Martin Odegaard

“On the pitch, I'm really living the game.”

“I might have a big talent, but I need to work as hard as others to have success.”

“If you really know me, you know I smile a lot, but I think from the outside sometimes my face looks more grumpy than I actually am.”

“Having Zidane as my coach was a very nice thing, but it wasn't good for my self-confidence. What an incredible technique he has.”

“Of course, it's a bit more responsibility with being captain for your country, but I don't feel like I've changed after that. I think I'm the same person.”

“I must admit that it's not my favourite thing to have cameras everywhere.”

“We've said it many times, so it sounds like a cliche, but it's actually true that we take it game by game.”

“I try to lead by example, I try to do the right things, try to put on a good mindset by always pushing the players around me. Doing what's best for the team.”

“At Arsenal I've always had this special feeling. Even before I came here, I remember playing 'Fifa' and I was always Arsenal. I had a good feeling about the club and brought myself here.”

“Absolutely everything that has been reported about me in Spanish media is wrong.”

“I owe a lot to my loans at Heerenveen, where I grew as a person, and Vitesse, where I grew as a player.”

“Growing up in Norway, I watched a lot of Premier League and I just had this good feeling about Arsenal. I'd seen clips of Thierry Henry and the Invincibles.”

“Some people would call me boring, but that's just the way I am and I'm not that stressed about things: I'm just trying to relax and take things as they are.”

“I played football with the biggest stars and made a huge step from Stromsgodset to Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo.”

“That's what we want to do, we want to compete in every competition we play in.”

“We want to fight for all the trophies we can.”

“Whenever I lead the team out at the Emirates, I have this moment to myself. I want to really feel that atmosphere, that electricity from the fans.”

“Honestly, I challenge anyone to come away from a meeting with Arteta and not believe everything he tells you.”

“My best mate was the biggest Arsenal fan, and I wore his Fabregas shirt on some days and tried to play like him. It's one of the nice things you did when you were young, you try to be the players.”

“In the end, it's just the nature of the hype machine. There is no in-between in modern football.”