Arsenal Facing Heartbreak If Real Madrid Closes New Deal With Odegaard By Joseph Patrick Martin Odegaard (right) struck in Arsenal's 2-1 win over Tottenham POOL / DAN MULLAN Real Madrid has a lot of work to do, and it appears part of those plans is Martin Odegaard. It seems Los Blancos plan to hold talks with the Norwegian midfielder on a potential new deal. If discussions turn out well, this means that Arsenal's plans of getting him may have been shunned once more. A report claims that Real Madrid aims to enter talks with the 22-year-old who was allegedly not looking forward to rejoining Los Blancos.