Kafin a buga ƙwallon farko a Etihad Stadium, taron jama'a ya riga ya bayyana ji ɗin su. Yin busa wa waƙoƙin Premier League da Champions League ya zama al'ada ta musamman ga magoya bayan Manchester City, al'ada da ta ƙarfafa sosai bayan hukuncin laifi da aka yanke wa kulob din kan karya ƙa'idojin kuɗi.
Fushi ya ƙaruwa kafin wasan gida na farko da City ta buga bayan wannan hukunci, wasan Premier League da Ipswich, inda ƙyama ta kasance mai ƙarfi fiye da yadda aka saba. Ga Dave Wilson, mai tiket na duk kakar wasa, ba sabon abu ba ne.
"Ban tuna da wani wasan gida na Premier League ko Champions League da ba a busa wa waƙoƙin ba," Wilson ya shaida wa BBC Sport.
Ƙudurin da ya girma tsawon shekaru
Asalin zanga-zangar waƙoƙi ya koma ga Fabrairu 2023, lokacin da Premier League ta sanar da tuhume-tuhume 115 kan Manchester City bisa zargin karya ƙa'idojin kuɗi. Wannan sanarwa ta ƙarfafa dangantakar da ta riga ta yi zafi tsakanin magoya bayan kulob din da hukumar da ke gudanar da gasar.
Wilson ya nuna cewa yin busa bai kasance an tsara shi ba don wasan Ipswich, a'a ya kasance bayyanar kai tsaye na takaici da ya taruwa. "Ba a yi abokanci mai yawa tsakanin City da Premier League tun daɗewa ba," ya ce. "Ba a shirya shi ba — alama ce ta duk abin da ya haɗu tare."
Magoya bayan Everton sun bi hanyar iri ɗaya a yanayin su na musamman. Bayan an sace wa Everton maki 10 — an rage su zuwa shida bisa ɗaukaka — saboda karya ƙa'idojin riba da dorewa, magoya bayan Toffees a Goodison Park sun busa wa waƙar Premier League suka ɗauko katunan jan launin ja masu ɗauke da kalmar 'corrupt' ƙarƙashin tambarin gasar. Amsawar magoya bayan Manchester City ba ta kasance mai tsari ba amma tana da ƙarfi iri ɗaya.
Dogon tarihi da UEFA
Yin busa ba ya tsayawa a kan ƙudurin Premier League kawai. Zanga-zangar waƙar Champions League tana nuna rashin amincewar da UEFA ta samu, wanda aka gina a cikin sama da shekara goma na jayayya.
A shekarar 2012, UEFA ta hukunta Porto da tarar kusan £17,000 bayan Manchester City ta kawo ƙara kan cin zarafi na launin fata da aka yi wa ɗan wasa Mario Balotelli. A wannan kakar ɗaya, an yi wa City tarar kusan £24,000 saboda dawowarsu ta makara zuwa filin wasa bayan hutu a wasan da Sporting.
A shekarar 2014, UEFA ta saka wa City tarar £49 miliyan ta kuma iyakance yawan ƴan wasa a Champions League bisa karya ƙa'idojin Shari'ar Kuɗi. Shekaru shida bayan haka, Kotun Sarrafawa ta Wasanni ta soke haramcin shekaru biyu daga gasa ta Turai, tana wanke kulob din daga tuhuma cewa sun ɓoye kuɗaɗen hannun jarin kamfanoni a matsayin gudummawar daɗa — tuhumar da UEFA ta fara kwatanta su da "manyan keta ƙa'ida" na FFP tsakanin 2012 da 2016.
"Magoya bayan City gabaɗaya suna jin ana makirci a kansu," Wilson ya ce. "Akwai jin an yi niyya a kansu, ko da haka ne ko ba haka ba."
Magoya baya sun taru a bayan ƙungiyar
Nick Clarke, shugaban wucin gadi na The Citizens Trust — ƙungiyar magoya bayan Manchester City da aka kafa a farkon wannan shekara — ya bayyana cewa yin busa wa waƙar ya kasance na zahiri gaba ɗaya, ya bambance shi da wasu ayyukan da aka tsara kamar shirin ayaba a wasan Liverpool, wanda ƙungiyar yanayi ta 1894 ta gudanar da shi.
"Ko da yake akwai magoya baya da suke rikici game da abin da ya faru da kulob din, har yanzu akwai ji ɗin gaba ɗaya a cikin mafi yawa cewa Premier League ba ta da ƙarfin gudanar da kanta," Clarke ya ce.
Nesa da wannan hayaniya, Manchester City suna kan gaba a teburin Premier League da nasarori bakwai daga wasanni bakwai na gasar. Tafiya mai wahala zuwa Aston Villa Asabar ita ce gwajin gaba na wannan tarihin da ba shi da aibu. Duk abin da ya faru a ɗaukaka da ke ci gaba, zanga-zangar kafin fara wasa a Etihad Stadium ba ta nuna alamar tsayawa ba.
