Martin Odegaard has become an unlikely scapegoat, particularly because at this stage it is not entirely clear for what he is the scapegoat.
The best captains, of course, always go down with the ship, but Arsenal are by no means sunk yet - quite the opposite, in fact, as they steam down the Seine towards tonight’s Champions League semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain, ‘only’ 90 minutes and a couple of goals away from the biggest club game of all.
