Kusan shekara goma, Manchester City da Liverpool sun yi gwagwarmaya a ɗaya daga cikin sahun hamayya mafi jan hankali da kwallon ƙafa ta Ingila ta taɓa samarwa. A ƙarƙashin jagorancin Pep Guardiola da Jürgen Klopp, kulubban biyu sun tura junansu — da Premier League — zuwa matakai na musamman. Duk da haka, yayin da shari'ar tuhumar Manchester City ta 115 ta keta ka'idojin kudi ke ƙara tsanantawa, wata tambaya mai damun zuciya ta taso: shin duk wannan ya kasance na gaske?

Hamayya da ta sake fasalin kwallon ƙafa ta Ingila

Zamanin Guardiola-Klopp ya ba wa magoya bayan Premier League wasu daga cikin wasannin kwallon ƙafa mafi ban sha'awa a tarihin gasar. Manchester City sun tattara kambuna a gudun da ke tarihi, yayin da Liverpool a ƙarƙashin Klopp suka gina injin wanda ya ci Premier League, Champions League, da sauransu. Kowane kulub yana da alama yana ja ɗayan zuwa matakai sabuwa na niyyar gasa, kashewa, da ƙwarewar wasa.

Hamayya ta yi kama da gaske — matsanancin ƙwallon ƙafa na City na Guardiola mai kiyayewa da ƙwallon Liverpool na Klopp wanda ke da ƙarfi da sauri. Masu sa ido masu tsaka tsaki a duk faɗin duniya sun yi mamaki da ingancin da ɓangarorin biyu suka samar da daidaito. Magoya bayan Afirka da ke kallon wasan daga Lagos zuwa Nairobi sun kalli waɗannan takara a matsayin ma'aunin zinare na wasan zamani.

Inuwar tuhume-tuhumen

Manchester City na fuskantar tuhume-tuhume 115 da Premier League ta kawo game da take ka'idojin kudi da ake zargi da su tsawon fiye da shekara goma. Tuhume-tuhumet sun ƙunshi batutuwa kamar samar da adalci a harkar kudi, daidaiton bayanan kuɗaɗe da aka ƙaddamar wa hukumomin lig, da kuma yadda jiga-jigan kulub suka yi aiki. City na musun duk wani laifi kuma kwamatin mai zaman kansa na sauraren shari'ar.

Idan an tabbatar da tuhume-tuhumet, sakamakon da za su haifar ga tarihin kwanan nan na Premier League zai zama mai girgizawa. Ana iya sake duba kambuna, tarihin rikodin wasanni, da kuma labarin zamanin Guardiola gaba ɗaya. Liverpool — waɗanda suka gama a matsayi na biyu a lig a lokuta da yawa a lokacin mamayar City — za su kasance ɓangaren da ke cikin damuwa mafi yawa a kowane takunkumi mai yiyuwa.

Ra'ayin Liverpool

Ga magoya bayan Liverpool, tambayar ta shiga zuciya sosai. Kulub ya gama a matsayi na biyu a Premier League a kakar 2018-19 da maki 97, wanda ya kasance rikodin a lokacin — jimlar da da ta ishe ta lashe gasar a kusan kowane kakar wasa. Manchester City sun fi su da maki ɗaya kawai. Idan waɗancan kamfe-kamfen City an gudanar da su cikin take ka'idojin kudi, kusan nasarorin Liverpool na ɗaukar nauyi daban-daban gaba ɗaya.

Klopp da kansa ya bar Anfield a shekara ta 2024, yana barin gado da magoya bayansa ke ji ya cancanci gamsuwa cikakke. Sakamakon shari'ar City da ke gudana na iya sake tsara yadda tarihi ke hukunci da kulubban biyu da kuma zamanin da suka raba.

Abin da ke gaba

Kwamatin mai zaman kansa da ke sauraren shari'ar Manchester City ba shi da ƙayyadaddiyar lokaci, kuma hukunci na iya jira ƙarin watanni. Har sai wannan hukuncin ya zo, hamayya ta zamani mafi ingancin Premier League ta kasance — cikin damuwa — tambaya mai buɗe.