MADRID – Martin Ødegaard wants to leave Real Madrid because he considers that he does not have enough minutes to follow his progression, different sources have confirmed to ESPN.
The midfielder was a starter in the first two games of the League but has hardly counted for Zinedine Zidane since then and has not entered the list of players called up for the Copa del Rey match against Alcoyano.
The young Norwegian talent was recaptured by the white club last summer despite being scheduled to spend a second season on loan to 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 the return of Odegaard after being one of the revelations of last season, scoring 7 goals and providing 9 assists in 36 games with Real Sociedad.
However, the 22-year-old has barely played in 7 league games and 2 in the Champions League since returning to the White House and has decided that it is best to go out again to prevent his progression from being cut short. .
From the club understand the desire of the player and different sources acknowledge to ESPN that it is likely to be transferred to another team before the market closes.
The Royal Society itself is attentive to the situation while the same sources question the problems that Zidane is having to develop the internal talent of the club itself, either by the immediate performance of the player or by the lack of conviction the coach.
However, Odegaard is just one more on a long list of players called to do great things at Madrid but who are asking for his departure in the face of a lack of opportunities.
Marc Llorente, for example, had to leave Madrid because the coach never had him and is now one of the big stars of Atlético de Madrid. Something similar happened with Sergio Reguilón, who after being one of the best sides in the last league at Sevilla, finished at Tottenham Hotspur with José Mourinho. Or even Achraf Hakimi, who after overcoming the bad initial moment of adaptation to Serie A, is also shining under the orders of Antonio Conte at Inter Milan.
Zidane himself came out in the face of criticism in public on Tuesday, hours before it became known that Odegaard also wants to leave the club.
“Blaming me is easy. It’s Real Madrid, it’s very complicated. There’s a time when the player has to play and prove it. It’s not the coach’s fault. The players have to prove it,” he said. comment Zidane on the departure of the aforementioned players.
The most immediate case was that of Luka Jovic. The Serb, after a year and a half without shining in Madrid, returned to the Eintracht in Frankfurt on loan until June 30 and in his re-debut scored two goals in just half an hour.
“Luka is 21 years old and he is a very good option. He is very good and he will surely do great in Real Madrid. He has a great future to prove that he is a player in Real Madrid. There is always very strong competition here,” he said. excuse Zidane about the poor performance of the Serbian who barely converted two goals with the white shirt, the same ones he already wears in his new adventure.
From the surroundings of the Santiago Bernabéu do not explain the repeated substitutions of Fede Valverde, the lack of minutes of Mariano or even why Brahim is surprising in the AC Milan and not in Concha Espina.