Kafin a yi wasa ko ɗaya, kakar wasanni ta Premier League 2026-27 ta riga ta yi tarihi. Kulibai tara suna shirin fara kakar da sabon manajan dindindin — mafi yawan lambobi da aka taɓa yin rikodin kafin budaddiyar mako ta farko a ɓangaren babban ɗakin kwallon ƙafa na Ingila.

Kulibai tara, sabbin babbi tara

Girman wannan sauye-sauyen manaja na ban mamaki ne. Liverpool sun juya zuwa ga Andoni Iraola bayan korar Arne Slot, yayin da Manchester City suka ba Enzo Maresca ragamar mulki bayan murabus ɗin Pep Guardiola ya kawo ƙarshen mulkinsa mai cike da kambuna a Etihad Stadium.

Chelsea sun nada Xabi Alonso bayan ɗan gajeren wa'adin Liam Rosenior ya ƙare, Bournemouth sun kawo Marco Rose don maye gurbin Iraola wanda kwangilarsa ta ƙare, kuma Nottingham Forest sun ɗauki Oliver Glasner bayan korar Vitor Pereira.

Crystal Palace sun juya zuwa ga Pierre Sage bayan Glasner ya tafi a ƙarshen kwangilarsa, Fulham sun nada Alvaro Arbeloa a matsayin magajin Marco Silva, yayin da Ipswich Town suka ba Gary O'Neil aiki bayan murabus ɗin Kieran McKenna.

An sa ran Newcastle United za su cikakken nadar Matthias Jaissle bayan Eddie Howe ya yi murabus, wanda ya kai jimlar kulibai tara da ke fara kakar a ƙarƙashin sabon jagora na dindindin. Rikodi na baya ya kasance kulibai takwas, wanda aka sanya a 2016-17 — lokacin bazara da ya kawo Guardiola zuwa Manchester City da Antonio Conte zuwa Chelsea.

Tafiyar tsararraki na manyan mutane

Karo na farko tun 1985-86, Premier League za ta fara ba tare da Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klopp, ko Guardiola a kowane rumfar manaja ba. Waɗannan manajan biyar, tare da juna, sun lashe kambuna 26 daga cikin taken 34 na gasar kuma sun sake fasalin kwallon ƙafa na Ingila tsararraki da yawa.

Ferguson ya kafa ma'auni a shekarun farko na Premier League. Wenger ya canza tunani game da kimiyar wasanni da shirye-shirye a Arsenal. Mourinho ya gabatar da hankalta na dabarun wasan da kaɗan za su iya daidaitawa, matsin lamba mai ƙarfi na Klopp ya sake fasalin Liverpool, kuma tsarin wasa mai matsayi na Guardiola ya samar da ɗaya daga cikin kulibai mafi rinjaye a tarihin kwallon ƙafa na Ingila.

Da waɗannan biyar ba su nan, Mikel Arteta na Arsenal — wanda aka nadar a watan Disamba 2019 — yanzu shi ne manajan da ya fi yin wa'adi a gasar. Sai Diego Simeone na Atletico Madrid, wanda ke mulkin kulibinsa tun Disamba 2011, ne ya fi tsayi a wannan matsayi a cikin manyan ɗakunan Turai biyar.

Ƙarfin sabon manaja — gwajin da bai taɓa zama mai tsauri kamar yanzu ba

Ɗaya daga cikin labarun da suka fi burge a wannan kakar za a nemi sanin ko abin da ake kira ƙarfin sabon manaja zai ci gaba a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba mai ban mamaki. Ka'idar ta ce kulibai sukan inganta a ɗan gajeren lokaci bayan sauyin manaja, tare da sabbin motoci da sabbin dabaru na wasa.

A wannan kakar, ra'ayin yana fuskantar gwajinsa mafi tsauri. Mako na farko an sa ran zai ƙunshi wasanni uku tsakanin kulibai da ke ƙarƙashin manajan da suka fi sabunta: Fulham da Chelsea, Manchester City da Bournemouth, da Liverpool da ke tafiya zuwa Newcastle. Dukkan ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan kulibai za su daidaita da sabbin ra'ayoyi a lokaci guda.

Jerin wasannin Liverpool ya sa halinsu ya zama na musamman. Wasannin Premier League shida na farko na Iraola duka za su kasance da kulibai waɗanda su ma suke aiki a ƙarƙashin sabon manajan dindindin — Newcastle, Nottingham Forest, Ipswich Town, Fulham, Bournemouth, da Manchester City.

Shin hujjoji suna goyon bayan canjin manaja?

Tarihi yana ba da hukunci mai jujjuya. A lokacin kakar 2025-26, kulibai da yawa da suka canza manajan suna ci gaba da shan wahala. Nottingham Forest sun yi ta manajan shugabanci uku a lokacin kakar, Tottenham Hotspur sun yi canje-canje biyu, kuma Chelsea sun canza alkibla kafin kakar ta ƙare.

Duk da haka, wasu naɗuɗɗu sun samar da gagarumar ingantawa nan da nan. Michael Carrick ya sami matsakaicin maki 2.6 a kowane wasa a wasanninsa biyar na farko a matsayin manajan Manchester United, yayin da Liam Rosenior ya sami sakamako ɗaya a Chelsea — kafin Blues su ci wasa ɗaya kawai cikin wasanninsa takwas na ƙarshe na gasar kafin a korar shi.

Bincike da aka tattauna a cikin Financial Times, dangane da abubuwan da aka samo daga Soccernomics na Simon Kuper da Stefan Szymanski, suna ba da shawara cewa ingancin 'yan wasan da kashe-kashe sun kasance mafi ƙarfi a cikin masu hasashen sakamako fiye da canjin manajan kadai. Kamfanin ba da shawara na wasanni Twenty First Group ya ce masu horar da 'yan wasa sukan yi nasara ko gazawa bisa ga muhalli da suka gada kamar yadda suke yi ta hanyar iyawarsu.

Tun lokacin da Premier League ta fara a shekarar 1992, manajan shida ne kawai suka lashe take a kakar farko a kulibinsu. Arteta, wanda ya kai Arsenal zuwa nasarar gasar a kakar da ta gabata, yanzu yana da damar kiyaye shi — tare da kusan dukkan abokan hamayyarsa na gargajiya suna farawa kakar a ƙarƙashin sabuwar shugabanci. Kakar 2026-27 ta nuna farkon wani zamanin gaskiya na sabon.