Arsenal midfielder Martin Odegaard has drawn a line under Erling Haaland's status as Norway's number nine after the country's football association confirmed the striker will also wear his Borussia Dortmund number at international level.
Premier League-linked Haaland has worn the number for Borussia Dortmund since the start of the 2020 season, after Paco Alcacer's departure from Signal Iduna Park earlier that year. However, up until now the number nine shirt for Norway had belonged to former Crystal Palace striker Alexander Sorloth.
Arsenal midfielder Odegaard is Norway's captain, and will wear the armband for the upcoming international friendlies against Slovakia and Armenia. And as far as the former Real Madrid man is concerned, the switch from his country's new number nine is not as significant as some are making it out to be.
