Martin Ødegaard - Welcome to Arsenal

imo he should be going to a club where he can get first team action that has a history of developing young players....go to a Ajax, PSV, Southampton or Schalke....a team without the pressures of the biggest european giants, but not relegation fodder. where he can play against better competiton where he will have time to develop without media and massive fan pressure

don't want him becoming a Freddy Adu or Bojan who never became the players they were thought to be at a young age

Fully agreed. Shouldn't join clubs like Madrid, Chelsea, Barca etc. But clubs like Ajax & Schalke.

Apparently close to Real Madrid

http://www.vg.no/sport/spansk-fotball/reports-to-vg-oedegaard-in-madrid-to-close-real-deal/a/23368928/?utm_term=VG+Sporten

Ødegaard is looking to get a spot in Real's first squad right away. A shirt with the number 16 on the back is has already been printed to show how much Real Madrid wants the Norwegian midfielder.

WTF? I refuse to believe that he'll play with the first squad right away. He only just turned 16 ffs, lol. None of this makes any sense.

So who will he bench? Ronaldo, Bale, James, Isco or Reus

Hapless_Hans wrote:So who will he bench? Ronaldo, Bale, James, Isco or Reus

Kroos.

Hapless_Hans wrote:So who will he bench? Ronaldo, Bale, James, Isco or Reus

Aguero, after he benches Benzema

We could just sign him and loan him out.

Fußball wrote:

Hapless_Hans wrote:So who will he bench? Ronaldo, Bale, James, Isco or Reus

Kroos.

Kroos IS Real's weak link tbh

I'd take him over Bale tbh. Get that young fellow in here ffs we could trade den, send Bale to Norway, the league fits his technical level.

Bale being pushed out by 16 year old

come home gareth

Odegaard just signed his P45, sad day in football when a 16 year old thinks he will be a starter or regular for Madrid

Jose Rodriguez had to go out on loan, Medran and Llorente barely get any playingtime what is Odegaard thinking??

halamadrid2 wrote:Odegaard just signed his P45, sad day in football when a 16 year old thinks he will be a starter or regular for Madrid

Jose Rodriguez had to go out on loan, Medran and Llorente barely get any playingtime what is Odegaard thinking??

lol yea. Odegaard thinks his prime Bojan or something

Bojan > Mehssi tbh

Valkyrja wrote:Bojan > Mehssi tbh

For repeated insults towards Messi (which I can be nothing other than trolling), I am docking you 25%.

Please cut it out, there is no need for it.

Embarrassing by Rummenigge, unforgivable by Ortlepp

Kick wrote:

Valkyrja wrote:Bojan > Mehssi tbh

For repeated insults towards Messi (which I can be nothing other than trolling), I am docking you 25%.

Please cut it out, there is no need for it.

Kick trying to keep Harmonica from spamming report on everything jokingly about mehssi

If not for Gil's Messi to Chelsea thread I would still be at 100%. Dem rumors

Return to the topic now, lads.

He needs to take Varane's attitude... kill yourself in practice and wait your turn. Injuries happen. If he's ready when called and impresses the coaches, he might play in 3 years time

halamadrid2 wrote:Odegaard just signed his P45, sad day in football when a 16 year old thinks he will be a starter or regular for Madrid

Jose Rodriguez had to go out on loan, Medran and Llorente barely get any playingtime what is Odegaard thinking??

I don't get why some people are under the impression that he has an arrogant attitude, he seems very down to earth. It looks like he's been given the kit number 16, which is a good indication that he will be playing for the first team. It doesn't make much sense, but that's how it is, and that was the requirement made by his dad for any potential suitors. I don't know what kind of plans Real Madrid have for this kid, but it will be interesting to see what happens to him.

Another youngster being over hyped. People need to calm down with this kind of stuff. The media are usually the main culprit. Build him up and then if he doesn't live up to the pressure they themselves instigated, they pan him in the papers. I hope he can handle the attention, but very few teenagers (if any) have the mental disposition to be able to handle this kind of attention and expectation.

he trained with Castilla today with Zidane, he will train tomorrow with the first team

Casemiro had the number 16 and he barely got a single minute. Kit numbers doesn't really matter

New Canales imo.

Taking over one of the Club's biggest Scandinavian legends number sure must mean something.

To think he was honoured with the same number as Gravesen

So this guy has officially chosen us.. Where will he play?