Alan Smith has claimed that Arsenal star Martin Odegaard is now worth £80 million in the current transfer market.
Odegaard was officially named as the club's captain over the summer, scoring his first goals as skipper against Bournemouth on Saturday as Mikel Arteta's men clinched a 3-0 victory. The Norwegian playmaker arrived at the Emirates Stadium on loan back in January 2021 before joining on a permanent basis for £30 million last summer.
However, former Arsenal frontman Smith has claimed that the 23-year-old is now worth more than double that. Speaking toSky Sports about his former side, he said: "Their recruitment, it's so difficult to get these sort of players.
"I think it shines a great light on the recruiting system, they are so together. I mean they paid £30m for Martin Odegaard and at the time I think some fans were thinking '£30m for Odegaard'. But I mean you get £80m for him now easily."
Odegaard will hope to continue his fine form next weekend when the Gunners welcome newly-promoted Fulham to the Emirates Stadium, with Marco Silva's men also unbeaten in their first three Premier League fixtures this season.
ChimezieUdegbe
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I would have said 80 Million squid is exaggerated but then I remembered that one team like that at the bottom of the table paid: 85 mill for Sancho, 87 mill for Maguire, And are about to pay 75 mill for a 30 year old Casemiro. Then definitely Odegaard is worth more than 80 mila
Kozalpsy
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Odegaard is very good player. No hard feelings but Arsenal is the only club where he could shine cos Arsenal 's way of play suits him. Moreover he is very lucky that the time he came to Arsenal,the club was in shambles and thanks to Arteta he was rebuilding the team that gave Norwegian chance to express himself freely as all the players are his age. Anyway it was right arrow at right time in right direction. My well wishes are always with him. I would love to see him at the top of his game. Good luch gooner
Madcap_237
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Well £80M might be a bit exaggerated but I get ur reasoning Surely Martin must be worth 60-65M Euros nw If he does keep up this performance throughout the season he'll definitely reach tht £80M by next season. COYGs