{"id":629781,"date":"2023-09-22T07:01:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T11:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=629781"},"modified":"2023-09-22T07:03:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T11:03:21","slug":"martin-odegaard-contract-extension-arsenal-romano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/22\/martin-odegaard-contract-extension-arsenal-romano\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Want to Be a Part of That\u201d: Romano Reveals \u00a378 Million-Rated Star Has Agreed to a Deal With Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal fans have reason to celebrate as Martin Odegaard has officially signed a new long-term contract with the club. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1705131574151225416\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, the Norwegian midfield maestro has put pen-to-paper on a deal extending his stay at North London until June 2028.<\/p>\n<h2>Martin Odegaard Signs Contract Extension With Arsenal<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd34\u26aa\ufe0f \u00d8degaard after signing new deal until June 2028: \u201cI\u2019m really excited for what\u2019s to come here. I\u2019ve found a place where I can be really settled and call my home\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Arsenal, since the first day, I\u2019ve felt great and this is definitely my home\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uthqpoo9Qx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uthqpoo9Qx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1705132702947524736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>A Clear Choice<\/h3>\n<p>The 24-year-old playmaker expressed that signing a new contract was an easy choice for him. He said: \u201cSigning a new contract was a really easy decision for me, what we are doing right now as a club is special, and I want to be a part of that\u201d. This comes after the Gunners made an impressive comeback to the UEFA Champions League, beating PSV Eindhoven 4-0 in the opening group fixture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/21\/aaron-ramsdale-david-raya-arsenal-goalkeeper-analysis\/\" target=\"_self\">Aaron Ramsdale or David Raya: Who Is the Better Arsenal Goalkeeper?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The midfielder further added: \u201cI\u2019m really excited for what\u2019s to come here. I\u2019ve found a place where I can be really settled and call my home\u201d. \u201cAt Arsenal, since the first day, I\u2019ve felt great and this is definitely my home\u201d. Odegaard&#8217;s deal will now run till June 2028.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>Is This Going to Be Arsenal\u2019s Year?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ARTETA ARISES - Analysing Arsenal with Hugo Jennings\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2cJR1dHr7F8?start=103&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Future Looks Bright<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Odegaard&#8217;s decision to extend his contract serves as a signal of intent from the North London outfit. After agreeing to a deal with the Norwegian, the club&#8217;s sporting director Edu Gaspar, and Mikel Arteta have managed to tie down most of their impressive young core to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1705137669250957561\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">long-term contracts<\/a>. This includes the likes of Bukayo Saka, William Saliba, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/19\/chelsea-bayern-munich-monitoring-aaron-ramsdale-arsenal-situation\/\" target=\"_self\">Aaron Ramsdale<\/a> and Gabriel Martinelli.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/09\/20\/arsenal-chelsea-monitoring-ivan-toney-brentford\/\" target=\"_self\">Fabrizio Romano Reveals Arsenal and Chelsea Could Battle It Out in January for \u2018Amazing\u2019 Star Who \u2018Wants to Leave\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With his creativity, vision, and footballing intelligence, Odegaard will remain a vital asset in Arteta&#8217;s plans. Arsenal fans will be hoping that their talented squad will win them many trophies in the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal fans have reason to celebrate as Martin Odegaard has officially signed a new long-term contract with the club. According to Fabrizio Romano, the Norwegian midfield maestro has put pen-to-paper on a deal extending his stay at North London until June 2028. Martin Odegaard Signs Contract Extension With Arsenal \ud83d\udd34\u26aa\ufe0f \u00d8degaard after signing new deal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4369,"featured_media":629511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,30,3],"tags":[3538,3911],"class_list":["post-629781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-arsenal-contracts","tag-martin-odegaard"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}