The loan until the end of the season of Martin Odegaard It has been one of the most prominent movements in the past transfer market. The Norwegian left Valdebebas to search London for a few minutes that at the moment he is not having. Has started from the bench the three games that has been available, Manchester United, Wolves and Aston Villa, playing seven minutes against the Red Devils, 25 against the villains and staying without jumping onto the field in Wolverhampton.
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At the Emirates it is taken for granted that little by little, when I entered the team’s work dynamics, Odegaard will have more importance and is that Norwegian is an old longing Londoners. Within this strategy of always being attentive to young European talent, in 2014 Arsene Wenger showed a lot of interest in the white player, even going to have dinner with himl.
Steve Morrow, former scout of the team, has told in an interview with The Times, how the gunners were very close to signing Odegaard with 15 years, being the great favorites for it together with Real Madrid. “The first time I observed him was when he was 14 years old and I was amazed with his talent, his technical level and his intelligence being such a young player. “
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At that time Steve began working on his signing, observing him for 18 months and getting closer to both him and his family. “We got permission from Stromsgodset (Odegaard’s team in his home country) to invite the player and it was a thing between us and Real Madrid so we put the red carpet on it. Met up with Wenger and we took him out to dinner to show you and introduce you to the club. “
The Arsenal staff gave him a global presentation of what the club was, not only focusing on the development of the player as a footballer but also “as a human being, teaching him good values.” “You will learn to cook, visit hospitals and do things for the community“, they told them Wenger y Steve Morrow.
Odegaard impressed the entire club, including the French coach and according to Morrow’s words, the Gunners were very close to signing him but ultimately the Norwegian opted for Real Madrid. “He called us to explain it to us. It was a great disappointment for me because I thought that he fit perfectly with us and above all, that we were the perfect fit for him. I was surprised by the decision because historically there are not many 16, 17-year-old players who have made their way into the Madrid first team“, explica Morrow.
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The scout defends that Arsenal would have been the best option for Odegaard since “Arsene I was not afraid to play with young people and we thought that Martin could have done that to us. Even so, the circle has been closed and he ended up playing for Arsenal “, concluded the scout.
Perhaps thanks to that contact that took place almost seven years ago, Odegaard opted for Arsenal to go on loan this past January. The Real society, team where the Norwegian exploded, tried his return, but economic claims of the Madrid player were unattainable for the txur-urdin team. The midfielder has six months to earn a position under Arteta and show, again, that he can be a very important player at Real Madrid. The start has not been the desired one, but both Arsenal, the player, as well as the whites, trust that the situation will be redirected
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