BBC Sport Senior Journalist
A full Norway international aged 15, Martin Odegaard was used to the hype. But as photographers circled and film crews jostled at his Real Madrid unveiling, there was a sense the awkward kid in a stripey jumper was a teenage superstar struck by the galactico glare.
More than 30 clubs around Europe made enquiries for Odegaard while he was a youngster at Stromsgodset in Norway, and he visited the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and, of course, Real.
"We got flown around in private planes and made to feel special," Odegaard later wrote in the Players' Tribune.