Kuma ga mu nan kuma, a wannan lokacin na shekara lokacin da dare ke yin tsayi kuma Manchester United na shirin korar koci. Kaka: lokacin hazo, 'ya'yan itace masu daɗi da rikici a Old Trafford. Rashin nasarar 3-0 a gida da Bournemouth ranar Lahadi, bayan rashin nasarar 4-1 da Como a makon da ya gabata, ya bayyana abin da mutane da yawa suka ji tsoro tun daga lokacin da aka ba Michael Carrick aikin na dindindin: cewa bai isa ba.
Amma to, wa zai iya? Lokacin da ka shiga jerin sunayen kociyoyi masu tsawo cikin shekaru 13, ya kamata a tambayi ko kocin ne ainihin matsalar. Shin wani ɓangare na laifin zai iya zuwa ga daraktan ƙwallon ƙafa, Jason Wilcox, ko babban jami'in gudanarwa, Omar Berrada—mutanen da ke yin naɗin? Ko wataƙila ga Sir Jim Ratcliffe, ɗan gudun hijira na haraji mai rage kashe kuɗi kuma mai ƙaramin hannun jari da ke da alhakin ayyukan wasanni? Ko ga iyalin Glazer, waɗanda suka jefa kulob ɗin cikin bashi da saye mai amfani da bashi a 2005 kuma tun daga lokacin suka yi mummunan shawara ɗaya bayan ɗaya, sun mai da kulob mafi nasara a tarihin gasar Ingila ya zama abin dariya a tsakiyar tebur tare da rufin da ke ɗigowa a alamance?
Ya kamata a tuna inda duk wannan ya fara. Labarin United ya ɗauki siffar babban bala'i kuma, kamar duk manyan bala'o'i, yana farawa da ƙaramin lokaci, wanda da alama ba shi da alaƙa—wanda girman kai ya ƙara—wanda a ƙarshe ya rushe dukan ginin.
A 1999, Mull of Kintyre, doki mallakar ɗan ƙasar Ireland miliyoniya John Magnier, ya lashe Gimcrack Stakes a York. A al'ada, mai dokin da ya ci zai yi jawabi a Gimcrack Dinner, amma Magnier mutum ne mai kunya wanda ke ƙin yin jawabi a bainar jama'a, don haka ya nemi abokinsa, kocin United Alex Ferguson, ya yi jawabin a madadinsa. Amma shugabannin tseren dawakai sun ƙi: dole ne mai dokin ne. Don ɓata musu rai, Magnier ya naɗa Ferguson a matsayin mai wani doki, Juniper. Shekara mai zuwa, Juniper ya ɗan sha kashi a Gimcrack Stakes. Amma Magnier ya ƙudura. Don haka shekara bayan haka, ya mai da Ferguson mai Rock of Gibraltar, wanda ya ci tserensa uku na farko. Rock of Gibraltar ya ci Gimcrack cikin sauƙi kuma Magnier, a misalta yana nuna yatsa biyu ga hukumomin tseren dawakai, ya kalli Ferguson yana jawabi.
Magnier galibi yana yin ɓarna ne, amma kuma yana farin cikin yi wa aboki alheri, don ba Ferguson ƙwarewar tseren dawakai mafi kyau, kuma ya amfana daga alaƙar dokin da irin wannan sanannen suna. Bugu da ƙari, Ferguson ba ya jituwa da shugaban United, Martin Edwards, kuma yana da tunanin cewa kulab ɗin ƙwallon ƙafa suna zama jari mai kyau. Saboda haka, Magnier da abokinsa JP McManus suka sayi hannun jari a United. (Cikakken labarin ɗan jarida David Walsh ya bincika shi a nan.)
Amma ya bayyana cewa Rock of Gibraltar ya fi yadda kowa ya zata kyau, inda ya ci tseren Group One guda bakwai a jere. Kuɗin kiwo zai kai fam miliyoyi da yawa. Ferguson ya yi imanin yarjejeniyar baki ita ce zai iya zaɓar kashi 50% na kuɗin kyautar da Rock of Gibraltar ya ci (kusan £800,000) ko kashi 50% na kuɗin kiwo, wanda a ƙarshe ya kai fam miliyoyi da yawa. Ya zaɓi na ƙarshe. Tunawa Magnier ya ɗan bambanta: kashi 5% na kuɗin kyauta ko naɗin kiwo ɗaya a shekara.
