Odegaard was invited to watch Dortmund win 1-0 and experience the crowd noise of the Yellow Wall, the Westfalenstadion’s mammoth south terrace, for the first time.

Martin’s father, Hans Erik Odegaard, represented Stromsgodset, the biggest of Drammen’s football clubs, for a decade. He was a patrolling midfielder, an energetic presence who was more box-to ...

Martin Odegaard, in his usual inside-right position, was given licence to play a little higher than usual, given the use of both Thomas Partey and Declan Rice alongside him in midfield for the ...

Odegaard starts to narrow his position as the ball progresses and is played inside to Eddie Nketiah. Eriksen checks his shoulder again to make sure Odegaard has not run off him.

Odegaard beginning that move against Tottenham with his defensive work and Smith Rowe ending it with attacking input was one of the best passages of play on the day.

Odegaard is second only to Erling Haaland in Norway and he was happy to meet the flock of children who waited outside the stadium for him to arrive. Odegaard is not shy when it comes to fronting up.

Odegaard’s numbers really are impressive, but there would be one possible tactical concern. When at his most influential for La Real, the team was generally set up in a 4-2-3-1, so he had two ...

Odegaard isn’t quite at De Bruyne levels in terms of creativity, but in terms of impact on his side overall, Arteta can realistically claim to have found an equivalent in that inside-right ...

Odegaard’s fifth most common 20+ yard pass cluster is more threatening. A penetrative through ball, it tends to be for either Saka or White but has needed development.

Odegaard (black dot) has yet to take possession in the image below but Martinelli, highlighted in yellow on the far side, is already off and running.

Martin Odegaard, a 15-year-old who had been training with Norwegian club Stromsgodset’s first team for two years, made his senior debut for them in April 2014.. The starting gun had been fired ...

Odegaard did sweep the ball home first-time, however. After working off the right in Manchester, it was a move replicated down the left with the return of Kieran Tierney at Everton four days later.