Jon Martin ya bayyana cewa ba shi da niyyar barin Real Sociedad a kowane lokaci cikin sauri, duk da rahotannin sha'awar da Real Madrid, Barcelona, da manyan kulake da yawa na Premier League ke nunawa. Ɗan wasan tsaro na tsakiya mai shekara 20 ya ce dangantakarsa da kulob ɗin Basque ta fi ƙwallon ƙafa zurfin tunani.

"Na kullum na ce wannan shine gidana," Martin ya shaida wa Sky Sports a daren Lahadin derby na Basque da Athletic Club a San Mames. "Na kasance nan tun ina shekara 12. Ji na kasancewa cikin gida da so na kasancewa nan wani abu ne da nake ji daga cikin zuciyata."

Ɗan wasan tsaro da aka halitta don nasara

Martin ya bayyana a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin matasa masu tsaro da ake so sosai a nahiyar. Ya fara bugawa Spain wasa a lokacin rani kuma ana ganinsa a matsayin abokin tarayya na dindindin mai yiwuwa ga Pau Cubarsi a tsakiyar tsaron ƙungiyar ƙasa. A La Liga, kididdiga ɗin tsaro nata sun fi matsakaici a yawancin ma'aunai — nasara mai ban mamaki ga ɗan wasan a shekarunsa.

Ingancin fasaharsa, iyawarsa na miƙawa, da natsuwarsa da ƙwallon sun jawo kwatanci da mafi kyawun 'yan wasan duniya. Ya kasance muhimmin ɗan wasa yayin da Real Sociedad ta lashe Copa del Rey karkashin kocin Pellegrino Matarazzo a watan Afrilu, kuma kulob ɗin ya ci gaba a matsayin mai gasa da gaske a UEFA Europa League wannan kakar.

Tasirin Matarazzo

Martin ya ba wa Matarazzo — koci ɗan Amurka wanda ya kafa falsafar bajinta da harin Real Sociedad — yabo sosai a ci gabansa. "Yana ganin muna ƙungiya mai ƙarfin hali kwarai kuma muna son yin abubuwan da ke da haɗari," Martin ya ce. "Abin da na fi so a gare shi shi ne yana kusa da mu sosai kuma shi ne koci da za mu iya gaskata shi gaskiya. Kuma ga matasa 'yan wasa kamar ni, wannan wani abu ne da muke godiya da shi sosai."

"Ni kaina, ina farin ciki sosai ina aiki tare da wannan koci," ya ƙara. "Duk abin da nake buƙata don yin aiki a matakin sama yana nan a wannan kulob."

Sha'awar derby da jagoran uba

Dar'en derby na Basque yana da nauyi na musamman ga Martin. Biyar daga cikin farko 27 na farawa wasa tare da Real Sociedad sun faru a kan Athletic Club — gasa da ya bayyana a matsayin mai ɗauke da "sha'awa mai girma." "Zan gayyaci kowa wanda yake da damar zuwa kallon waɗannan wasannin, a kowane fili. Yanayin yana da ban sha'awa," ya ce.

A bayan fage, mahaifinsa — tsohon ɗan wasan Real Sociedad wanda raunin ya katse aikinsa — shine amintaccen mai ba shi shawara. "Mahaifina ginshiƙi ne mai muhimmanci a gare ni," Martin ya ce. "Ya sha wannan irin halin, saboda haka ya san ainihin yadda ake kasancewa a filin wasa. Kullum yana gaya mini da in kasance mai natsuwa kafin wannan irin wasa."

Da Kofin Super na Spain yana gabatowa wannan hunturu da damar gaske ta ɗaukaka a UEFA Europa League a watan Mayu, Martin yana da duk dalilan da zai sa ya ci gaba da zama. A yanzu, hankalinsa ya maida gaba ɗaya ga Athletic Club. "Dole ne in mai da hankali a kan haka," ya ce, "kuma in nuna mafi kyawun wasana."