Manchester United legend Roy Keane had dismissed Arsenal attacking midfielder Martin Odegaard following the defeat to Manchester City final weekend, as the Gunners’ sporting director Andrea Berta identifies two gamers to finally take his place in Mikel Arteta’s crew.
Arsenal suffered a dangerous 2-1 defeat to Man City on the Etihad Stadium within the Premier League final weekend.
With Man City beating Burnley 1-0 at Turf Moor within the league on Wednesday night, Arsenal at the moment are second within the desk on targets scored.
Odegaard returned to the Arsenal beginning line-up towards Man City after lacking the earlier two video games because of damage.
The Arsenal captain gave 4 key passes and sometimes dropped deep to provoke assaults for the north London membership.
However, former Man Utd midfielder Keane was not impressed, and neither was journalist Henry Winter, who noted after the game: “Odegaard embodies Arsenal’s nice, neat football but doesn’t hurt elite opponents enough.”
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When Arsenal legend Ian Wright was outlining on The Overlap what he would have accomplished otherwise for the crew towards Man City, Keane quipped that though Odegaard is “tidy”, he must do extra.
Wright stated: “I would have put Declan in Zubimendi’s position. I would put Odegaard in where Declan is, and then I would put Eze as a 10.”
Keane noticed: “I still don’t think Odegaard is enough. He’s neat and tidy and he’s good but…”
Arsenal have two Martin Odegaard replacements in thoughts
Odegaard is 27 now and is underneath contract at Arsenal till the summer time of 2028.
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While the previous Real Madrid attacking midfielder is on the high of his sport, Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta is already planning forward and has recognized two gamers who might exchange him.
Arsenal eye Guler and Maza as Odegaard replacements
Arda Guler is one such player, with a report claiming that Arsenal have already been ‘in touch’ over a transfer for the Real Madrid attacking midfielder.
Like Odegaard, Guler is at his greatest when deployed in an attacking midfielder position, however the Turkey worldwide can also be in a position to play on the best wing as effectively as on the left flank.
The German media has reported that Arsenal have already made an offer to sign Ibrahim Maza from Bayer Leverkusen.
However, the €40million (£35m) supply from the Gunners has been turned down.
The Algeria worldwide has been deployed primarily as an attacking midfielder within the 2025/26 marketing campaign and has drawn curiosity from Man City, too.
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