Arsenal in 2014 despite Arsene Wenger “rolling out the red carpet” for him, says the club’s former youth recruitment chief Steve Morrow.Odegaard, 22, joined Arsenal on loan from Real Madrid in the January transfer window, signing with Mikel Arteta’s side until the end of the season after growing frustrated with his lack of first-team opportunities in Spain.The Norwegian has spent seven years at Madrid, who won the race for his signature by forking out £3million to prise him away from Stromsgodset.Yet according to Morrow, Arsenal came very close to signing Odegaard before he snubbed them to join Los Blancos.The former Gunners player, who spent a decade working on youth recruitment in north London, claims Wenger even took Odegaard out for.
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