Allan Saint-Maximin da ya iya yin shiru. Amma madogaran Faransa ya zabi faɗar gaskiya a bainar jama'a bayan an yi wa 'ya'yansa wariyar launin fata — yanke shawara da ya ce ta samo asali daga ka'idoji.

"Ko me launi naka yake, ba dole ka yarda da haka ba," Saint-Maximin ya shaida wa BBC Sport. "Yana da muhimmanci a tsaya tsayin daka."

Abin da ya faru a Mexico

Mahaifi mai 'ya'ya huɗu wanda yake da shekara 29, ya bayyana cewa cin zarafi ya faru a lokacin da yake wasa a kulob din Mexico, Club America. "Wasu abubuwa sun faru da 'ya'yana a makaranta," in ji shi, ba tare da faɗi cikakkun bayanai ba.

A watan Janairu, ya wallafa dogon saƙo akan Instagram — wanda mutum sama da 159,000 suka so, ciki har da tsoffin abokan wasansa na Newcastle United Kieran Trippier da Joelinton — yana bayyana cewa "ƙiyayya da nuna bambanci ba su da wuri a al'ummarmu."

Club America sun mayar da martani da wata sanarwa ta "cikakken haɗin kai" da Saint-Maximin da iyalinsa, kuma abokan wasansa sun ɗauke tutocin 'No to racism' kafin wasan da Necaxa.

"Ba laifin Club America bane," Saint-Maximin ya ce. "Ba ni da komai a kanta, ko 'yan wasan, ko mutanen Mexico. Ina son kulob din. Yana daya daga cikin mafi kyawun wuraren da na zauna da iyalina. Wasu mutane ne kawai da ke faɗar abubuwa kuma suna ƙoƙarin kai wa iyalinka hari."

Ya bayyana yanke shawarar tafiya a matsayin mai wahala, amma wanda ya ji dole ya yanke. "Kullum ina cewa ba zan taɓa yarda da irin waɗannan abubuwa ba. Yana da muhimmanci a nuna wa mutane, musamman a halin da nake ciki, cewa zan iya rasa abubuwa da yawa, amma ba zan taɓa yarda da haka ba."

Canjin wuri saboda iyali

Saint-Maximin daga baya ya shiga Lens a ƙarƙashin kwangilar ɗan gajeren lokaci, inda ya taimaka wa kulob din lashe Coupe de France a karon farko a tarihinsu na shekara 120, da kuma kammala a matsayi na biyu a Ligue 1.

A lokacin bazara na wannan shekara, ya zaɓi canja zuwa kulob din Major League Soccer Charlotte — shawarar da ya bayyana a matsayin ta iyali. "Iyalina koyaushe sun bi ni zuwa kowace ƙasa. Don haka wannan karon zaɓin iyali ne fiye da kowane. Hanya ce ta mayar musu da abin da suka ba ni tun lokacin da na fara aikina."

A Charlotte, ya haɗa kai da tsohon manajan Aston Villa, Dean Smith, wanda ya bayyana shi a matsayin "kai-tsaye" wanda zai "faɗa maka gaskiya nan take." A matsayinsa na ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasa biyu na musamman na kulob din, Saint-Maximin na da burin barin tarihi mai ɗorewa da taimakawa wadanda ke kewaye da shi su inganta.

Newcastle zai kasance koyaushe wuri na musamman

Saint-Maximin ya kwashe shekara huɗu a Newcastle United — mafi tsawar lokaci a kowane kulob a cikin ayyukansa — kafin lokaci a kulob din Saudi Pro League Al-Ahli. Ya bayyana Newcastle a matsayin "kulob ɗin mafarkinsa" kuma ya ce yana kallo kowace wasa.

"Sun ba ni abin da babu wanda ya ba ni kuma ba zan taɓa manta ba," in ji shi. "Na sami damar yawancin dawowa Premier League, amma ban yi ba saboda su."

Ya kuma yi tunani a kan nauyin al'ummar harka a lokacin da yake Tyneside — yana ɗaukar kulob ɗin da ke fafutukar guji faɗuwa, sannan yana murnar cancanta samun damar UEFA Champions League a shekarar 2023. Ya shahara saboda aikin sa kai a wani bankin abinci na Newcastle da bayar da kyaututtuka ga masu goyon baya, ciki har da agogon Rolex.

"Da zan iya ba su dukkan kuɗina, da na yi haka," in ji shi. "Ƙaunar da suke ba ka — lokacin da nake gudana da ƙwallon, ina da jin cewa mutane suna bayan ni. Wannan jin yana ban mamaki."

Saint-Maximin kuma ya ƙyale manajan sabon Newcastle, Matthias Jaissle, wanda ya maye Eddie Howe wannan lokacin bazara. "Ina fatan za su sami mafi kyawun lokaci mai yiwuwa a St James' Park — kamar yadda na yi."