‘Now I can understand how crazy joining Real Madrid was, going there so young, with all of that attention and pressure. I didn’t think about it too much back then’ Martin Odegaard opens up on joining Real Madrid as a 15-year-old

Martin Odegaard.

For most players, signing for Real Madrid is the stuff of dreams. To do it as a 15-year-old is something else entirely.

Back in 2015, a teenage Martin Odegaard did exactly that, as the Spanish giants won the race for one of Europe’s most sought-after young talents, snapping him up from Stromsgodset in a €4million deal.