Arsenal are free to pursue their loan deal for Martin Odegaard despite Friday's arrival of Mat Ryan, report football.london.
The Gunners made the surprise move for Australia international Ryan on Friday, snapping up the 28-year-old on loan from Brighton until the end of the season after he had fallen out of favour under Graham Potter.
Ryan is set to provide cover for current Arsenal No.1 Bernd Leno, while Arteta is also hopeful of a move to sign Norway star Odegaard on loan from Real Madrid.
With Dani Ceballos already at the Emirates on his own loan deal from Real, there had been suggestions that the Gunners would be unable to complete the Odegaard move as they would already have two loan players in their squad.
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