Ƙungiyar Kwallon Ƙafa ta Scotland ta fara neman sabon kocin ƙasar bayan Steve Clarke ya yi murabus, inda babban jami'in gudanarwa Ian Maxwell ya bayyana cewa "babu komai da aka bar a baya" yayin da tsarin ya fara.

Ficewar Clarke ta kasance mamaki kuma an sanar da ita jim kaɗan bayan Scotland ta kasa ci gaba ta wuce matakin ƙungiyoyi a FIFA World Cup 2026. Lokacin ya fi wauta saboda Clarke ya sanya hannu a sabon kwantiragin shekara huɗu kafin gasar ta fara.

Matsalolin Scotland a matakin ƙungiyoyi

Scotland ta fara Ƙungiya C da nasara ta 1-0 akan Haiti amma ta sha kashi 1-0 ga Morocco kafin ta fuskanci shan kashi mai nauyi na 3-0 daga Brazil. Waɗannan sakamako sun sa Scotland tana buƙatar cancanta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi takwas mafi kyau na uku — wani manufa da ba ta cimma ba, tana ƙarewa a matsayi na 11 daga cikin ƙungiyoyi 12 na uku.

Maxwell yana bude kofar fili

Yana magana a Charlotte, North Carolina — inda tawagar Scotland ta kasance a lokacin gasar — Maxwell ya tabbatar da cewa neman koci ya riga ya fara.

"Na farka da safe ina da saƙonni daga mutanen da suke son wannan aikin," ya ce. "Babu komai da aka bar a baya. Muna buƙatar jefa tarun nemo mai nisa gwargwadon iko. Batun shi ne samun koci mai dacewa — ba lallai ne daga ina ya fito ba."

Maxwell ya nuna wasannin Nations League masu zuwa da North Macedonia, Slovenia, da Switzerland a kaka a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin dalilan yin sauri, ko da yake ya yarda cewa "yana da wahala sosai sanya kwanakin" nadin.

"Wannan aiki mai jan hankali ne sosai, ga koci mai dacewa," ya ƙara da cewa. "Muna da Euro 2028 da muke shirya gudanarwa tare a gaban mu. An sami nasarori da yawa a shekarun baya-bayan nan kuma muna buƙatar naɗa wani da zai iya inganta wannan da kuma ci gaba da turawa mu gaba."

Girmamawa ga gadon Clarke

Maxwell ya kasance bayyananne game da nauyin motsin rai na wannan ficewa, yana kwatanta yanayin da "har yanzu danyi" kuma yana kiran Clarke "koci mafi nasara" na Scotland.

Clarke ya karɓi ragamar mulki a 2019 kuma ya jagoranci Scotland zuwa babbar gasar ƙasa ta farko cikin shekara 23. Ya kula da shigowa Euro 2024 da Kofin Duniya na wannan shekara — na farko tun 1998 — ko da yake a duk gasar uku tawagar ta sami nasara ɗaya kawai, akan Haiti, tare da kashi shida.

"Da mun zauna shekara bakwai da suka wuce lokacin da muka naɗa shi mu ce, 'wannan ne yadda shekara bakwai masu zuwa za su yi kama', kowa da ya yarda ba tare da shakka ba," Maxwell ya ce. "Ya kasance mai ban sha'awa. Abin da na ƙi a ƙarshe shi ne sunan sa ko gadonsa ya lalace ta kowane hali."

Maxwell ya kuma yabi masu goyan bayan Scotland waɗanda suka yi tafiya da yawa zuwa Amurka. "Sun haskaka Amurka," ya ce.

Game da tsawaita kwantiragi kafin gasar, Maxwell ya bayyana cewa an ɗauke wannan mataki don kawo kwanciyar hankali kafin gasar. "Ya kawar da duk wata magana game da abin da zai faru a baya," ya ce. "A bayyane, mun sami kanmu a yanayin da babu wanda yake so."