Martin Odegaard’s impressive performance with Real Sociedad this season including the match against Alaves in the midweek match few weeks ago (09/26/19) opened up much speculation at Real Madrid.
One of the speculations that arose was the intention to recall Odegaard on a January transfer in order to strengthen the Real Madrid team’s attacking line.
Fiorentino Perez plans to sell several stars, such as Bale and James Rodriguez in order to give Odegaard a regular place.
But this speculation was later refuted. As reported by the capital’s media, Marca, there are two reasons that could cancel Odegaard’s return on a transfer in January.
First, the reason for loan time to Real Sociedad is considered too short. Real Madrid honored the initial agreement to loan Odegaard a season at Real Sociedad. The second reason is the importance for Odegaard to play regularly in La Liga competitions. Problems can arise for Odegaard if he returns to Real Madrid. There are many stars who play with El Real and this can be a stumbling block for Martin Odegaard playing regularly.
So far, the loan player from Real Madrid has shown a brilliant spur in the realm of Spain. Odegaard has scored two goals and recorded one assist for Real Sociedad. Interestingly, one of his goals was netted while overthrowing Real Madrid’s city rivals, Atletico Madrid (2-0) in the La Liga competition this season. In addition, thanks to his performance Odegaard is considered to be a difficult figure to replace in the Real Sociedad team.
Martin Odegaard is one of the important prospects at Real Madrid. Recruited when he was 16 from the club Stromsgodset, Norway, Odegaard is considered as one of the future talents for Real Madrid.
For two years, Odegaard played with the youth team, Real Madrid Castilla (2015-2017). After that, he was loaned to Heerenveen (2017-2018) and Vitesse (2018-2019). After two years working in the Netherlands, in the 2019/2020 season Odegaard was then loaned out to Real Sociedad, Spain. Could be, his loan at Real Sociedad is a plan for Odegaard to adjust to La Liga football.
So far, Martin Odegaard adapted well in the La Liga. His good performance as an attacking midfielder at Real Sociedad helped the team compete in La Liga. Thanks to his contribution, Real Sociedad managed to sit in fifth place in the standings. In addition, if Martin Odegaard continues to show good performance, it is not impossible that the transfer door will be open in January for the 20-year-old.
