Faduwar daga Premier League ba ta tabbatar da dawowa nan take ba. Kakar da ta gabata ta nuna wannan darasi a fili: Ipswich Town ne kawai ya samu dawowa, yayin da sake hawa na Southampton ya rushewa a karkashin yanayi na rigima, kuma Leicester City ya sha wahalar faduwa biyu a jere. Yanzu West Ham United, Burnley, da Wolverhampton Wanderers ne dole su tabbatar da cewa zasu iya samun nasara a Championship.

West Ham United

Shekara 14 sun wuce tun West Ham suka karshe buga kwallon kafa a rukunin biyu, kuma Hammers sun zo Championship bayan sun fado daga nasarar Europa Conference League a 2023. An tabbatar da ƙaddararsu ta hanyar asarar wasanni 4 a cikin wasanni 5 na ƙarshe na Premier League, bayan gwagwarmayar ƙarshe da Tottenham Hotspur don tsira daga faduwa.

Lokacin bazara ya kasance cike da cikas na waje. Bincike na hadin gwiwa tsakanin BBC Panorama da The Times kan zargin fyade da ake yi wa mai hannun jari David Sullivan — wanda ya ƙi dukkan zargin — ya ƙirƙiro yanayi mai wahala. Shugabar haɗin gwiwa Vanessa Gold ta tabbatar da niyyar iyalinta na sayar da hannun jari ɗin su ga ƙungiya da Amanda Staveley, tsohon mai hannun jari a Newcastle United, ke jagoranta, ko da yake Daniel Kretinsky ya ɗauki matakai da zai iya ba shi damar amfani da haƙƙin cirata a kan hannun jarinsu. Wannan tsari na iya ci gaba da daukar watanni kaɗan cikin sabon kakar wasa.

A filin wasa, riƙe da kyaftin Jarrod Bowen ƙarfafawa ce mai matuƙar muhimmanci. Gudu, iyawar fasaha, da aikin himma na ɗan wasan ɗan shekara 29 ya kamata su sa shi zama ƙalubale ga masu tsaron Championship. Manajan Nuno Espirito Santo ya ƙara ƙarfin gwiwa: ya jagoranci Wolves don cin gasar Championship a karon farkon kakarsa a Molineux a 2017, kuma shi ne koce ɗaya tsakanin ƙungiyoyin uku da suka fado wanda ke da kwarewa ta gudanarwa a EFL. London Stadium, mai ɗaukar mutum 62,500, zai zama mafi girman filin wasa na gida a tarihin Championship.

Masu kula da wasanni sun sa West Ham a gaban jerin zaɓuɓɓuka don cin gasar, kuma nasarar 3-1 akan Portsmouth a EFL Cup ta ba da alamar gargajiya mai kyau. Wasansu na farko na gasar da Burnley ran Lahadi, 16 Agusta, zai nuna yadda kakarsu za ta gudana.

Burnley

Burnley ba baƙo ne a wannan rukunin ba. Tun 2014, sun samu haɓakawa 4 zuwa Premier League ƙarƙashin Sean Dyche, Vincent Kompany, da Scott Parker — amma uku daga cikin waɗannan haɓakawa sun ƙare da faduwa nan take. Kakar da ta gabata ita ce mafi muni a matakin koli: nasara 4 kawai da maki 22.

Tsohon koci Scott Parker ya bar kulob ɗin ta hanyar yarjejeniya a watan Afrilu, kuma bincike don wanda zai maye gurbinsa ya zama da rikitarwa. Kocin ƙungiyar Wales Craig Bellamy ya zama ɗan takarar farko a watan Yuni, inda Burnley suka tuntubi Football Association of Wales, amma tattaunawar ta ruguje sakamakon rikici kan ma'aikatan kocin. Nicky Hayen, kocin Genk, shi ne aka naɗa a ƙarshe, wata shawarar da ta bar sassa na magoya baya da tambayoyi.

Gina ƙungiya daga sabon ya zama fifikon nan take. 'Yan wasan 12 sun bar Turf Moor a wannan lokacin rani, kuma Hayen — wanda yafi son kwallon da ɗaukar mulki kai tsaye zuwa hari — zai buƙaci 'yan wasan da zasu iya cin kwallon da amfani da ita cikin hankali. Mai tsaron tsakiya Ugo Raghouber, wanda aka sanya hannu a wannan taga, ya dace da wannan tsari sosai. Mai kai hari Lluc Castell, ɗan shekara 19 kawai, yana nuna alkawari amma har yanzu yana cikin matakin farko na haɓakarsa. Mai kare tsoho Kyle Walker, da kyaututtuka daga Manchester City, ya kawo gogewa da jagoranci.

Burnley sun san yadda ake gudanar da kamfen ɗin haɓakawa. Kompany da Parker dukkansu sun samu haɓakawa a ƙoƙarin farko a ƙarƙashin mai ƙungiyar Alan Pace. Duk da haka, zagayen haɓakawa nan take wanda ke biyo bayan faduwa nan take yana ɗaga tambayoyi masu nauyi game da ɗorewar wannan tsari, kuma wannan kakar na iya zama mafi haɗarin zuwa yanzu.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolves sun sha wahala sosai, ba tare da cin wasa a cikin wasannin farko 10 na Premier League a ƙarƙashin Vitor Pereira ba. Sauya koci a watan Nuwamba ya kawo Rob Edwards zuwa Molineux, kuma cin wasa na farko na kakar — akan West Ham a watan Janairu — ya fara tayar da bege kaɗan. Amma waɗannan bege sun ɓace da sauri, yayin da Wolves suka ƙare a matsayi na 20, maki 21 daga yankin aminci.

Hanyar sayar da 'yan wasan mafi kyau na kulob din ta dade tana takaicin magoya baya. Pedro Neto ya tafi Chelsea, Matheus Cunha ya shiga Manchester United, kuma masu sukar suna cewa kuɗin da aka samu ba a sake saka hannun jari a cikin kulob ɗin da kyau don kula da matakan Premier League ba. Masu mallakar Fosun suna da alama sun canza hanya a wannan taga na canja wurin, musamman ɗaukar mai kariya na gefe mai gogewa Kieran Trippier — yarjejeniyar da ke nuna sabon tsarin gina ƙungiya.