Martin Odegaard has insisted he wants to stay at Arsenal for “many years” to come, despite the club’s Champions League final defeat. The Gunners captain, who has two years left on his contract, has struggled with form and injury this season, sparking doubts about his future. However, Odegaard reaffirmed his commitment to the Emirates, saying: “There is nothing to say at the moment, I am under contract here and really happy here and hopefully I can stay many years.”
The Norway midfielder was substituted in the second half of the final and admitted it was tough to watch the match unfold. “Small margins decide a game like this. That is the reality of football and we have to deal with it,” he said. “I thought we started the game really well, we got the first goal and after that I thought we defended really well. Obviously PSG had the ball a lot, didn’t really create anything and then a penalty of course they got their goal.”
Odegaard described the loss as “brutal” but remained optimistic about the future. “It is tough to watch from the sides of course, small margins and you want to win it so bad and to end up with nothing is brutal. Again, that’s part of football and still we have done some incredible things this season and we get this close and we will come again next year. Last year we got to the semis, this year to the final and it is just a shame we couldn’t win it so hopefully next year we can go one step further and go on and do it.”
