Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara has said that Arsenal should sell Martin Odegaard this summer. This comes after the Norwegian midfielder’s subdued midweek display against Atletico Madrid.
Describing his performances as terrible this season, Jamie revealed that Odegaard was practically getting dragged during the UCL clash against Atletico despite being the club’s captain.
Stressing that Martin was also underwhelming last season, he added that the former Real Madrid player is clearly dispensable right now.
His words, “Last season he wasn’t great either. He’s been terrible this season; getting dragged in the Champions League semi-final when you’re the captain is never a good look.
I do believe that Arsenal maybe are growing away from Odegaard. Maybe they’ve got to look at a player who can come in and be that talisman. When [Eberechi] Eze came on tonight, he kept getting caught in possession.
He’s done a couple of good things, but is he the world star in the number 10 role for Arsenal? I’m not sure. But Odegaard needs to up his game. He needs to buck his ideas up because he will end up falling down a pecking order. I don’t think he can be the captain anymore.”
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Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.
The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.
In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.
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