Almost kept. for Martin Ødegaard. (photo: Arsenal)
There is no doubt that Martin Ødegaard is about to put behind him a very good season as captain of Arsenal. – Even his biggest critics have allowed themselves to be amazed by the journey he has taken since the transfer from Real Madrid in January 2021. (First loan then purchase in the summer for 35 million euros)
For those who wonder about conservatives, Transfermarkt has set the value of Martin Ødegaard at 95 million euros at the last update.
After yesterday’s 0-2 win away at Molineux Stadium against Wolverhampton, Arsenal are back at the top of the table. A small plaster on the wound after being knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Champions League by Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
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Arsenal are now one point above Manchester City and three points above Liverpool, both of whom have a game less to play.
Manchester City are planning for a busy summer and one of their top targets is better than Arsenal captain Martin Ødegaard according to Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand.
City have had to dig deep to defend the Premier League crown this season and they suffered the same fate as Arsenal, crashing out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals against Real Madrid. Needless to say, they plan to strengthen and Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala has been identified as a top transfer target – one who is considered to have the talent to succeed Kevin De Bruyne in the City midfield in the longer term.
And Ferdinand is certainly a fan, ranking him above Gunners captain Ødegaard in one TikTok quiz ahead of the UCL match which pitted Bayern against Arsenal – which the Germans eventually won 3-2 on aggregate.
Transfermarkt agrees with Ferdinand and has set the value of Jamal Musiala at 110 million euros.
Asked to pick players head-to-head based on their positions, Ferdinand picked six from Bayern and five from Arsenal, debating at length the Bukayo Saka/Leroy Sane question and the Musiala/Ødegaard question, to which he said “oh, Musiala . «
Ferdinand has previously claimed that Musiala could win the Ballon d’Or.
“I think the highest compliment I can give him is that I don’t know where his ceiling is,” he said last month. “Most players even when they’re 20/22 years old, you say, ‘I think they’re going to get to this level, and they are.’
“This guy has the potential to win the Ballon d’Or. I’ve said it before, he has the potential to do that if the path goes the right way for him and he’s on a successful team. It is the platform and the basis for that.”
Musiala is reportedly also wanted by Chelsea, who had the youngster on their books before he switched to Bayern in 2019.
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