Manchester United youngster Isak Hansen-Aaroen has been likened to Arsenal star Martin Odegaard.
The teenage midfielder joined United from boyhood club Tromso in 2020 and has continued to develop in the club's academy in the two years since. Now 17, Hansen-Aaroen is a regular in Travis Binnion's Under-18s side and has enjoyed a good season having made 28 appearances and claiming five assists.
Hansen-Aaroen was particularly important in United's triumphant FA Youth Cup campaign, in which he started all but one of the six games as the club's prospects lifted the trophy for the first time in 11 years. His progress hasn't gone unnoticed in his homeland, either, with his former Tromso teammate Ruben Yttergard Jenssen left impressed and comparing him to another Norwegian playmaker in Odegaard.
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“I have also seen some highlights from him at United. It seems like he’s doing very well there. I thought he was very good, and the fact that he has taken the next step so well is very exciting. I sensed that this was a talented lad already at the first training session," Yttergård Jenssen told Dagbladet.
“He has some skills that are absolutely raw. He is so playful with the ball. And the way he moves on a football field … There’s something artistic about it. He reminds me a bit of Martin Odegaard.
“We just have to let him impress us and rejoice that he is doing well. Then we’ll see how far it goes. A football career goes up and down. Right now, he’s on a roll, and there’s bound to be some adversity. So let’s hope he copes well and continues that upward trend in the long term.”
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