"The Real Madrid C. F. And the Arsenal FC have agreed the traspaso of the player Martin Ødegaard. Our club appreciates him his professionalism and his exemplary behaviour during the time that has formed part of the Real Madrid. Likewise, it wants to show all his affection to him and to his family and wishes him a lot of luck in this new stage". Of this way announced the Real Madrid the sale of Martin Odegaard to the Arsenal.
This operation was a secret to voices from did days and only was question of time that went official. As it aims , the whites ingresarán some 40 million euros by the Norwegian, in addition to some million more by variables that still have not discovered . An important sale in the economic that as it comments will be to fund to Kylian Mbappé, the same that the one of Raphael Varane to the Manchester United.
The Nordic says goodbye to the Madrid after arriving in 2015 by alone 3 million euros directly of Norway. In this moment, half Europe, included the FC Barcelona, litigated by him, but the mediapunta chose to the merengues. After happening a pair of years in the filial, began a series of successful cessions that carried him of turn to the capital of Spain the summer happened on request of Zinedine Zidane.
The French trainer almost did not have he when it recovered of an injury to principle of campaign and in January asked to leave to loan to the Arsenal. Mikel Arteta gave him the keys of the team and now has insisted a lot until carrying it of definite form. In London will have the minutes and the importance that did not give him in Madrid neither Zidane neither Carlo Ancelotti, that even left to fall that had to 8 players by in front of him in the rotation of the centre of the field.
To his 22 years and in spite of that in the white picture has not given the level expected in the little that has played, the true is that has spare potential as to become some day a differential footballer. Has a vision of privileged game and a big strike of balloon that from now will enjoy in the Premier. It will be necessary to see if Martin explodes and the madridistas finish arrepintiéndose of this sale in the next years.
Coutinho Will not play in the Arsenal
This operation finishes to bury all the options that Philippe Coutinho finish in the Arsenal this summer. The 'gunners' looked for a mediapunta of level to lead the team and thought in the Brazilian like alternative. However, the favourite of Arteta always was Odegaard and expected to the vikingo to the end waiting for that the Real decided . Finally, it has achieved his aim and to the Barça closes him this door for 'plant' to Cou.