Ancelotti wants to keep Odegaard. 'ABC' reports that the Italian coach had a meeting with the Real Madrid player and urged him to stay, promising him more minutes ahead of this season.
Odegaard is indecisive. He knows that it is his opportunity to stay at Real Madrid and fight definitively for a place in the XI, but Arsenal are tempting him with Mikel Arteta's new project.
The Gunners are willing to offer 50 million euros for the Norwegian, who would be a star player in London and an indisputable starter in all competitions. That will not be the case at Real Madrid.
Under Ancelotti, the former Real Sociedad man will have Kroos and Modric ahead of him in midfield and he is not certain whether he will play more than what he did under Zidane.
If he ends up leaving, he will be sold. Odegaard has two years left on his contract and he will not be loaned out again. Real Madrid want him to stay, but the Norwegian, who holds Arsenal in high regard, will make the final decision.