Real Sociedad confident that Martin Odegaard will be there next term | OneFootball

Real Sociedad remain confident that Martin Odegaard will still be at the club next season despite talk that Real Madrid want to recall the playmaker.

Odegaard has halfway through a two-year loan spell with La Real and has quickly become one of the lynchpins of their attack this term.

Several reports in Spain have claimed that his parent side are so impressed with the Norwegian’s development that they want him back at Santiago Bernabéu in time for the 2020/21 campaign.

Sociead, though, remain confident that Odegaard will be back at Anoeta, with the club’s sporting director quick to quash rumours of an alternative deal being done.

Roberto Olabe told Marca: “Martin decided to come to us after having an agreement with Leverkusen. I imagine that he liked what he heard and saw, and I understand that it’s going to be similar now.

“We have to let him express himself, not just as a player, but as a person too.”

Olabe added: “We’ve had a special relationship with Real Madrid for some time. There is an open conversation and they know how Martin is and what he’s thinking.

“I’m moderately optimistic from what I see on Martin’s face. I have a lot of confidence in him, not just as a player, but how he is. I’m more worried about Martin than Madrid.”