Tsawon shekaru da yawa, Premier League tana aiki da tsarin matsayi bayyananne: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, da Tottenham Hotspur — wadanda ake kira 'Big Six' — suna sarrafa matsayi na farko, suna jan hankalin manyan magoya baya, kuma suna da ƙarfin kuɗi mafi girma. Amma wannan tsari na ɓarke, kuma shaidun hakan ba za a iya musantawa ba.
Faduwar Tottenham da United da sauri
Babban alama ta wannan canji ita ce faduwar Tottenham Hotspur da Manchester United. Tottenham sun ƙare a matsayi guda ɗaya sama da yankin ficewa a kowace daga cikin kakar wasa biyu da suka gabata, kuma a halin yanzu suna zaune matsayi na biyu daga ƙasa a wannan kakar wasa bayan da suka kasa lashe ko ɗaya daga cikin wasanninsu shida na farko. Manchester United, a nasu ɓangaren, suna a matsayi na 13.
Tun daga kakar wasa ta 2021-22, Chelsea da Manchester United sun ƙare a wajen manyan matsayi shida sau biyu kowanne, yayin da Tottenham suka rasa wannan matsayin sau uku — suna ƙarewa a matsayi na 17 a sau biyu daga cikin haka. A cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata, biyar daga cikin manyan matsayi shida sun tafi ga kulake da ba su cikin ƙungiyar ta gargajiya ba, wanda yayi daidai da adadin shekaru takwas da suka gabata idan aka haɗa su.
Lokacin rashin tabbas ga Manchester City
Manchester City, ƙarfin da ya yi rinjaye a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingilishi a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, yanzu suna fuskantar wani nau'i na tashin hankali. An sami kulob ɗin da laifi kwanan nan saboda karya dokoki na kuɗi a tsawon shekaru tara, lamarin da ya jefa inuwar rashin tabbas a kan abin da ya kasance babban aikin Premier League.
Yadda sauran kulake suka rufe rata
Raguwar ikon tare na 'Big Six' ba ta faru ta hatsari ba. Wasu kulake sun zama masu arziki da wayo. Sayen Newcastle United da Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund suka jagoranta da £305m a shekara ta 2021 ya canza manufofinsu dare ɗaya — suka tashi daga matsayi na 11 a 2021-22 zuwa na huɗu a kakar wasa mai zuwa, sannan na biyar bayan kakar wasa biyu.
Brighton & Hove Albion sun bi wata hanya daban, suna gina sunan sane don ƙwararrun ma'aikata da yanke shawara ta hanyar bayanai. Moises Caicedo ya zo daga Independiente del Valle da £4m a shekara ta 2021 kuma aka sayar da shi zuwa Chelsea da £115m — rikodin Birtaniya a lokacin. Marc Cucurella ya kai £15m kuma ya kawo £62m daga Chelsea. Alexis Mac Allister ya shigo da £7m kafin a sayar da shi zuwa Liverpool da £55m.
Daraktan wasanni na Brighton, Mike Cave, ya bayyana wannan falsafar a cikin podcast na Football Daily na BBC Radio 5 Live:
"Dabarunmu na daukar ma'aikata da falsafanmu wani abu ne da muka gina a tsawon lokaci. Bangaren bayanai yana jan hankali sosai saboda shekaru kaɗan da suka wuce sabon abu ne idan aka kwatanta da wasu kulake. A haƙiƙa, yana ɗaya daga cikin abubuwa na tsari mafi girma da ke tafiya. Muhimmin abu ne — yana taimaka mana mu gano hazaƙa a duniya cikin inganci, wanda ke ba mu damar yin hanzari a kasuwar canja wuri da take da gasar."
Rashin ci gaba yana kawo asara mai yawa
Ci gaba ya kasance babban abu mai rarrabewa tsakanin kulake. Tun bayan ritayar Sir Alex Ferguson a shekara ta 2013, Manchester United sun sauya manaja na dindindin guda huɗu tun farkon kakar wasa ta 2020-21. Chelsea sun sami manaja na dindindin bakwai a wannan lokacin, yayin da Tottenham suka sami shida.
Arsenal suna ba da misali mai ban sha'awa na kishiyar hakan: ta hanyar ba Mikel Arteta, wanda aka naɗa a shekara ta 2019, lokaci na ginawa, Gunners sun ƙare jiran shekaru 22 ba tare da taken Premier League ba a kakar wasa da ta gabata, suna tabbatar da cewa haƙuri yana biyan diyya.
Big Six koyaushe tana canzawa
Yana da mahimmanci a tuna cewa manufar 'Big Six' ba ta taɓa zama tsayayye ba. Lokacin da Premier League ta kafa a shekara ta 1992, akwai 'Big Five': Arsenal, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, da Tottenham. Wannan tsari ya canza zuwa 'Big Two' a ƙarshen shekarun 1990, sannan 'Big Four' a farkon shekarun 2000, kafin ya isa ga siffarsa ta yanzu ta 'Big Six' tun daga kakar wasa ta 2010-11.
A yau, Brighton & Hove Albion, Brentford, da Everton suna riƙe da matsayi cikin shida na farko, kuma shekaru huɗu sun wuce ba tare da dukkan kulake shida na gargajiya sun zauna a waɗannan matsayi tare ba. Saman Premier League yana buɗe fiye da yadda ya taɓa kasancewa — kuma wannan ba zai iya zama komai ba face abin kirki ga ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingilishi.
