English Premier League side Arsenal is working on a deal to sign Real Madrid midfielder Martin Odegaard on a permanent basis. They are reportedly set to pay a fee of about £30m for the player. There is still work to be done to get the deal completed for the 22-year-old, who spent the second half of last season on loan at the Emirates.
Odegaard spent half of the 2020/21 English Premier League season with the English Premier League but he returned to the Spanish side Real Madrid. The player joined Real Madrid in 2015, and he has only made eight league appearances for the Spanish side and has also spent time on loan at Heerenveen, Vitesse and Real Sociedad before the spell with Arsenal.
The Norway international made 20 appearances and scored two goals in all competitions for Mikel Arteta’s side last season. Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta wants to bring the player back to the English Premier League.
The club is hoping to sign the player before the end of the transfer window, which is the 31st of August. Odegaard would join Ben White, Albert Sambi Lokonga and Nuno Tavares as the Spaniard’s signings this summer.