Shea Charles shine dan wasan da ya kai mafi tsadar farashi a tarihin Northern Ireland, amma mai tsakiya na Fulham yana ɗauke da wannan girmamawa cikin kwanciyar hankali ba tare da yana nuna matsin lamba ba.

Yayin da yake magana da BBC Sport NI kafin tsarin wasanni masu nauyi guda huɗu a Nations League, ɗan wasan ɗan shekara 22 ya nuna kwanciyar hankali tare da ƙuduri — yana so ya taimaka ƙungiyar matasan Michael O'Neill ta ci gaba da inganta ta.

Tafiya ta tarihi a lokacin rani

Charles ya kammala tafiyarsa ta £30 miliyan daga Southampton na Championship zuwa Fulham a lokacin rani, wanda ya sa shi ya zama ɗan wasan da ya kai mafi tsadar farashi a tarihin Northern Ireland — wata girmamawa da ya bayyana a matsayin "al'amari mai ban mamaki."

"Na tsammanin ina na biyu ko na uku kafin haka. Amma zama lambar ɗaya abu ne mai kyau sosai," ya shaida wa Stephen Watson na BBC Sport NI. "Kawai kasancewa a Premier League da yin wasan kwallon kafa na yana da ban sha'awa."

Ya jaddada cewa farashin tafiyarsa ba ya mamaye tunaninsa sosai, yana yaba wa danginsa na kusa — 'yan'uwansa biyu da iyayensa — da yin masa ja da baya. "Ina da mutane nagari a kewaye da ni," ya ce. "Suna kiyaye ni a ƙasa."

Wasannin kasa da kasa a matsayin matakala

Tun bayan bayyanarsa a watan Yuni 2022, Charles ya buga wa National Team sau 35, kuma ya yarda cewa wasannin kasa da kasa sun hanzarta ci gabansa. Fafatawa da abokan hamayya na babban matakin a waje da Championship sun ba shi dandali don tabbatar da kansa.

"Wasannin kasa da kasa sun kasance masu muhimmanci sosai a gare ni — irin 'yan wasan da kake fafatawa da su, ba kasafai kake samun damar fafatawa da su yayin buga wasan Championship ba," ya ce. "Samun damar nuna matakinki a kan irin waɗannan 'yan wasan ya kamata ya taimaka."

Amincin O'Neill a gare shi — har da ba shi kyauren kyaftin a wasu lokuta — ya ƙarfafa wannan alaƙar. "Michael ya ba ni ɗan nauyi kuma ni kawai ina ƙoƙari na kafa misali, a filin wasa ko a waje, in zama wanda ƙananan maza za iya ɗauka a matsayin abin koyi," in ji Charles.

Farawa mai kyau a Fulham

Charles ya shiga dukkan wasanni biyar na Fulham a Premier League a wannan kakar, yana farawa a uku daga cikinsu, ciki har da daidaici da Liverpool da Manchester United. Ƙungiyar Alvaro Arbeloa a yanzu tana matsayi na 19, da daidaici biyu da sha uku daga cikin wasanni biyar.

"Ko da tare da Southampton ko ta hanyar samun tafiya, manufar ta koyaushe ita ce komawa Premier League," ya ce. "A kan Man United wasa ne mai kyau sosai — na yi tunanin mun yi rashin sa'a saboda ba mu ci ba. Buga wasa irin wannan da wuri bayan tafiyata ya kasance mai kyau sosai."

'Yan'uwa a filin daga

'Dan'uwansa Pierce, mai tsaron gida wanda aka ba shi aro zuwa Queen's Park Rangers ta Manchester City, shima yana cikin ƙungiyar Northern Ireland, kuma dukkansu biyu suna tsayawa tare a fagen kasa da kasa akai-akai.

"Yana kama da mafarki — buga wasa da ɗan'uwanka a mataki na kasa da kasa," in ji Charles. "Idan kana buga da ƙungiyoyin kamar France da Italy kuma yana gefen ka, yana da kyau sosai. Kullum mun kasance abokai na kwarai."

'Zan iya gane yadda mama take alfahari'

An haife Charles a Ingila amma ya cancanci wakiltar Northern Ireland ta hanyar mahaifiyarsa, wadda ba ta rasa kusan wata wasa ta gida a Windsor Park ba har ma ta yi tafiya zuwa Italy don ganin 'ya'yanta suna buga wasa.

"Tana alfahari sosai — za ka ga haka a fuskarsa a cikin yan kallo a Windsor Park," ya ce. "Mu biyu buga wasa tare abu ne wanda ba za a iya bayyana shi ba. Na shaida mata tun ina ƙarami cewa ni da Pierce za mu wakilci Northern Ireland, kuma lalle na cika wannan alkawari."

Da wasannin Nations League na Northern Ireland suna gabatowa — gida da waje da Georgia, da kuma Hungary da Ukraine — Charles yana da yakinin cewa ƙungiyar tana da iya yin suna. "Yuwuwar ta nan lalle domin tabbatar da ingancin mu," ya ce. "Ƙungiya ce mai ƙwazon haɗin kai kuma wannan yana da babban bambanci."