Cesc Fabregas claims Martin Odegaard is "responding very well" to wearing the Arsenal armband - but admits "it's not easy" for a player so young to be club captain.
Mikel Arteta anointed the 23-year-old skipper this summer, following the departures of experienced strikers Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette. The impact has been promising so far, with Odegaard guiding the Gunners to six wins from their opening seven Premier League games ahead of Saturday's North London derby against Tottenham.
The attacking midfielder also captains his national team, Norway, and has already played nearly 350 games for club and country despite his relative youth. Fabregas knows all about the burden of the armband having been named Arsenal captain in 2008 at the tender age of 21, succeeding William Gallas to become the second-youngest skipper in the club's history.
