DBasia.news – Real Madrid legend, Jorge Valdano questioned Martin Odegaard’s mentality after the midfielder chose to join Arsenal this winter of 2021.
Lack of playing time is allegedly the reason for Odegaard to leave this January. However, according to Valdano, Odegaard’s performance has not been bad this season after last season he performed well with Real Sociedad.
Valdano is concerned that the 22 year old Norwegian attacking midfielder has made a reckless decision to leave, as he is afraid to compete with Luka Modric or Toni Kroos for a position in the center. As a result, his mentality was questioned.
“The quality that Odegaard has is necessary for the Real Madrid team at this time,” Valdano said as quoted by the Mirror.
“I don’t think Odegaard is playing badly. Maybe he is a little conservative in his terms, maybe he lacks some courage, but he is also impatient to continue at Real Madrid.”
“In the end he competes with two stars like Modric and Kroos. I pay more attention to his mentality.”
“It’s not worth a Real Madrid player to leave your place, not having patience. It’s not just any player in front of him. I am surprised that he will leave the club and leave his place open to other players,” added Valdano.
This season Odegaard has played nine times in all competitions with a total of 367 minutes of appearances. Zinedine Zidane trusts him enough after Odegaard’s loan spell at Heerenveen, Vitesse and Sociedad.