Sa'ad da Tarik Muharemovic ya kammala kaura daga Sassuolo zuwa Leeds United da £34.1m a lokacin bazara da ya wuce, wasu magoya baya sun yi mamaki game da farashin da aka biya wa mai kare da ke da karo ɗaya kawai a gasa ta koli ta Turai. Watanni kaɗan bayan haka, tattaunawar ta canza gaba ɗaya — ba game da ko ɗan wasan ɗan shekara 23 ya cancanci farashin ba ne, sai dai tsawon lokacin da Leeds zai iya riƙe shi.

Fara wasa da ake tunawa da shi

Tsohon manaja na Leeds United Simon Grayson yana tuna lokacin da Muharemovic ya ɗaurewa da taron magoya baya na Elland Road a lokacin wasan abokantaka da suka yi da RB Leipzig a watan Yuli. "Ya yi tacle a gaban South Stand kuma duk falon ya tashi," in ji Grayson wa BBC Sport. "Na kasance ina tunani: 'Zaka fita daidai da wannan kulob.'"

Wannan mai tsaro mai tsayin ƙafa 6 da inci 4 mai yin amfani da ƙafar hagu ya zo maye gurbin Pascal Struijk da ya koma Brighton da £20m. Shakku game da farashin bai daɗe ba.

Ɗaukaka a Premier League

Watanni uku bayan sanya hannu kan kwantiragin shekara biyar, Muharemovic bai rasa ko minti ɗaya a Premier League ba, kuma ya taimaka wa Leeds samun tsaron gida na biyu mafi ƙarfi a gasar — a bayan zakara Arsenal. Shi ne yake jagorantar gasar a wannan kakar ta wata fanni na share kwallaye da kai, kuma ya samu gwal ɗaya da taimakon bulo biyu a wasanni goma a duk gasar — har da taimakon daga ƙafar baya ga Dominic Calvert-Lewin a kan Newcastle United.

"An samu shakku da yawa sa'ad da Leeds ta sayar da Struijk," in ji tsohon mai tsaron gida na Leeds da Ingila Paul Robinson wa BBC Sport. "Babban yabo da za ka iya yiwa Muharemovic shi ne cewa babu wanda ke magana game da tafiyar Struijk. Ya kasance saye mai ban mamaki."

Bayan da Leeds ta doke Newcastle 4-1 a watan Satumba, Muharemovic ya yi ihu zuwa ga kyamarori: "United are back, United are back" — wannan lokaci ya ƙarfafa matsayinsa a tsakanin magoya baya, waɗanda suka ba shi laƙabi 'The Bosnian Brick Wall'.

An ruwaito cewa akwai sha'awar Barcelona, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, da Inter Milan a cikinsa, wanda ya haifar da damuwa a tsakanin magoya baya game da rayuwar sabon ginshiƙin tsaronsu.

"Muharemovic ya yi haka da kyau da kulob ɗinsu da yawa ke kallo shi yanzu, suna ƙoƙarin sace shi a cikin watanni kaɗan masu zuwa," in ji tsohon mai wasan Leeds Lucy Ward wa BBC Sport.

A tsakiyar guguwar Kofin Duniya

Hanyar da Muharemovic ya bi zuwa Elland Road tana da yawa kamar hazaƙarsa. An haife shi a Slovenia kuma ya girma a Ostiriya, ya yi wasansa na farko na ƙwararru tare da Wolfsberger a Bundesliga ta Ostiriya a shekarar 2021 yana ɗan shekara 18. Bayan wasanni shida na farko kawai, Juventus ta zo ta ɗauke shi.

Ya buga wasanni 57 wa Next Gen ta Juventus a Serie C — tare da Dean Huijsen, wanda yanzu yake Real Madrid — kuma ya yi atisaye tare da fitattun ɗan tsaro na Italiya Leonardo Bonucci da Giorgio Chiellini. "Sa'ad da kake atisaye tare da su, su ne na farko da suke zuwa gare ka, su ne na farko da suke gaya maka yadda ake tsarewa," in ji Muharemovic.

Bayan Juventus, ya tafi aro zuwa Sassuolo sannan ya canza dindindin, inda ya taimaka wa kulob ɗin samun matsayin 11 a dawowansu Serie A. Amma FIFA World Cup ne ya sa sunansa ya bazu a duniya.

A lokacin rashin nasara 2-0 na Bosnia-Herzegovina a hannun ƙasar da suka shirya tare da Amurka a zagaye na 32 a ranar 2 ga Yuli, an yi wa Muharemovic laifi daga Folarin Balogun, wanda ya samu katin ja bayan sake duba bidiyo. A lamarin da ya girgiza duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa, Shugaban Amurka Donald Trump ya tuntubi shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino yana neman a sake duba shawarar. Wata kwamitin ladabi ta dakatar da dakatarwar Balogun, ya kuma buga a wasan zagaye na 16, wanda Belgium ta lashe 4-1.

"Bayan wannan tacle, kafofin watsa labarai sun tashi," in ji Muharemovic wa The Athletic. "Na kasance ko'ina. Kowane shafin yanar gizo. Na gode wa Allah kawai da na fita ba tare da rauni ba."

Iyali, ƙwallon ƙafa, da harsunan biyar

Iyayen Muharemovic sun bar Bosnia-Herzegovina a lokacin yakin Bosnia — wanda aka yi tsakanin 1992 da 1995 — suka zauna tukuna a Slovenia kafin su koma Ostiriya. Alaƙarsa da asalin Bosniya ta kasance ƙarƙashin cigabansa, kuma yana magana harsunan biyar: Bosniya, Jamusanci, Turanci, Italiyanci, da Sloveniyanci.

Mahaifinsa, Rasim, ya zama sananne a filayen wasanni, yana halarta duk wasannin Leeds a wannan kakar — na gida da na waje. "Babana yana ƙaunar wannan sosai," in ji Muharemovic. "Yana zuwa kowane wasa, kowane wasan waje. Ina tsammanin a wannan shekara ya ce ba zai rasa wasan Premier League ba."

Grayson, wanda ya jagoranci Leeds daga tiyan uku zuwa nasara ta tarihi a FA Cup a kan Manchester United a shekarar 2010, ya taƙaita abin da ya faru da sauƙi: "Yana bayyana a hirarraki kamar wanda ke rayuwa cikin mafarkinsa. Yana jin daɗin rayuwarsa anan kuma yana jin daɗin zama ɗan wasan Leeds."

Da Leeds suna tafiya Bournemouth a ranar Asabar da kyakkyawan farawa — maki 11 daga wasanni takwas na gasar da kwallaye shida kawai da aka ci — suna da alama sunansa Muharemovic zai kasance a duk tattaunawar ƙarshen kakar game da mafi kyawun saye na Premier League.