There are few contentious selections here. Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville can only agree on six players for their Team of the Year, and there are some questionable choices in both sides. Kieran Trippier, Ruben Dias, Martin Odegaard, Kevin de Bruyne, Rodri, and Erling Haaland, made both of the pundit’s teams. Carragher however went with two […]

3 years ago

The Arsenal captain is leading the Gunners’ title charge. Former Arsenal and England player Paul Merson has declared Martin Odegaard the Premier League’s best midfielder in the aftermath of the Gunners’ 3-0 win at Craven Cottage on Sunday. Mikel Arteta’s table-topping Arsenal side romped home to a comfortable 3-0 victory over European hopefuls Fulham, extending […]

3 years ago

“We felt that we cannot arrange the greatest thing in football, the World Cup, on the grounds of dead people…” The image was a powerful one. Minutes before kick-off in Gibraltar’s near-deserted Victoria Stadium on Wednesday night, Norway’s team, embarking on their qualification campaign for next year’s Qatar World Cup, lined up for their national […]

5 years ago

MÖ out, MØ in Remember that time when Mesut Özil had just signed for Arsenal and all their fans responded by changing any Os in their Twitter names to Ös? Great times. Rest assured that something similar is almost guaranteed to happen with the Ø if, as is now being widely reported, Martin Ødegaard completes […]

5 years ago

Remember this lad? Well, no hard feelings if you don’t. Take a moment to cast your minds back to January 2015 when a 16-year old Odegaard officially switched to the Spanish capital from Strømsgodset. Real Madrid unveiled their ‘mirakelgutt’ – AKA wonderboy – on Thursday, 22nd of January after fending off fierce interest from the […]

7 years ago

He could make a more permanent move to Dutch football this summer. Martin Odegaard could be set to join Ajax from Real Madrid at the end of the season. Still only 20, the Norwegian has failed to make an impression at the Bernabeu since his high-profile signing for Real in January 2015. Unable to secure […]

7 years ago