Martin Ødegaard's future in the Royal Society may be affected by the Coronavirus health crisis. In theory, according to the verbal agreement reached by the Donostia club and Real Madrid last summer, The Norwegian playmaker had the possibility of completing a second season at Real. But the transfer was, according to sources from the white club, strictly one season, and Zidane wants to recover it this summer. Even more so now that the Coronavirus crisis will disrupt the finances of all entities, and Madrid is no exception. Odegaard will return to zero cost. The Norwegian is doing a great season under the command of Imanol Alguacil, who hoped that, in the end, he could stay one more campaign. Now, everything seems more complicated for Real.
All the clubs will have to tighten their belts to overcome the economic crisis of the coronavirus with guarantees, some through an ERTE, others lowering the salary of their footballers and the most optimistic trying to maintain the budget for this course, knowing that next year's may be altered. This is the case of Real Sociedad …. and Real Madrid, whose investments in transfers can be slowed down for this summer. That would lead him to think about recovering Ødegaard, a player who belongs to him, who is in great shape and who allows him to save money to undertake the signings for next season.
However, at Real they claim to know nothing of this possible move by Real Madrid with Ødegaard, They insist that they believe the Norwegian will complete his second season on loan as Txuri-Urdin. Relations between clubs are good, and they believe in the word of the entity that Florentino Pérez presides over, with whom they always spoke of two seasons. At the Real, in fact, they have Ødegaard in their planning for next year, to the point that they have recently changed their house so that they live in the center of San Sebastián as was their wish.
They also have their word, because the Norwegian does not stop repeating publicly and also privately that his plan involves spending two years at the Royal, He wants to have stability to grow and return fully formed to Madrid, because he wants to return to be a starter, something that he considers that for now he is not so assured. To this day, his mind does not go through returning in the summer to the orders of Zidane. And in case they were forced to do so, at Real they have the peace of mind that the transfer will not end in any case on June 30, so that if the rest of the season is recovered beyond June and it has to be played in July, Ødegaard will continue playing as blue and white. In other words, if participation in the historic Copa del Rey final against Athletic Club is assured, if in the end it can end up being disputed.
