Real Madrid.Odegaard gets tired of the bench
On
August 7
,
Real Madrid's
defeat
in
Manchester
in the second leg of the
Champions League
round of 16
against
City
changed part of the Whites' planning for this season.
A campaign that began only a few days after that match and that was partially conditioned by the words of
Zinedine Zidane
on the plane back to the capital: "
I want Martin now
."
The phrase, as this newspaper has learned, surprised the top managers of the club,
who had worked with the idea that
Martin Odegaard
would continue on loan for another year in the
Real society
.
Madrid was aware of the great league made by the Norwegian and their first instinct was to recover him, but the French coach still did not want to advance the return of the young promise and the club accepted it.
Now, more than five months after the Frenchman's request,
Madrid announced the loan of Odegaard
to the
Arsenal
until the end of the season.
This is the story of their disagreement. The Norwegian
debuted in the white jersey on February 4, 2015
.
He was 16 years old and he did it in a friendly with Castilla.
On the team bench, curiously, he sat
Zidane
.
The Frenchman has always had good words for Odegaard, who accumulated assignments (
Heerenveen, Vitesse
...) while his coach added
Champions
.
Thus came the reunion, this year, with the good season of Martin in his debut in the League and the intuition of Zidane, who understood that in the tie against City his midfield had failed.
The Norwegian was not entirely convinced, because it was
indisputable in San Sebastián
, had adapted perfectly and
I was going to play Europe
, but the
Zidane's insistence
was key and in a last minute decision, he flew to the capital and left Real Sociedad without its star.The announcement was a setback for the Basques and something
unexpected for Madrid
, which I would have liked to have been managed at the end of the League, in July.
The reason?
Takefusa kubo
, another of the young promises of the squad.
Before the return of the Nordic, the 'txuri-urdin' had been very interested in the transfer of the Japanese, but Madrid rejected the offer so as not to duplicate transfers in San Sebastián, despite the good relationship between both entities.
The Japanese ended in
Villarreal
, where
Unai emery
He did not give him minutes, and now he tries to redirect his season in
Getafe
.
Who knows if their situation would have been the same in Anoeta, they will reflect at the Bernabéu, reducing the year is what they want
Odegaard in London
.
The Norwegian, weighed down by muscle injuries and
patellar tendinopathy
that he has been dragging since the last stretch of the course with Real, he has not performed regularly at Madrid.
After his sentence on the plane, Zidane awarded him
gallon holder
almost always he was healthy and changed the system to embed him in the midpoint.
He rotated his idyllic 4-3-3
and broke the
Casemiro-Modric-Kroos
that gave him so many joys to include the Norwegian in the eleven, until a date that, like Manchester, changed the sign of the season.
Ukraine, the Super Cup and the temptation of the Premier
He
December 1, Odegaard started Madrid's resounding defeat in Ukraine against Shakhtar
.
A 2-0 where he played 77 minutes.
As of that night, Zidane ended the rotations, the Norwegian again suffered muscle problems and did not play again until the five minutes that the Frenchman gave him against him.
Celtic
, already in January.
The team's good winning streak since it came off the cliff in the Champions League did not help the Nordic's continuity either.
absence against Athletic in the Super Cup
, where he stayed training after the match on the grass of
The Rose Garden
, was the end of Odegaard's patience, who decided
provoke his departure
and he was not even summoned before him
Alcoyano
.
The football question had become a
personal issue
, although without shouting or fighting, they say from the club.
The Norwegian, who
He has only played nine games
, did not understand that the technician did not give him minutes and
could not bear the thought of having to wait on the bench
.
An attitude that, at 22, has also surprised at the Bernabéu. Zidane counted on him for the remainder of the season, but Odegaard was convinced to change of scene,
tempted by Arsenal
, the ex-madridista
Dani ceballos
and for the
Premier League
, a destination that was not the favorite of the whites.
The Madrid club liked the idea of repeating in LaLiga, but the Londoners
will pay the chip and compensate the club with more than two million euros
.
There will play the next
four months
before returning to Spain, where Madrid, confused by the situation, still trust in their future and do not feel like saying 'goodbye'.
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