Martin Ødegaard, Soccer | I think the season will be crucial for Ødegaard’s future:

Luka Modric has been a key player for Real Madrid for several years, but now the Croatian Ballon d’Or winner has turned 35. Time at the great Spanish club is coming to an end and the Real Madrid leadership will soon need to find a replacement for Modric.

Veland believes, like many others, that Ødegaard is seen as the most obvious substitute at Real Madrid.

The Norwegian impressed a lot on loan at Real Sociedad last season and is now back at Real Madrid where he will have the opportunity to prove his worth.

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A crossroads

The expert believes it will be important for Ødegaard to take care of chances this season if he wants the Real Madrid adventure to continue.

– I think next season now will be quite crucial, Veland tells Nettavisen.

He points out that Ødegaard has a contract with Real Madrid that is valid until 2023 and that it will be natural to discuss the player’s future at the club after the season.

Building on the previous operations of the Real Madrid club, he believes that after the season they will reach a crossroads where they will decide to bet on the Norwegian for several years or look for other alternatives.

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Thus, it will be important for Ødegaard to take care of the opportunities that Veland predicts will be many next season.

The LaLiga expert points out that the season will be even more compressed than usual and that he believes that Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane will bear the consequences.

– Considering the risk of injury if you lead the predation on the supposedly better eleven, it is quite clear to me that Zinedine Zidane must and will rotate a little more than he would in a normal season.

– It’s positive that way for those who hope to see as much of Martin in white as possible, says Veland.

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– Has lived with pressure since 2015

However, it is clear that it is still Modric who will be the first option. But he believes that Real Madrid will gradually eliminate the Croatian, while waiting to enter the phase at Ødegaard.

It is true that this is easier said than done.

Modric was named the best player in the world just a year and a half ago when he was awarded the Ballon d’Or and there will certainly be a lot of pressure on the Norwegian.

– In isolation, you can talk about a lot of pressure, but I think Ødegaard has lived with that pressure unconsciously and consciously since January 2015, says Veland.

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Think that Ødegaard is fully aware that here is the list if you want to succeed in a club like Real Madrid.

– If you want to get in and get into Real Madrid, play hard and succeed there, which is Ødegaard’s goal, then the level is there, says Veland.

If Ødegaard, on the other hand, will succeed, the expert has a hard time answering. Believe that it all depends on how you evaluate it.

– I don’t think Martin Ødegaard will win the Ballon d’Or. Over the next five years, three, four, or a maximum of five players will do it. So if you put the list there, I’m pretty clear not. But then this is a team sport and it may be that Ødegaard has weaker numbers than Modric, but that Real Madrid still manages to win more trophies with Ødegaard, says Veland.

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Injury situation uncertain

When we will see Ødegaard in action for Real Madrid is currently somewhat uncertain.

It has recently become clear that the Norwegian has struggled with the “jumping knee” knee injury.

In recent weeks we have seen footage of the Norwegian training in the Spanish capital after he had to retire for international matches against Austria and Northern Ireland, but it is not yet known when the Norwegian is ready to fight.

– You have had a long period of rehabilitation. At the end of August, she raced for the first time. He didn’t bend his knee like in normal soccer game, but he had some knowledge, national team manager Lars Lagerbäck said recently at a news conference.

The hope for the national team leadership is that Ødegaard will be ready for the games against Serbia in October.

Real Madrid have not responded to Nettavisen’s query about the Norwegian’s injury situation.

In Spain, La Liga kicks off next weekend, but Real Madrid won’t be in action until the following weekend. Then the whites meet the Royal Society of Ødegaard.