He's Arsenal's midfield maestro now. A Norwegian prodigy, pulling the strings for the Premier League leaders and bringing back the modern number 10.
His fortunes really picked up with the final of those, a spell at [Arsenal FC](https://theshortfuse.sbnation.com) under Pep protégé Mikel Arteta which became permanent. [pronounced more like “oh-de-GORE”](https://forvo.com/word/martin_%C3%B8degaard/)) would remain on a series of loan adventures from [Real Madrid](https://www.managingmadrid.com). Thomas Müller has defied time and more than one skeptical manager to remain the irrepressible Raumdeuter, and youngster Jamal Musiala has emerged as the man to take his mantle in attacking midfield. Fjørtoft at the time retorted that Guardiola was not long for Bavaria himself — and that would prove true. A Norwegian prodigy, pulling the strings for the Premier League leaders and bringing back the modern number 10. But once upon a time, Martin Ødegaard was square in