Martin Odegaard

Morten

Senior Member
It would be awesome to have him here, but i dont think he should go to a top team. Ajax would be better.
 

SeloBarca

Senior Member
RM are notorious for selling all their Castilla players. Barcelona or Ajax would be best for him. He has a playstyle that works well in both teams.
He will get a little bit higher standard on his games in LaMasia though, and other teammates that holds a bit higher standard aswell.
Smaller languagebarrier in Ajax though.
 

Yannik

Senior Member
he had participated in like all the team trainings from almost all european top-clubs (except Barca lel), even had personal talks with guys like Klopp or Ancelotti.
According to several reports the decision is most likely going to be either Ajax or Bayern.
I have to say Ajax would be the choice I'd pick over any other.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
They've offered him a 5 year contract and promised him a 1st team place, BUT for now would remain at loan at Godset or a LL team, according to MARCA.

Meanwhile a Bayern scout has been following him closely and Ajax as everyone know have already offered him to sign with them.

His dad has been in Madrid and talked with their reps and he already met with Bayern last year before making his debut this season so right now it looks like Bayern, Ajax and Real Madrid are the biggest options.
 

messi2140

6racies Xavi
Rumour was that barca was about to sign him , but after some good thinking they opted to rely on sergi roberto. And if he failed which is unlikely they will just get JDS back.
 

ThwiX

Best midfielder around
Would be unreal to have a Norwegian playing for Barca, but at the same time, I don't know if he's good enough. Easy to look impressive in Tippeligaen.
 

Galning

Moderator
He visited Barcelona to check La Masia etc. a few weeks ago. He would be a great addition to the youth teams but he's nowhere near good enough to play for the first team, don't even think he's good enough to be a starter at Barça B. If he's willing to take a step back then great but I think he'd rather join a team that promise him a shitload only to ruin him. Depends on the type of person he is, Madrid offering him a loan in La Liga is clueless imo because he wouldn't be able to cut it in one of the better teams.
 

Yannik

Senior Member
Ever thought about the possibility of a poor club in a weak league, trying to fool big clubs by making a youngster famous like that? Not saying Odeaard would be that kind of youngster, but think about it in general:

You take an ok talented player who shines because of his technique. You promote him to the first team, and tell him that he can be the next star.
You tell him stuff about his greatness, make even himself believe he is the best 15 ear old in the world, boost his confidence that much so that he doesnt feel intimidated to show off fancy footwork on the pitch and get noticed by that.
You tell his teammates, that they should pass to him a lot to let him participate a lot in the game (like when you are playing Be A Pro mode on FIFA and always ask for the ball to score goals by yourself and get great amtch grades) and he will get used fast to playing with adults..

That way he looks like the most awesome teenager around, while hes actually just a technically good but not-that-awesome youngster who plays in the world of adults and everyone will say "whoa this guy is the next big thing" and at some point you sell him off, to someone for like 50m+. Youre match performances might dip a bit in the progess but the fee at the end makes up for it 10 times.

You basically "force him" to look better than he is.
This is not related to the case of Odegaard here, but generally speaking that would be quite a sneaky way to get lots of money. Just look at how everyone orbits this guy just for the reason that he is a 15 year old who acts that premature.
 
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Yannik

Senior Member
i dont know, i think it could work. You can convince the internet with that, causing hype and advertizement in the first place.
The only thing thats left would be convincing the scouts, which is harder, but im quite sure there will be at least one or two clubs with awful scouts who cant see that the player in that case would actually not be worth the hype.
 

slicknick

Active member
, but im quite sure there will be one or two clubs with awful scouts who cant see that the player in that case would actually not be worth the hype.

This kid's being tracked by The likes of Ajax,Bayern and Barca;and I'm pretty sure their scouts are not that "awful"...Kid's got plenty of talent obviously,otherwise he wouldn't as sought-after as this
 

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