Ferguson ya kai ƙara kuma, da sunansa a takardun mallaka, wataƙila zai yi nasara idan an kai shari'a. Amma sai jita-jita suka fara yaɗuwa game da wasu mu'amalolin kuɗi na Ferguson a United. 'Yan wasan da aka biya a babban taron shekara-shekara na United sun kawo batutuwa masu wahala, sannan Magnier da McManus suka aika jerin tambayoyi 99 ga hukumar United, waɗanda suka isa Daily Mail a asirce. United sun ji kunya sosai. Magoya baya sun fara zanga-zanga kan Magnier da McManus a taron tseren dawakai. An cimma yarjejeniya, inda aka biya Ferguson £2.5m don ya janye ƙarar. Amma lalacewar ta riga ta faru.
Magnier da McManus sun yanke shawarar sayar da hannun jarinsu a United, kuma wani mai hannun jari yana shirye kuma yana jira: Malcolm Glazer. Ferguson ya goyi bayan Glazer, wanda ya ƙaddamar da sayensa mai amfani da bashi. Magnier da McManus sun sayar a 2005 akan £260m, riba ta kusan £100m. Da sun jira Ratcliffe, wanda ya sayi irin wannan kaso a 2024, da sun sami kusan £1bn ƙari. Ga Ferguson, an magance barazana. Matsalar ita ce Glazer da iyalinsa za su zama wasu daga cikin mafi munin masu kulob a tarihin Ingila. Tsawon shekaru 20, United sun gurgunce saboda bashi kuma suna yin mummunan shawarwari na ƙwallon ƙafa akai-akai. Ƙungiyar Ferguson ta isa, kuma halinsa ya isa, har United suka ci gasar lig biyar da Champions League bayan sayen, amma da zarar gwanintarsa ya tafi, babu abin da ya rage.
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Tambayoyin da ake yawan yi
A nan akwai tambayoyin da ake yawan yi bisa labarin Jonathan Wilson game da dokin da ya nuna farkon koma bayan Manchester United
1 Menene wannan labarin game da shi
Yana game da yadda wani dokin tsere mai suna Rock of Gibraltar mallakar Alex Ferguson da ɗan kasuwan Ireland John Magnier ya haifar da mummunar gaba wadda wasu ke ganin ita ce farkon matsalolin United
2 Wanene Jonathan Wilson
Shi sanannen marubucin ƙwallon ƙafa ne kuma marubuci wanda ke rubuta game da tarihi da dabarun wasan
3 Menene dokin
Rock of Gibraltar gwarzon dokin tsere ne da aka ba Ferguson kaso na haƙƙin kiwo a matsayin kyauta daga Magnier
4 Me ya sa doki ya haifar da matsala
Ferguson ya yi imanin ana binsa da kaso na kuɗin kiwo mai darajar dokin Magnier ya ƙi kuma rikicin ya zama faɗa ta shari'a
5 Wanene John Magnier
Biliyan Ireland ne kuma babban mai dokin tsere wanda tare da JP McManus ke da babban hannun jari a Manchester United a lokacin
6 Ta yaya wannan ya shafi Manchester United
Gabar ya ɓata dangantakar Ferguson da manyan masu hannun jarin kulob ɗin ya haifar da hargitsi a hukumar kuma wasu suna ganinsa a matsayin lokacin juyawa da ya dagula kulob ɗin
7 Shin rikicin da gaske ya haifar da koma bayan United
Wannan shine hujjar labarin amma ana muhawara akai Abubuwa da yawa sun taimaka sayen Glazers miyagun canja wuri da abokan hamayya masu tasowa Rigimar dokin wani ɓangare ne na labarin ba dukan dalilin ba
8 Me ya faru da Rock of Gibraltar
Ya zama gwanin kiwo mai nasara An sasanta rikicin kuɗinsa a ƙarshe a wajen kotu
9 Ferguson ya tafi saboda wannan ne
A'a ya zauna har 2013 kuma ya ci ƙarin kofuna Amma gabar ta lalata amana tsakaninsa da manyan masu hannun jari
10 Menene kuɗin kiwo
Kuɗin da ake biya don kiwo goya da gwanin doki Manyan dokin tsere na iya samun miliyoyi ta wannan hanyar
11 Me ya sa wannan labarin ke da muhimmanci ga magoya bayan ƙwallon ƙafa
Yana nuna yadda kuɗi mallaka da rikice-rikicen sirri a bayan fage na iya tsara makomar kulob kamar yadda abin da ke faruwa a filin wasa yake
12 Menene darasi mai amfani ga kulab ɗin
Yarjejeniyoyin rubutattun bayyanannu da kyakkyawar dangantaka tsakanin kociyoyi da masu kulob suna hana ƙananan rigingimu zama mummunan gaba
Dokin da ya fara mummunan koma baya na Manchester United | Jonathan Wilson