{"id":327189,"date":"2026-05-01T04:13:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=327189"},"modified":"2026-05-01T04:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:43:32","slug":"arsenal-warned-it-could-be-dangerous-to-let-martin-odegaard-leave-this-summer-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/arsenal-warned-it-could-be-dangerous-to-let-martin-odegaard-leave-this-summer-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal warned it could be &#8216;dangerous&#8217; to let Martin Odegaard leave this summer | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>Odegaard has spent five years at Arsenal (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Arsenal have been told they&#8217;d be making an enormous transfer mistake in the event that they decided to money in on Martin Odegaard in the summertime transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Odegaard has been considered one of Arsenal\u2019s standout players since his\u00a0\u00a330m move from Real Madrid in 2021, making over 200 appearances for the Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>But persistent nagging injuries and a dip in form have seen his influence in Mikel Arteta\u2019s side wane this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian international has scored only one goal in all competitions this term with only seven assists in addition.<\/p>\n<p>And the recent type of Eberechi Eze and the exciting development of Max Dowman have led some fans and pundits to query Odegaard\u2019s long-term future within the team.<\/p>\n<p>But former Gunners midfielder Anders Limpar believes that Arsenal should pay no attention to the skin noise, and could be making a \u2018dangerous\u2019 move in the event that they decided to sell Odegaard in the summertime.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2263053981_f96603.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27534752\" alt=\"Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Martin Odegaard\u2019s future at Arsenal has come under query (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018It might be dangerous for Arsenal to sell Martin Odegaard,\u2019 Limpar told <em>FruityKing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018The opposite players depend on him a lot. The best way he shows for the ball and dictates games, who&#8217;s he taking the pressure off? <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Declan Rice and that lets Declan Rice do his stuff. He takes the pressure off Martin Zubimendi too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"metro-poll\" id=\"1777548561114-28181055\" data-option1=\"Yes - it's time for him to move on\" data-option2=\"No - he has plenty more to give\" data-url=\"https:\/\/api.metro.co.uk\/polls\/v2\/\" data-track-module=\"poll\">\n<h3 class=\"metro-poll__title\">Should Arsenal sell Odegaard?<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"metro-poll__list\">\n<li data-option=\"option1\" class=\"metro-poll__option\">\n<div class=\"metro-poll__content\">\n<p>Yes &#8211; it is time for him to maneuver on<span class=\"metro-poll__check-icon\"><svg><title>Check<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-check\" href=\"#common-check\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-option=\"option2\" class=\"metro-poll__option\">\n<div class=\"metro-poll__content\">\n<p>No &#8211; he has plenty more to offer<span class=\"metro-poll__check-icon\"><svg><title>Check<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-check\" href=\"#common-check\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Suddenly Odegaard, the playmaker, is out. So the players look to Declan Rice. He&#8217;s an engine but he shouldn&#8217;t be a player who will make 20 assists together with his passing. Zubimendi shouldn&#8217;t be that player either. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018They&#8217;re the link players between defence and attack. Odegaard is the playmaker. He makes the opposite players higher. He makes Zubimendi and Declan Rice higher.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s not fair what people say about Odegaard. To say that he\u2019s been a foul player or we&#8217;d like to sell him, no, I don\u2019t think so.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the most recent news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sportmetro\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/metrosportuk\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Michael Carrick urged to reverse Manchester United transfer decision<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Mikel Arteta told to sell \u00a330m Arsenal star after \u2018terrible\u2019 performance vs Atletico Madrid<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: I&#8217;m sure Tottenham will lose the relegation fight with West Ham \u2013 but I&#8217;m calm about it<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odegaard has spent five years at Arsenal (Picture: Getty) Arsenal have been told they&#8217;d be making an enormous transfer mistake in the event that they decided to money in on Martin Odegaard in the summertime transfer window. Odegaard has been considered one of Arsenal\u2019s standout players since his\u00a0\u00a330m move from Real Madrid in 2021, making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":327190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20686],"tags":[2605,8662,5479,1260,3394,23955,4319,12631],"class_list":["post-327189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-dangerous","tag-football","tag-leave","tag-martin","tag-odegaard","tag-summer","tag-warned"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327192,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327189\/revisions\/327192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}