Vincent Tan, dan kuɗi na Malaysia wanda yake mallakar Cardiff City, yanzu ya cika kwanaki 1,000 ba tare da halartar wasan klabin nasa ba — wani alama da ta sake kunna muhawarar dangantakar mai klabin da Bluebirds da magoya bayansu.

Karo na ƙarshe da Tan ya halarci wasan Cardiff da ido shi ne ranar Boxing Day 2023, wasan Championship da ya ƙare 2-2 a kan Plymouth Argyle, inda klabin ke tazarce nisan maki biyu daga wuraren play-off. Tun lokacin, manajan dā uku suka zo suka tafi, klabin ya sauka zuwa League One a watan Mayu 2025, sannan ya dawo Championship a kakar da ta biyo baya.

Magoya baya da tsoffin 'yan wasa sun yi magana

Jason Perry, tsohon kyaftin na Cardiff wanda ya wakilci klabin tsawon shekaru goma tsakanin 1987 da 1997, ya kasance mai bayyana sukarsa a sarari. "Ba kyakkyawan hoto ne lokacin da mai klabin kansa bai zo ya ga ƙungiyar da yake mallaka ba," in ji Perry. "Ba wai kawai ba mu ganin sa ba, har da ba mu jin komai daga gareshi ba — kuma wannan shi ne takaicin."

Keith Morgan, shugaban Fan Advisory Board da wakilin Cardiff City Supporters Trust, ya raba waɗannan damuwar, yana nuna rashin sadarwa a matsayin babbar matsala. "Rashin sadarwa gaba ɗaya ne matsalar, ba rashin kasancewar jikin mutum ba," in ji shi. "Bai ma sadar da hanyar bidiyo ko imel ba. Babu saƙo a shafin yanar gizon klabin." Morgan ya kuma soki rashin ƙwarewa ta ƙwallon ƙafa a matakin hukumar gudanarwa, yana mai cewa tsarin da ya dace da na iya hana kuɗaɗen da aka ɓata a baya.

Kocin yana kare mai klabin

Babban koci Brian Barry-Murphy ya bayar da ra'ayi daban gaba ɗaya. Bayan da ya shirya dawowar Cardiff zuwa Championship, Barry-Murphy ya kwashe makonni huɗu tare da Tan da iyalinsa a Malaysia a lokacin bazara. "Sanin sa game da ƙungiyar da abin da muka yi a kakar da ta gabata ya wuce abin da na yi tsammanin. Baya barin komai ya tsere masa," in ji Barry-Murphy. "Ban ga mutane da yawa masu wannan yawan aiki kamar sa ba, don haka ina tabbata idan ya samu lokaci, zai zo nan."

Gaskiyar kudi

Rashin kasancewar Tan ya sha sukar jama'a, amma yanayin kuɗi yana sa kowane shari'a ya zama ɗan rikitarwa. Masanin kudi na ƙwallon ƙafa Kieran Maguire ya kiyasta cewa Cardiff ta rasa kusa da £200 million a cikin shekaru goma da suka wuce — adadi da Tan ya biya yawancinsa da kuɗinsa. "Akwai wanda ya dole ya tsoma hannunsa a aljihunsa kowace wata don tabbatar da cewa klabin yana ci gaba da aiki da albashin ana biya. Wannan mutum shi ne Tan," in ji Maguire.

A watan Yuni, Tan ya canza £42 million na bashin klabin gareshi zuwa hannun jari, ya kusan rabi adadin da Cardiff ke bin sa a matsayinsa na manyan hannun jarin — daga kusan £90 million da aka rubuta a lissafin karshe na klabin na shekara ta kuɗi da ta ƙare ranar 31 Mayu 2025. Maguire ya kwatanta wannan tsari da aro na iyali: "Ina bayyana shi kamar bankin uwa da uba. Ɗa ba zai iya mayar da kuɗi ba, kuma a matsayin uba ba za ka taɓa roƙa ba, amma a ka'idar aro ne. Wannan shi ne abin da Vincent Tan ya yi."

Maguire ya ƙara da cewa irin waɗannan shirye-shiryen suna ƙara zama ruwan dare a Championship, inda matsakaicin asarar mako-mako ta kai £400,000 a kowace klabu, tare da masu klabu ana tsammaninsu su rufe gibin ta hannun zuba hannun jari ba bashi mai dawowa ba a ƙarƙashin sabbin ka'idojin kula da kashe kuɗi.

Masu klabu masu baƙin ciki ba sabon abu bane

Alaman Tan, ko da yake yana mamakin mutane, ba ta taɓa kasancewa ta musamman a ƙwallon ƙafariyar Ingila ba. A farkon wannan wata, Balaji Rao, haɗin gwiwar mai Blackburn Rovers, ya zama ƙarƙashin Venky's na farko da ya ziyarci Ewood Park tun 2018. Mai Manchester City Sheikh Mansour ya kwashe kusan shekaru 13 ba tare da halartar wasa ba, yayin da mai Everton Dan Friedkin har yanzu bai halarci wasan gida ba tun lokacin da ya kammala mallakar klabin a watan Disamba 2014 kuma bai yi magana da manaja David Moyes ba tun dawowarsa klabin.

Ga magoya bayan Cardiff, tambayar ba ta shafi kasancewar jikin Tan kawai ba, sai dai ko klabin yana da tsarin, sadarwa, da burin da ake buƙata don yin gogayya a matakin da suke fatan kaiwa.