Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard will lead his team out for their crucial Premier League game against Manchester United, having twice been courted by the visitors.
The Norway international first joined the Gunners on loan from Real Madrid in January 2021, before completing a £30m permanent switch months later. He took the captain's armband after previous skipper Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang got in manager Mikel Arteta's bad books and eventually left the club, and has led the team to the summit of the Premier League table.
Odegaard was just 16 when he first joined Real Madrid, having established himself in Norway with Stromsgodset. He could easily have become a Man Utd player, though, with the Daily Star revealing two separate managers explored the possibility of bringing him to Old Trafford.
