PETE JENSON: Martin Odegaard is looking more than ever like the player Real Madrid believed he would become. Zidane's scepticism held him back and Covid-related cash issues meant they had to sell… now Arsenal are reaping the rewards

Daily Mail | January 3, 2023

Real Madrid are fond of buying the Premier League's best player. They signed the competition's poster boy Gareth Bale in 2013 and captured Eden Hazard in 2019.

Martin Odegaard's early candidacy for player of the season represents a major role reversal.

No one is playing better than Arsenal's Norway midfielder and he is someone Madrid gift-wrapped for the Gunners in 2021, having reluctantly given up on the player they signed as a 16-year-old from Stromsgodset in 2015.

Captain Martin Odegaard, formerly at Real Madrid, is a huge asset to Arsenal's title challenge

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