Shekaru takwas bayan sauka daga Premier League wanda ya kawo ƙarshen zamanin zinari, Swansea City suna jagorantar Championship — kuma an sami sauyi mai zurfi a kulob ɗin.

Kusan shekara goma, kulob ɗin Welsh ya yi yawo ba tare da manufa ba. Ana sayar da 'yan wasa masu hazaka a koyaushe kuɗi suka buƙace shi, kuma kowane sayarwa na share duk wani ci gaban da aka samu da wahala. Masu goyon baya sun ƙoshi da zagayen da ya zama kamar ba za a iya karya shi ba.

Sabuwar farawa ƙarƙashin sabbi masu kulob

Zuwan 'yan kasuwa na Amurka Brett Cravatt da Jason Cohen a ƙarshen 2024 ya kawo shakku mai ma'ana. Amma sabanin magabatansu, sun cika alkawuransu — sun yi saka hannun jari don daidaita kuɗin kulob, sun bai wa kansa izini don yin kashe-kashe mafi girma kan ɗaukar 'yan wasa tun lokacin sauka, kuma sun fara shirin siyan Swansea.Com Stadium daga majalisar gunduma, maido da makarantar horar da kulob da matsayi mai ɗaukaka, da kuma ƙarin saka hannun jari a ƙungiyar mata.

«A gaskiya, sun cika alkawuransu,» in ji Steve Carroll, editan jarida na masu goyon baya Swansea Oh Swansea. «Da masu kulob na baya, muna jin kamar ana yaudara mu. Yanzu muna ga manufa a sarari.»

Babban jami'in gudanarwa Tom Gorringe ne ke yanke shawara a filin a kullum, yayin da masu kulob suke a Amurka amma suna bayyana a fili game da shirye-shiryensu.

Vitor Matos, mutumin da ya dace

A tsakiyar wannan juyin akwai Vitor Matos, mai shekaru 38, wanda aka naɗa shi a matsayin babban koci watanni goma sha ɗaya da suka wuce duk da cewa yana da tarihin wasanni 12 kawai a matsayin shugaban ƙungiya ta farko, tare da kulob ɗin Fotigal na rukuni na biyu Maritimo.

An gano shi ta hanyar nazarin bayanan yayin da Swansea suka yi kusa da yankin sauka a watan Nuwamba 2025. Matos ya taɓa yin aiki a matsayin koci na ci gaban manyan 'yan wasa a Liverpool ƙarƙashin Jurgen Klopp. An ce hirarrsa ta burge kwamitoci, ciki har da mai Ballon d'Or kuma memba na hukumar kulob Luka Modric.

Tun lokacin da ya iso, ya yi magana game da DNA na kulob da kuma son sa raya salon wasa da masu goyon bayan Swansea ke tsammani — ƙwallon ƙwallon da aka ƙara da mai ƙarfi a wajen ƙwallon, wanda ke sanya bayanan gudu na 'yan wasansa sun zarce takwarorinsu da yawa na rukuni na biyu.

«Daga minti ɗaya da ya shigo, ya yi magana game da DNA na kulob kuma yana son ta amfana da ita, a fuskar salo, ya sa su buga ƙwallon yadda masu goyon bayan Swansea ke tsammani,» in ji tsohon dan tsakiya na Reading Jobi McAnuff, wanda ya kira farkonta na kakar wasa «mai ban sha'awa».

Hujja tana bayyane: mafi kyawun tarihin tsaron a gasar, da nasara da aka gina bayan rasa kwarin gwiwa a kan Lincoln City kafin dakatarwar ƙungiyoyin ƙasa.

Farfado a harkar ɗaukar 'yan wasa

Matos ya kafa tushe a kakar da ta gabata, sannan aka goye masa baya wannan rani don ƙara ƙawata tawagar. Kulob ɗin ya kawo Jay Lefevre daga Celtic a matsayin shugaban ɗaukar 'yan wasa, da Ben Stevens daga Crystal Palace a matsayin daraktan wasanni.

Haɗin gwiwa da Jamestown Analytics — kamfanin bayanan da Tony Bloom na Brighton ya mallaka, wanda ya taimaka wa Brighton, Hearts a Scotland, Como a Italiya, da Saint-Gilloise a Belgium samun nasara — yana ƙara wani matakin ƙwarewa. Swansea sun sami ɗaya daga cikin kwantiragin juyawa na kamfanin, tare da wurinsu a ruku'un ya bude bayan da Ipswich suka yi ƙaruwa.

Daga cikin sababbin 'yan wasa na rani akwai mai fiƙi Joseph Opoku da dan tsakiya Elijah Just — dukansu sun zura kwallo a gasar Kofin Duniya — tare da dan tsakiya ɗan ƙasa na Canada mai gogewa Stephen Eustaquio daga Porto, da mai tsaron baya Stephen Welsh, sabon dan wasan Scotland, wanda aka sanya hannu a matsayin yarjejeniyar kyauta.

«Da can, muna kallonsa a benci kuma mun san cewa maye gurbin zai raunana mu,» in ji Carroll. «Yanzu masu maye gurbi suna canza wasanni.»

Manyan manufofi, ƙananan matakai

Mafi kyawun mai zura kwallo a Championship a kakar da ta gabata Zan Vipotnik ya zauna duk da tayin fam miliyan 10 daga Hull City. Duk da haka, sayar da dan tsakiya Ethan Galbraith ga Stoke City a kimar makamanciyar tana tuna da cewa dawowar manufa ba yana nufin watsi da tattalin arziki ba.

Adam Idah yanzu yana samun taimako a gaba daga tsohon mai harbi na Southampton Ross Stewart wanda ya dawo daga rauni, yayin da kwallaye daga gefen fili — ɗaya daga cikin alamun kulob na tsohon — ke dawowa.

Rashin nasara 3-1 a hannun Southampton, mai nema ƙaruwa, ya tuna da cewa tafiya tana da nisa. Amma a Swansea, bege ya dawo — kuma a wannan karon, yana da alama ya ginu a kan tushe mai ƙarfi.