Kafin babban nasarar Brentford akan Chelsea da ci 3-0 a wata Juma'a dare, 'yan kaɗan a wajen Landan ta Yamma ko Ostiriya sun taɓa jin sunan Jannik Schuster. Amma yanzu, bayan wasan natsuwa da ya sa shi samun taimako da kyautar ɗan wasan da ya fi kowa abu a wasa, sauran Premier League na kallon sa da hankali sosai.

Kocin ƙungiyar Keith Andrews ya yaba ma shi sosai bayan ƙarewar wasa. "Na ƙaunace shi tun daga lokaci na farko da na gan shi," in ji Andrews, yana tunawa da lokacin da ya fara ganin Schuster yana wasa wa RB Salzburg. Abin da ya farko ja hankalinsa shi ne ƙarfin zuciya na mai tsaron gida, tare da yadda yake amsa kuskurensa kansa a lokacin wasa — nutsuwa kuma cikakke, ba tare da wata damuwa ba.

Injin bincike na Brentford ta bugi karo

Yarjejeniyar £16m don kawo Schuster zuwa yammacin London a watan Mayun da ya gabata, lokacin da yake da shekaru 19, tana kama kamar ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun kasuwancin wannan lokacin canja wurin. Brentford sun kasance suna sa ido kan sa tun lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, kuma kakarsa ta yanayi 2025-26 a Austrian Bundesliga ta gamsar da kulob ɗin su da su matsa zuwa gare shi.

Duk da haka, kwarewar mu'ujiza da ƙarfin bayanai ba su ne kawai wani ɓangare na lissafi ba. Ga Brentford, hali na da muhimmanci kamar iyawa — falsafar da ta bambanta mulkin Thomas Frank kuma ta ci gaba a ƙarƙashin Andrews. Sanannen doka ta Frank na 'babu masu ɓata yanayi', wadda ta ba da fifiko kan al'adun ɗakin tufafi da mutuntakar mutum, tana ci gaba a matsayin wata ginshiƙi a tsarin daukar ma'aikata na kulob ɗin.

Zurfin wannan alƙawarin ya bayyana daga ƙoƙarin da kulob ɗin ke yi a duba tarihi. Kafin sanya hannu kan ɗan wasan tsakiya Vitaly Janelt a shekarar 2020, darektan fasaha Lee Dykes ya yi kira ga mai gidan cin abinci da Janelt ya fi so a matsayin wani ɓangare na cikakken kimantawa. Isowa ta Schuster ta bi hanyar tabbatarwa iri ɗaya: Brentford sun yi magana da mutanen da suka san ɗan Ostiriya don gina cikakkiyar hoton mutumin da ke bayan ɗan wasan. Waɗanda suka ba da shaidar sun bayyana shi a matsayin mutum mai ƙanƙanta, amintacce, kai tsaye, kuma mai jin daɗin barkwanci na gaske.

Iyalin 'yan wasan motsa jiki da tunani na koli

Yawancin hali na Schuster an gina shi ne ta hanyar karatunsa. Mahaifinsa, Werner, ƙwararren koci ne wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Olimpics tare da Jamus a wasannin tsalle na ski, yayin da ɗan'uwansa na fari Jonas ya ci kambun Gasar Duniya da na Olimpics a wasannin tsalle na ski a matakin matasa. Kakansa Willy ma ɗan wasan tsalle na ski ne. Girma a tsakanin gasa ta fagen wasanni mafi ƙarfi ya shuka cikin Schuster fahimtar karfi ta ci gaban mutum ɗaya — wanda ya nuna ta hanyar yanke shawararsa ta zama a RB Salzburg don kammala karatunsa na sakandare, ko da manyan kulob-kulob na ƙasashen waje suna son shi.

Andrews ya yi tabbacin cewa saurayin zai bunƙasa a yanayin Brentford. "Ba zan taɓa kawo wani cikin ƙungiyar ba wanda na tsammanin ba zai dace da salon yadda muke, yadda muke ɗabi'a da yadda muke wasa ba," ya yarda. "Jannik misali ne nagari na yadda bayan haduwarmu da shi, mun kasance muna matuƙar son kammala yarjejeniyar."

An jefa shi cikin matsalar nan take

Bayyanar farko ta Schuster a Premier League ta zo da wuri fiye da yadda kowa ya yi hasashe. Lokacin da Nathan Collins ya yi tafiya yana ɗaure a minti na 17 akan Sunderland sakamakon rauni na tsokoki, Schuster shi ne kawai zaɓi na halitta a kan benci a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya — Sepp van den Berg yana warkar da rauni na ƙwatangwalo, kuma an sayar da Ethan Pinnock zuwa Coventry a lokacin rani. Ɗan Ostiriya mai ƙuruciya ya kiyaye zuciyarsa yayin da Brentford suka sami canjaras 1-1.

Da sauri ya ƙirƙiri haɗin gwiwa tare da Kristoffer Ajer kuma ya fara wasan sa na farko a lig ɗin a canjaras 2-2 a Bournemouth, kafin babban wasansa akan Chelsea ya ɗaga shi cikin tattaunawar gama gari. Brentford sun yi hanzari don sanya hannu kan shi kafin a buɗe tagar rani a hukumance, suna ba Schuster lokaci don daidaita rayuwar London kuma sun tabbatar yana nan tun daga rana ta farko ta horon kafin kakar — ɓangare wanda Andrews ya yarda daga baya ya kasance muhimmi wajen haɗakarwarsa cikin sauri.

Schuster ya fara a Aston Villa bayan hutu na duniya amma an maye gurbinsa a rabi na biyu, yana ci gaba da jin tasirin rauni da ya samu yayin da yake jagorantar Austria U21 a matsayin kyaftin. Daga nan ya rasa wasan da Liverpool saboda rashin lafiya. Tare da Collins da Van den Berg da suka koma lafiya gaba ɗaya, Andrews na fuskantar matsalar zaɓi ta gaske kafin tafiyar zuwa Hull — amma yana da cikakkiyar imani a mahimmancin Schuster na dogon lokaci. "Na tsammanin zai zama babban ɗan wasan mana shekaru masu yawa," in ji kocin.