The new promises should have gotten Martin Ødegaard (16) to change.
Martin Ødegaard immediate football future has been hotly debated in Norway and Spain gjenneom all summer: Should he be in Real Madrid in the autumn or leased to another club?
Now it seems that he will remain at Real Madrid next season.
The club should have asked Ødegaard to be patient and continue on another layer Castilla. It announces Madrid newspaper AS.
Offer from Getafe
Ødegaard should have been notified that he will continue to train with first team stars, and that he also may have the opportunity to first-team games in Copa del Rey, the Spanish Cup.
It should have helped to convince Ødegaard and father Hans Erik to drop lending plans.
AS reports that the Spanish top division club Getafe should have come with a request to borrow Ødegaard, but Real Madrid’s desire is to keep the Norwegian great talent.
That means Ødegaard this season probably will play under Castilla coach Zinedine Zidane.
Ødegaard got last season 11 games for Castilla after the transition from Strømsgodset in January. Throughout the spring season was weeks divided between training sessions with the first team and battle preparatory training sessions with Castilla.
Debate on battlefield
Castilla managed not being promoted to the second highest level of Spanish football, and it has been questioned whether the third level is a good enough match arena for Ødegaard development. Now, however, Real Madrid have landed on that Ødegaard development will be best served through fights under Zidane for Castilla, regular trainings with the first team and opportunities for play in the Cup.
Ødegaard got his La Liga debut against Getafe in May.
After the season took Rafael Benitez over as coach after Carlo Ancelotti. Benitez left Ødegaard get start in Real Madrid’s first training under summer tour against AS Roma, but since it’s not been something playing on the Norwegian.
– We Mayoral, Asensio and Ødegaard that we must consider and decide what to do with. They are players of quality, talented and young. We must decide what is best for them and for the team, said Benitez earlier this week.
It is expected that Ødegaard get playing time at Real Madrid last moment of summer against Vålerenga at Ullevaal coming Sunday.
Real Madrid season opens against Sporting Gijon on August 23.
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