Arsenal sign Martin Odegaard from Real Madrid on permanent deal

The
Norway
international,
who
spent
the
second
half
of
last
season
on
loan
at
Emirates
Stadium,
is
thought
to
have
agreed
a
four-year
deal
with
the
Premier
League
side.

Odegaard
returned
to
parent
club
Madrid
but
was
not
part
of
their
matchday
squad
for
last
week’s
4-1
win
over
Deportivo
Alaves
on
the
opening
weekend
of
the
new
La
Liga
season.

Having
been
restricted
to
just
eight
league
appearances
for
Los
Blancos
since
joining
in
2015,
the
majority
of
that
time
spent
out
on
loan,
the
attacking
midfielder
has
now
departed
the
Spanish
capital
on
a
permanent
basis.

Arsenal
confirmed
the
news
on
their
official
website
on
Friday
and
the
22-year-old
is
now
in
contention
for
the
Gunners’ home
league
clash
with
Chelsea
on
Sunday.

Odegaard
made
20
appearances
in
all
competitions
for
Arsenal
after
joining
on
loan
at
the
end
of
the
January
transfer
window,
14
of
those
outings
coming
in
the
Premier
League.

He
scored
one
goal
and
provided
two
assists,
while
his
20
chances
created
was
the
most
of
any
Arsenal
player
during
his
spell
on
loan,
three
more
than
Emile
Smith
Rowe.

The
Stromsgodset
product
also
ranked
highly
for
dribbles
completed,
his
tally
of
13
in
the
league
bettered
only
by
Nicolas
Pepe
(14),
Thomas
Partey
(15)
and
Bukayo
Saka
(18).

Odegaard
becomes
Arsenal’s
third
signing
of
the
window
following
the
arrivals
of
Nuno
Tavares,
Albert
Sambi
Lokonga
and
Ben
White.

Mikel
Arteta’s
side
were
beaten
2-0
by
newly
promoted
Brentford
in
their
first
game
of
the
campaign.

The
22
shots
they
registered
without
scoring
against
the
Bees
was
their
most
without
finding
the
net
in
a
league
match
since
December
2017
against
West
Ham
(also
22).

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