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Ode confirmed

Clrnc

Claudius It was Edu? Never knew that!

Qwiss

Clrnc you know Artetas feeling confident in himself when he's not claiming Odegaard as his own work too.

JazzG

Qwiss Clrnc you know Artetas feeling confident in himself when he's not claiming Odegaard as his own work too.

Sounds like he has a really close relationship with Edu so happy to give each other credit.

Clrnc

Qwiss Haha 😆

I knew Edu pushed hard to the Brazilians from Lyon that subsequently we didn't opt for, but never knew in that window Odegaard was insisted by Edu. So who pushed for Buendia?

Claudius

JazzG I’m just glad that Madrid were daft enough to do the deal. At a time when they were skint.

JazzG

Claudius Real Madrid are very good at selling players as well. He looked good in the spell but didn't look like he was gonna tear the house down.

That loan spell with us is what sealed it, Odegaard knew exactly what the club was about so made it clear he only wanted to join us. At that time the club were in a difficult place, was hard to attract top players.

Big Willie

Claudius I’m just glad that Madrid were daft enough to do the deal. At a time when they were skint.

Agree with your first sentence. Second one, I don't think they were broke or needed to sell him. I don't think they were even planning to sell him, neither was he wanting to leave them, until he found out he wasn't gonna be a first team player. At that point late in the window his team decided he would leave, and we had already done the work to persuade him to join only us. Madrid don't typically keep players they don't need and are generally happy to sell below valuation because they have usually have some shiny new toy to play with.

Qwiss

Clrnc Klaus

Claudius

Clrnc so glad we didn’t touch that Buendia guy. He and Aarons were tearing it up and attracting crazy valuations.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Bring Back Klaus.

Clrnc

Claudius Have to thank Villa. If they didn't come in with a higher offer to beat us we most likely would have had Buendia in June instead of waiting for Odegaard in August. Sliding door moment

Don Pacifico

Clrnc everything at the time suggested Odegaard was always the plan. It's why we didn't seriously go after anyone else (including Buendia). People were distinctly annoyed by it all because they thought we weren't trying to sign anyone!

Lukazan

Gurgen Yup, I've said the same a couple of times now. He's crazy good. That amount of talent sometimes comes at the cost of work-rate and desire with players but not with this guy. Still pressing like an absolute madman as we approach the 90. It's insane. He's really, really special. And to top it all off he's a brillaint captain too.

Me dear mam loves him, her favourite player we've ever had that she's seen.

Claudius

I hate measuring creatives on assists. Your eyes tell you that Odegaard is the best creative. And the numbers that measure the work he puts in back it up..

goon

Don Pacifico

People were annoyed that we were seemingly waiting for someone who seemed to be unavailable.

Claudius

goon glad we waited. Sober thinking. The guy is a project pillar.

Clrnc

goon If real Madrid decided not to sell I wonder who we would have gone for that window in an alternate universe. We weren't linked with anyone else that summer

Qwiss

Claudius not sure about sober thinking, it was a gamble but it paid off. Sometimes you need to take risks.

goon

Clrnc

Maddison was the other big name being banded about. I was on the wrong side of the Maddison v Ode debate unfortunately… though I was always happy with either.

QuincyAbeyie

I don't really think Real Madrid were daft to sell him at all. He wouldn't have broken into their team until later, he didn't want to wait and they're not a club that forces players to stay. Quite the opposite, they're known for letting players leave when they want to.

Claudius

QuincyAbeyie they had Kroos and Modric who are two of best mids of the last 10 years. So I understood their logic, even if they were aging. I’m just happy we got him.

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