Wishlist Martin Odegaard

[Spike 12,049]

It's interesting because the reactions on here is the same as opposition fans whenever we sign a "wonderkid". He's only 16, so if he continues his growth, he could be the next Carvajal as Real seems to be moving towards a different approach regarding transfer policy with first team signings like Isco,James, varane and Illaramendi. I wouldn't write him off just yet. Real are no worse than us in terms of youth development and integration.

I'd say they are better.

[Tomo 21,751]

It's interesting because the reactions on here is the same as opposition fans whenever we sign a "wonderkid". He's only 16, so if he continues his growth, he could be the next Carvajal as Real seems to be moving towards a different approach regarding transfer policy with first team signings like Isco,James, varane and Illaramendi. I wouldn't write him off just yet. Real are no worse than us in terms of youth development and integration.

The only issue with the transfer is obviously the reported wages. 80k a week is absolute madness for an unproven 16 yo

He's in a win win situation, Madrid do develop player's quite well even if they don't make it in the first team (Mata and Diego Lopez) so at worst this will be a platform for a very decent career unless he gets big and thinks he has made it already.

[LukakutoStamford 779]

It's interesting because the reactions on here is the same as opposition fans whenever we sign a "wonderkid". He's only 16, so if he continues his growth, he could be the next Carvajal as Real seems to be moving towards a different approach regarding transfer policy with first team signings like Isco,James, varane and Illaramendi. I wouldn't write him off just yet. Real are no worse than us in terms of youth development and integration.

The only issue with the transfer is obviously the reported wages. 80k a week is absolute madness for an unproven 16 yo

I think Chelsea has been excellent in their loan decisions for their youth players in the last few years.

I think Odegaard would be best suited to be loaned to a Belgian/Durch to see how he progresses. If he's successful you move him up to a German/French/mid table PL/La Liga team.

I'm not a big fan of academies unless a kid is a slightly built.

[Yeboii 1,844]

He's in a win win situation, Madrid do develop player's quite well even if they don't make it in the first team (Mata and Diego Lopez) so at worst this will be a platform for a very decent career unless he gets big and thinks he has made it already.

My biggest worry about this kid is that.

[DH1988 1,348]

This is a prime time for Uefa or Fifa to bring in a young persons law to cap contracts per age brackets.

Absolutely ridiculous and I am shocked there is not more journalists piping up about this.

[Zakadinho 84]

[Jype 6,398]

I laugh at the people saying he made a stupid decision to join RM. If the club is mad enough to commit to paying a 16 year old kid 65-80k a week for who knows how many years, he and his family will be set for life even if he breaks his leg in the next training session and never plays a senior football match again.

Had he gone to Ajax or some other club known for being good with youngsters he would now be in an environment better suited for his development as a player but at 16 it's still way too early to say if he would still ever make it to actually be good enough for that kind of money and I'm 100% sure the kid would one day regret not going to Real Madrid if he never developed good enough for the big leagues and was stuck playing Eredivisie level football on peanut wages at his peak. We see these hyped youngsters all the time and most of them don't ever even peak at the level where they can earn themselves a five year contract worth around €20m total.

Even if things don't work out for him at Real Madrid he can still become one hell of a player because in say three years from now he'll only be 19 and that's pretty much the age people usually just enter the world of first team football at top level. He'll have earned a fortune by then and if he wants I'm sure a club like Ajax would still welcome him with open arms.

If a transfer in football can ever be called a no-brainer from the player's perspective it's this one.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Apparently they gave his father a job at Real Madrid too. So it's not the stupidest move a 16-year old could make lmao.. He has plenty of time to prove his worth.