "dukkan yiwuwar" kasancewa a saman lissafi ranar Lahadi.

An kuma sa ran bek na hagu na Chelsea, Landon Emenalo, wanda ya yarda da aro don shiga Celtic a ƙarshen tagar miƙa-mulki ta bazara, ya ƙarshe haɗu da ƙungiyar bayan ya warke daga raunin sa. "Ina tsammanin da dan sa'a zai iso gobe kuma zai fara tare da mu mako na gaba," in ji O'Neill.

Boykot din Green Brigade 'yanayi mai bakin ciki sosai'

O'Neill ya kuma magance tashin hankali da ke ƙaruwa tsakanin magoya bayan Celtic da hukumar kulob din. Green Brigade, ƙungiyar manyan masu goyon bayan kulob din, sun sanar da boykot na sauran wasanni a gida a Europa League da dukkan wasannin Scottish Cup, inda suka ambaci abin da suka kira "ƙiyayya ta bayyane" na hukumar ga masu goyon baya.

Takaddama ta taso ne bayan sanarwar kulob din da ta yi ishara da "ɗabi'ar Green Brigade" bayan zanga-zangar ƙwallon tennis da aka yi niyya ga babban mai hannun jari Dermot Desmond a Alfred Dunhill Links Championship a St Andrews. Ƙungiyar ta musanta alhakin zanga-zangar amma ta yi Allah wadai da abin da suka ɗauka a matsayin ƙoƙari na da gangan don haɗa sunanta da ita.

Wani ɓangare na sanarwarsu ya karanta: "A ƙarƙashin tasirin Dermot Desmond, gajimare mai duhu yana rataya a kan kulob dinmu yana ƙirƙirar yanayi mai ƙara wahala."

Dan wasan gaba na Celtic a baya, Chris Sutton, ya kwatanta kulob din da "wani matattarar taguwa" a farkon mako. O'Neill, wanda ya jagoranci Celtic ta hanyar ruwa mai taguwa iri ɗaya a kaka ta bara don lashe kambun biyu, ya bayyana nadama ba tare da ɗaukar matsayi na kowacce ɓangare ba.

"Ina tsammanin yanayi ne mai bakin ciki sosai idan haka ne," O'Neill ya ce. "Kulob din ya taɓa kasancewa a tare, ina tuna kwanakin da mutane 80,000 suke a Seville ba da kama ko ɗaya. Shi ne Celtic a gare ni. Duk abin da na sani shi ne cewa kulob din ya taɓa kasancewa a tare kusa da ƙarshen kakar wasa, na ji da gaske muna ƙarfin da ba za a iya cin mu ba. Dole mu yi ƙoƙarin lashe wasu wasanni watakila don mu sami haɗin kai."