Saints are believed to be interested in taking Real Madrid's Martin Odegaard on loan for the coming season.

Real Madrid held off competition from some of Europe's biggest clubs including Liverpool, Manchester united & Saints when they signed Martin Odegaard in January.

However his time at Real Madrid has not been without its controversy with reports coming through of Odegaard's attitude & a refusal to train with Real Madrid's reserve squad, only joining them on matchday & indeed reports that he was even dropped from this team as his attitude was affecting the team performance.

Now Real Madrid are keen to get the 16 year old first team experience elsewhere on loan and Saints could be a big draw for them in that we can not only offer the chance to play in the Premier but perhaps the chance of playing in the Europa league.

In this respect Saints would be ideal in that Odegaard unlike if he went to the likes of Liverpool or United where he would not get in the first team, would have a genuine opportunity to do so at St Mary's.

But the big question for Saints is whether Odegaard would be more trouble than he would be worth, despite Real Madrid mapping out his career path to him when he signed, he or allegedly his Father soon became agrieved that this path was stuck to and that Odegaard was not given first team opportunities. If he fails to get in the Saints side then these issues could arise again.

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darkangelv2 added 10:55 - Jun 12 Don't want him. Anyone stupid enough to refuse the opportunity to train for Zinedine Zidane day in, day out isn't taking their gift seriously. Saints reward hard workers. This kid thinks he's already made it.
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BoondockSaint added 13:34 - Jun 12 The only reason we should show any interest would be to make the Scouse rush in and snap him up. His attitude makes him the perfect replacement for Sterling! Yikes! At least Osvaldo (unfortunately) showed up for training! Snubbed Zidane? Oh, this guy is a gem! There is no way with their standards that Liebherr/Kruger/Koeman would ever sign this____ (fill in the blank).

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SonicBoom added 13:41 - Jun 12 Would he be good enough to get in our side?
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SaintBrock added 15:00 - Jun 12 Why should we help get them off the hook, what have they ever done for us?
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Hoppalong added 15:57 - Jun 12 Yes please. The situation in RM for MØ is not as tabloid as people here would like the situation to be. Only a couple of weeks ago, he was given his debut for the first team, and he did well. Of all the suggestions above, being a lazy player is probably the least accurate. Part of his contract with Norwegian club Strømsgodset was that he should have no limit to how much he was allowed to train. He would be a great signing for Saints, and he would offer a lot of the attacking qualities that we are missing with SD and JWP in the #10 position.

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darkangelv2 added 16:44 - Jun 12 Sorry Hoppalong, i don't buy it. His old contract at Stromsgodset will be very different to the new one at RM. His attitude seems to be markedly different too...
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realtalk1 added 17:09 - Jun 12 i have to agree with hoppalong the story is twisted his contract at RM states that he will play for the b team on the condition that he trains with the first team. This has not gone down well with the b team players who train together all week and 1 has to miss out for odegaard which has left everyone in an awkward situation which is no fault of heres and more the clubs fault for agreeing to it without thinking about the pitfalls

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StRipper added 22:12 - Jun 12 Since when have Saints developed players for other clubs, no matter how good? That would be Wengers wet dream for Saints to make his players good enough for the PL. We would just be using up a place for bringing on one of our own . Won't happen ever
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Hoppalong added 17:22 - Jun 13 Ødegaard highlight reel from yesterday's game vs Aserbadjan. Not too shabby (towards the end of the clip), despite playing for a terrible team. I agree with StRipper though, that unless there is a structure in place where a move could become permanent, it makes little sense for Saints.
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