Babban kocin Southampton, Tonda Eckert, ya bayyana yadda abin kunya na Spygate ya shafe rayuwarsa, yana mai cewa wannan gogewa ta canza masa komai a rayuwa.

Eckert, wanda yake shekara 33, ya yi magana da 'yan jarida a karon farko tun bayan da Football Association ta ba shi hukuncin dakatar da shi na makonni shida — wanda aka dakatar da shi — da tarar £28,000 saboda rawar da ya taka a wannan al'amari. Shari'ar ta zo ƙarshe bayan tsawon watanni fiye da hudu na bincike.

An kori Southampton daga play-offs na Championship a watan Mayu na kakar da ta gabata bayan kulob din ya yarda da yin leƙen asiri a horo na Oxford United, Ipswich Town, da Middlesbrough kafin semi-final ta play-offs. Duk da cewa an yi barazanar dakatar da shi wanda zai iya sa ya rasa muƙaminsa, Eckert ya fito daga binciken FA ba tare da an dakatar da shi ba.

FA ta nemi dakatar da shi na watanni uku a farko, amma hukumar zaman lafiya mai zaman kanta ta rage wannan hukunci, tana mai ambaton "yafi yawa na shaida mai kyau, musamman game da tuba ta gaske" da Eckert ya nuna. Hukumar wasanni ba ta tabbatar da ko za ta ɗaukaka ƙara game da wannan yanke shawara ba tukuna.

Gwaji na rayuwa

"Wahala ne. Yana canza rayuwarka. Da in ce duka bai yi wahala ba, ba gaskiya ne," in ji Eckert a taron manema labarai na Alhamis, wanda aka yi a filin horon Staplewood.

Ya yi magana a fili game da lokacin da ya yanke shawarar ci gaba da jagorantar aikin kulob din — shawarar da ta fara ne da goyon bayan mai kulob din kafin ta zama shawarar sa kansa.

"Da zarar ka yanke wannan shawarar, babu uzuri."

Eckert ya amince cewa kawo ƙarshen wannan shari'a bai yi masa farin ciki kadai ba, har ma wa'ɗanda ke kusa da shi — a rayuwarsa ta sana'a da ta sirri.

"Ba ni ne wanda ke raba yawa daga rayuwata ta sirri, amma a bayyane yake cewa yana yin babban bambanci a iya jan layi, ba don ni kadai ba har ma don wa'ɗanda ke kusa da ni," in ji shi. "Ina godiya ga kulob din, ina godiya ga mutanen da ke kusa da ni wadanda suka taimaka mini a wasu lokutan da bai yi sauƙi ba."

Yanzu, hankali ya koma ga ƙwallon ƙafa

Southampton za su yi wasa da abokin hamayyar gari Portsmouth a rana ta Lahadi, kuma Eckert ya bayyana yana cikin nutsuwa a lokacin taron manema labarai, yana raha da 'yan jarida kafin ya amsa tambayoyi game da wasanni da ke tafe.

Yanke shawara ya haifar da fushi mai yawa a layin yanar gizo daga magoya bayan wasu kulub, da yawa daga cikinsu suna ganin hukuncin ya yi laushi sosai. Babban kocin Cambridge United, Neil Harris, ya taɓa gaya wa BBC Radio 5 Live cewa Eckert "ya kamata a dakatar da shi, kuma a dakatar da shi sosai."

Eckert, a nansa ɓangare, yana da niyya ta duba gaba: "Muna komawa ga matakin aiki da muke bukata idan muna so mu yi fafatawa don manyan manufofi a wannan kakar."