It’s April 2014… A 15-year-old is waiting nervously beside a football pitch in the Norwegian city of Drammen…
That day, aged 15 years and 118 days, Martin Ødegaard became the youngest footballer ever to play in Norway’s Tippeligaen.
It’s January 2021… A 22-year-old is waiting nervously beside a football pitch in the English city of London…
7 years have past and Martin Ødegaard has failed to live up to the early promise he offered.
Moving to Real Madrid and being loaned to clubs around Europe, he’s spending the rest of the season at Arsenal in a bid to kick-start his career.
In this episode, we ask: whatever happened to Martin Ødegaard?
Guests:
Mads Lochert (@studythetape) is a Norwegian football analyst
Om Arvind (@OmVAsports) is managing editor of the Managing Madrid channel and host of Las Blancas podcast
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The music for this episode was provided under the Creative Commons license by Blue Dot Sessions.
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Svela Tal by LillehammerThoughtless by Warmbody Ultima Thule by Glacier Quartet – ArabyLoom by Textile CarambTrailrunner by ZanderMedian Point by Glass ObeliskMinutes by Pacha FaroPeacetime by TinyTiny Trio
