Writing in his book Quiet Leadership in 2016, just two years after Odegaard joined Real and was still on their books, Carlo Ancelotti labelled his signing a “PR exercise”. He wrote ...

following his reappointment in 2021 – revealed as much in his 2016 book. “When Real Madrid decided to sign a kid from Norway, 16-year-old Martin Odegaard, I thought ‘I don’t care if he ...