Martin Odegaard, the captain of Arsenal, has been asked to depart the team this summer because Mikel Arteta no longer views him as a “influential” player. Since his £30 million transfer from Real Madrid in 2021, Odegaard has made over 200 appearances for Arsenal, making him one of the team’s most notable players.
The Norway international’s reputation has declined over the last 18 months, despite the fact that he was previously perhaps Mikel Arteta’s most valuable player. Having started fewer than half of Arsenal’s games this season, Odegaard has had another lackluster campaign after only contributing three Premier League goals the previous season. Injuries may have contributed to his diminished position at Arsenal, but other commentators have also criticized Odegaard’s play.
Odegaard, who last year approved Arsenal’s £67.5 million transfer from Eberechi Eze, has frequently been benched by Arteta, even when healthy. Eze began Sunday’s decisive north London derby victory for Arsenal over Tottenham, adding two goals to his hat-trick from the previous encounter in November.
Martin Odegaard done at Arsenal as brutal Mikel Arteta decision
Odegaard, on the other hand, only in as a late substitution, and both former Chelsea defender Frank Leboeuf and Liverpool great Steve Nicol believe that the Gunners captain is now done in north London.
“Odegaard might be leaving Arsenal,” Nicol remarked on ESPN when asked how Arteta should utilize him for the rest of the season as Arsenal competes for the Premier League championship and also aims to win the Champions League.
“If you’re Odegaard, the club captain, you were the person eighteen months ago. Suddenly, there are doubts about whether he really begins because of Eze, even if I am aware that he has had some injuries. A teenage French striker has caught the attention of Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Andrea Berta, according to a source that also names Chelsea and Real Madrid as interested parties.
