The newspaper 'AS' claims that Martin Odegaard was paid a total of 22 million euros during his spell at Real Madrid. Dividing this figure by his official games played, eleven, gives an income of two million per game. The number is striking, although it is due to the Norwegian's lack of importance in 'Los Blancos' first team.
Odegaard, at Real Madrid, went for two million euros per game. This is the estimate that comes from combining the total that the newspaper 'AS' indicates that the Norwegian has obtained as a Real Madrid player with the matches in which he has participated. The income corresponds to his salary, bonus and other items.
The midfielder took the field in eleven official matches with the white jersey. Most of them were La Liga games. Together with a couple of Champions League and one Copa del Rey, the 490 minutes that he has played. These numbers grow if you add his performances in friendly matches to the tally.
The magnitude of his financial returns in the Spanish capital is notorious when divided by the number of games in which he has appeared, largely because he has not enjoyed too much importance. He focused his career at the Santiago Bernabeu on several loan spells in the hope of getting a chance in LaLiga.
This did not happen and he ended up signing for Arsenal, who signed him until 2026, a fairly long contract that will give him plenty of time to fight for a noble status in London. He already earned it during his loan spell at Arsenal, so he is not starting from scratch to try to be a key player under Mikel Arteta.