Martin Odegaard receives absurd criticism

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As much as Martin Odegaard will have goals and desires at Arsenal, so much will he focus entirely on Norway who will claim an unlikely victory in the Netherlands on Tuesday to keep their World Cup dreams alive.

Everything is suspended on the final day after a devastating 0-0 draw at home against Latvia, and if their away task alongside Louis van Gaal wasn’t tough enough, they will also need Turkey. face an upheaval in Montenegro if they want to take first place.

However, this is happening for Odegaard, upon his return to Arsenal ahead of a crucial trip to Liverpool on Saturday there will be no guarantee of his place in the starting lineup.

Struggling to replicate the kind of late form that prompted Mikel Arteta’s side to shell out £ 34million for his services this summer, Alexandre Lacazette entered the squad and played valiantly in his place.

Arsenal and Norway midfielder Martin Odegaard faces bizarre and absurd criticism from Spanish media ahead of World Cup qualifying

Clear improvement is needed from the 22-year-old, but he has come under some pretty ridiculous criticism from AS in Spain, where he spent six years as a Real Madrid player.

Known for some of their scathing reporting on certain people – Gareth Bale comes to mind – this bizarre and pointless midfielder criticism leads with the headline ‘History Repeats itself’.

It is mentioned that Arsenal are very disappointed with Odegaard’s performance and relegated him to the bench as a result, a situation very similar to what he experienced in Madrid where he was ‘pushed by big signings’. Oddly enough, there weren’t any “big signings” at Arsenal in this case. Odegaard was the “big” signing.

Citing Emile Smith Rowe’s form as the reason Odegaard can’t get a game – he’s been on the bench for the last three games, a sample size barely reflecting his five seasons in Spain – did also nonsense. Odegaard’s replacement in the squad is very clearly Lacazette, while it can be argued that Odegaard’s own performances against Brighton and Crystal Palace are what saw him give up.

To top it off, the report states that Arteta is already looking to recruit new hires in his place (citing a Mirror article about wanting £ 80million from Raheem Sterling) which, although it may be part true, will not be the direct result of Odegaard having two bad games.

Is there a bizarre bitterness in this unwarranted attack? AS is the selling point of “Real Madrid” and in an effort to seemingly defend the club they have sought to launch this unwarranted and poorly documented Odegaard opinion piece.

The Norwegian is undoubtedly slightly behind as Lacazette gave Arsenal a little more creativity to justify his selection. But none of that means Odegaard’s time is up, which is ridiculous, and at 22 he still has a lot to do this season and the next.

Focus on your own patch.

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