At the Ballon d’Or press conference in 2014, Cristiano Ronaldo was invited to share his thoughts on Martin Odegaard. The Norwegian prodigy had trained with Real Madrid for the first time the week before. Here is what the Portuguese had to say about the youngster.
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“Great player, I think he’s a young boy, he can still grow. He’s 16, right? So he has a bright future ahead of him. We have to give him time to learn, to make his best decisions. . But I see a lot of potential in this player, good left foot. “
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Odegaard officially arrived at Madrid in January 2015. However, he was unable to enter the first team at the start, so he left on loan at Heerenveen in 2017. Then two more loans followed, at Vitesse and at the Real Sociedad, and now he’s back. at Santiago Bernabeu and is an important man in Zinedine Zidane’s squad.
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So far this quarter, the Norwegian has made six appearances as he missed several weeks due to injury.
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