Nearly a decade on and Odegaard, now 26, is preparing to lead Arsenal out in a Champions League quarter-final against Ancelotti’s Real Madrid tomorrow ... football with Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos ...

The speculation, the pressure (he was dubbed ... Ronaldo, for example – taught him about the technical and mental level required on the biggest stage. Odegaard made his La Liga debut for Real ...

But the gulf between expectation and reality, when it came to his first-team prospects at Real Madrid ... better you get, the more people will criticise you," David Nielsen, Odegaard's former ...

Martin Odegaard will captain Arsenal when they face Real Madrid in the biggest ... he would get to train alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Luka Modric and Karim Benzema.

Carlo Ancelotti believes Martin Odegaard was right to leave Real Madrid for Arsenal and has since gone on to become one of the best midfielders in Europe. Odegaard signed for Real Madrid in ...

Martin Odegaard has already named the Real Madrid player he'd like Arsenal to buy and it wasn't Rodrgyo despite the club's new interest.

A full Norway international aged 15, Martin Odegaard was used to ... When a 16-year-old can train with Ronaldo every day with the first team of Real Madrid... it is for me silly to say he didn ...

Odegaard has since become captain of Arsenal and Ancelotti has praised the 26-year-old for getting his career back on track ahead of a reunion with Real Madrid on Tuesday night in the Champions ...