Whatever Happened to Martin Ødegaard?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s April 2014…</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">A 15-year-old is waiting nervously beside a football pitch in the Norwegian city of Drammen…</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That day, aged 15 years and 118 days, Martin Ødegaard became the youngest footballer ever to play in Norway’s Tippeligaen.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s January 2021…</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">A 22-year-old is waiting nervously beside a football pitch in the English city of London…</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">7 years have past and Martin Ødegaard has failed to live up to the early promise he offered.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Moving to Real Madrid and being loaned to clubs around Europe, he’s spending the rest of the season at Arsenal in a bid to kick-start his career.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we ask: whatever happened to Martin Ødegaard?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guests:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mads Lochert (<a href= "https://twitter.com/studythetape">@studythetape</a>) is a Norwegian football analyst</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Om Arvind (<a href= "https://twitter.com/OmVAsports">@OmVAsports</a>) is managing editor of the Managing Madrid channel and host of Las Blancas podcast</span></p> <p>Support Us:</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/FootballToday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.patreon.com/FootballToday</a></p> <p>Follow Us:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/FT_Podcast_" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">@FT_Podcast_</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.footballtodaypodcast.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.FootballTodayPodcast.com</a></p> <p>Music:</p> <p>The music for this episode was provided under the Creative Commons license by <a href="http://www.sessions.blue/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Blue Dot Sessions</a>.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Individual Tracks:</span></p> <p><spa