The rise of Martin Odegaard and finding ‘home’ at Arsenal
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 19 January 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
When Arsenal bought Norwegian midfielder Martin Odegaard for £30m in 2021 the expectation among supporters wasn’t particularly high - and some didn’t understand why the club wanted to buy him.
After all this was a player who as a teenager was dubbed the “heir to Messi’s throne”.
But fast forward 18 months and he’s not only Arsenal’s playmaker, but possibly the best midfielder in the league. It’s been quite a rise for Martin Odegaard.
Mark Chapman is joined by Amy Lawrence and Michael Cox to discuss the Arsenal captain in detail
Produced by Abi Paterson
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| 0:00.0 | When Arsenal bought the Norwegian midfield and Martin Erdogard for £30 million in 2021, |
| 0:09.7 | the expectation among supporters wasn't particularly high. This was a player, after all, who as a teenager was dubbed the heir to Messi's throne, |
| 0:18.8 | but was now on the periphery of Rail Madrid squad. |
| 0:21.5 | Fast forward 18 months, |
| 0:22.7 | he's not only Arsenal's playmaker, |
| 0:24.7 | but possibly at the moment |
| 0:25.9 | the best in his position in the league. |
| 0:28.9 | It has been quite a rise for him. |
| 0:30.8 | I'm Mark Chapman. |
| 0:31.7 | This is the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:35.1 | Good player. |
| 0:36.3 | I think it's a young boy. He's 16 years old, right? But I see a lot of potential |
| 0:40.8 | in that, on that player, good left foot. Comes to Oerdegar, defracted in. Haddon, having scored his |
| 0:48.8 | first goal for the club in Mughey, gets his first Premier League goal for Arsenal. |
| 0:55.0 | We must, it's a must, sign Martin Oedegaard. |
| 0:57.0 | Whether they want to break the bank, |
| 0:59.0 | whether they go and borrow money, |
| 1:00.0 | whether they want to borrow money from the government, |
| 1:03.0 | I don't care. |
| 1:05.0 | Now that big transfer news, |
| 1:07.0 | Martin Oerdegard is in London for a medical |
| 1:09.0 | ahead of a return to Arsenal on a permanent deal. |
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