Real Madrid agree to loan out Martin Odegaard

Real Madrid agree to loan out Martin Odegaard

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One of the most spoken about of the Valdebebas kids is Martin Ødegaard and this time the talk is about the young Norwegian leaving, temporarily, his current home of Madrid. When he returns from the preseason with Zidane – a preseason adventure that was stipulated in his contract – club officials will sit down with the player’s father, Hans-Erik, to assess where the most suitable loan destination should be. The current thinking is that the Bundesliga would be best.

The youth side has been strengthening its ties with the German championship recently with this summer’s transfer activity seeing Mayoral leave for Wolfsburg and Vallejo and Mascarell both join Eintracht. In Ødegaard’s case, he is currently receiving 1.2 million euros, and doesn’t turn 18 until Mid-December, so the finances of any loan deal would need to take this into account.

Ødegaard made his unofficial debut for the reserves on 4 February, in a 3–3 friendly draw with Beijing Guoan. He was subsequently named in the first team’s UEFA Champions League squad. Ødegaard was assigned the number 21. His official debut for Castilla came on 8 February, coming on in the last 20 minutes as a substitute in the 2–2 draw against Athletic Bilbao B in Segunda División B. On 21 February, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win over Barakaldo CF at the Estadio Alfredo Di Stéfano, opening the scoring after seven minutes.

On 23 May, in the final fixture of the season, he made his debut for Real Madrid, coming-on as a 58th-minute substitute for hat-trick scorer and then-reigning FIFA Ballon d’Or Cristiano Ronaldo in an eventual 7–3 home win over Getafe CF. He became the youngest debutant in the history of the club at 16 years and 157 days old.

Ødegaard was a regular starter for Castilla during the 2015–16 season with one goal in 34 appearances with the second team of Real Madrid.

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  1. Comment: i have a good time real madrid to change our themse 75% are poor performers to sold goods pleyers to create chanse and persar and plermacar like marco verraty

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