Champions League nearly man but has a burning desire to throw off that label.And with Arsenal one north London derby win away from returning to the biggest club competition in the world, he is on the verge of doing just that.
Real Madrid won the Champions League three times during Odegaard's time in Spain. But he only played in it twice, in the group stage in 2020.Odegaard said: "I’ve played there a few games but I don’t feel like I’ve really played there.
I really want to get into there and fight. That’s where the best teams want to be of course so that would be big for me and the club."Signed as the child prodigy the whole world wanted at just 16, Odegaard was farmed out on loan four times by the Spanish giants before signing for Arsenal last year.
And while Real were ruling the roost in Europe, he managed a combined total of only 135 minutes of Champions League football, against Inter Milan and Shakhtar Donetsk.
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