After an impressive campaign under the tautology of Marcelo Bielsa, the Basque player has been linked with moves to Juventus, Inter Milan, Manchester United and Manchester City.
Athletic Bilbao finished the 2011/12 season as UEFA Europa League beaten finalists and Spanish Copa del Rey runners up.
With Joaquin Caparros leaving the club in favour of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vicente-c36001 Del Bosque.
Javi Martinez shined during the course of the season and managed to improve his credentials. The Basque player established himself in Athletic Club’s first team, and became a La Roja regular after being demoted to the U23 squad the previous season.
European big wigs have been impressed by the 23-year-old, with Juventus, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 and Real Madrid have also been reported as monitoring his situation at San
Mames.
The youngster is currently on international duty at the Euro 2012 in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032, while newspaper column inches are filled with transfer speculations.
Reflecting on the situation, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martinez-c24468 remarked that even though he does not give in a lot to what is churned by the rumour mill. He stated that interest from other clubs is always good as it shows that the individual is working hard.
Furthermore, he added that he is currently concentrating on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Republic-of-Ireland-c2987 and does not want to get distracted by these linkages.
"Whenever there is interest from teams, it is a reflection of who are doing things right," he said while talking to Catalan daily, Sport.
"It is true that everyone is excited when people talk about you, that teams are interested [in signing you], but right now it would be selfish to think about anything but the national team.”
"We have to think about the Euros, we cannot let ourselves get distracted from what we really want, which is doing well in the tournament."
Spain are second in Group C after their 1-1 draw against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926 and need to secure a victory against the Irish to further their chances of progressing to the knockout rounds.
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