Arsenal legend urges club to sign Martin Odegaard permanently

Ian Wright wants Arsenal to sign Martin Odegaard permanently in the summer.

Odegaard who made an immediate impact at Arsenal has two years left on his contract with Real Madrid and Ian Wright has urged the club to secure a deal for the Norwegian in the summer.

‘Watching Odegaard play for Arsenal, I’m so happy and I’m so sad,’ Wright said on Ringer FC’s Wrighty’s House podcast.

‘Simply because when you look at Odegaard’s contribution, and I was thinking with this West Ham game, it’s going to be different, he’s got [Thomas] Soucek and [Declan] Rice.

‘He’s going to be playing in that area where he has got some real ballers with him, and I said before the game, I want to see how he does, and not only does he excel, we go 3-nil down, and the man is literally just showing up.

‘We have to find a way to sign him. I don’t know how it’s going to happen. He’s the one.

‘For him to come to the Premier League, we’re talking about a guy who looks very slight but he doesn’t get himself in that traffic and trouble.

‘His contract runs out in 2023 with Madrid, we’re going through a spell where there’s not a lot of money about, Madrid need money, if Zidane stays there can you see him putting Odegaard in his team?

‘You’re thinking to yourself if he carries on playing like he is, because we’re looking at Modric and Kroos and they’re going to have to get replaced by someone at some stage now.

‘Whether that’s Odegaard or they might sell Odegaard to finance getting somebody else.

‘For me, I think £45 million to £50 million, even though we’re talking about someone who’s been on loan to Holland, Spain and now here, he’s played a handful of games but he looks so impressive.

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