Daily Mail · Feb 10, 2023
Martin Odegaard opens up about his Real Madrid exit and claims he was doomed as a foreign player
Martin Odegaard has sensationally hit out at his former club Real Madrid by suggesting he was doomed from the start as a foreign player.
The now-Arsenal captain was snatched up by the Spanish giants after bursting onto the scene with Norwegian side Stromsgodset, and he quickly became the youngest ever player to represent Madrid at 16.
But the Madrid dream never really became a reality and Odegaard, now 24, spent several years out on loan, including at Arsenal, before he was permanently signed by Mikel Arteta in a £30million deal in the summer of 2021.
Odegaard has opened up about his Madrid exit and how he 'worried about not making mistakes too often'.