MADRID – Martin Odegaard wants to leave Real Madrid because he considers that he does not have enough minutes to follow his progress, confirmed various sources for ESPN.
The midfielder was a starter in the first two La Liga matches, but it has hardly mattered for Zinedine Zidane since then and he has not joined the team for the Copa del Rey match against Alcoyano.
The young Norwegian talent was taken over by the white club last summer, despite the fact that he was scheduled to spend a second season on loan at Real Sociedad.
At first and given the club’s inability to sign due to the economic situation left by COVID-19, Real Madrid opted for Odegaard’s return after being one of last season’s revelations, scoring 7 goals and contributing 9 assists in 36 of games with Real Sociedad.
However, the 22-year-old has only played 7 league matches and 2 in the Champions League since returning to the White House and decided it was better to go out again to avoid interrupting his progression.
The club understands the player’s desire and various sources acknowledge ESPN that he is most likely to be loaned to another team before the market closes.
Real Sociedad itself is attentive to the situation, while the same sources question the problems that Zidane has to develop the internal talent of the club itself, either due to the immediate performance of the player or due to the lack of conviction of the coach.
However, Odegaard is just another one on a long list of footballers called to do great things in Madrid, but who ask him to leave due to lack of opportunities.
Marcos Llorente, for example, had to leave Madrid because the coach never had him and is now one of the great stars of Atlético de Madrid. Something similar happened to Sergio Reguilón, who after being one of the best defenders in the last league in Sevilla, arrived at Tottenham Hotspur with José Mourinho. Or even Achraf Hakimi, who after overcoming the initial collapse in the adaptation to Serie A, shines under Antonio Conte at Inter Milan.
Zidane himself went public with criticism on Tuesday, hours before it was known that Odegaard also wants to leave the club.
“It’s easy to blame me. It’s Real Madrid, it’s very complicated. There is a time when the player has to play and demonstrate. It’s not the coach’s fault. The players have to prove it “, commented Zidane about the departure of the mentioned players.
The most immediate case was that of Luka Jovic. The Serb, after a year and a half without shining in Madrid, returned to Eintracht Frankfurt on loan until June 30 and in his debut scored two goals in just half an hour.
“Luka is 21 years old and is a very good option. He is very good and sure that he will go great at Real Madrid. He has a wonderful future to show the player that he is at Real Madrid. There is always a very strong competition here “, Zidane apologized for the poor performance of the Serb who just scored two goals with the white shirt, the same ones he already has in his new adventure.
From the surroundings of the Santiago Bernabeu, it is not explained the repeated replacements of Fede Valverde, the lack of minutes by Mariano or even why Brahim is surprising in AC Milan and not in Concha Espina.