Norway international Martin Odegaard dealt a huge blow to Arsenal’s hopes of signing him on a permanent deal after heaping praise on new Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti. Odegaard arrived in North London as a January loanee from Madrid to solve the Gunners’ creative deficit in midfield and went on to feature 20 times in an underwhelming season. Mikel Arteta and Edu had still been hopeful of signing the 22-year-old on a permanent deal despite the club listing the playmaker as one of nine set to leave this month. It is now increasingly likely that Odegaard will stay at Madrid after talking up Ancelotti’s return to Los Blancos, the man who handed him his Bernabeu debut in 2015....
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