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The football world first heard about Martin Odegaard when he was just 15 and starting to cause a stir in his native Norway with Stromsgodset.

Odegaard became the youngest player to feature in the Norwegian top flight, aged 15 years and 118 days, and he broke the record for the youngest goalscorer in the league just 33 days later.

It wasn't long until Europe's elite started to take notice and Real Madrid paid a reported £2.3m to sign 16-year-old Odegaard in January 2015.

He struggled to settle at the Bernabeu and spent time on-loan at Heerenveen, Vitesse and Real Sociedad before first linking up with Arsenal in 2021.

The midfielder made just 11 appearances for Real Madrid prior to agreeing a permanent switch to the Gunners.

Odegaard played a key role in helping Arsenal to finish second last term and was named player of the season.

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Martin Odegaard joined Arsenal on loan from Real Madrid in January 2021, making 14 Premier League appearances in the second half of the season.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta liked what he saw from the creative midfielder and convinced the board to pay a fee of about £30m in the summer of 2021.

The Norway international has become a mainstay at the Emirates, featuring 73 times in the league over the past two seasons. He was named captain before the 2022-23 campaign.

"He is our captain and a hugely respected person at our club, who is a great role model and professional, bringing quality and maturity in everything he does," said Arteta. "On the pitch, as everyone has seen, Martin is a young player of top quality who consistently contributes at a such a high level.

"As a manager, working with Martin the person and the player is an absolute joy, and it’s great that after experiencing a number of clubs already in his career, he is now settled and really feels at home at Arsenal."

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Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard has signed a new five-year contract at the Emirates.

The Norway midfielder has started all five of Arsenal's Premier League games this season, scoring twice, and chipped in with 15 goals in the top flight last term as the Gunners finished second.

Odegaard, 24, was also on the scoresheet to mark Arsenal's return to the Champions League on Tuesday - beating PSV Eindhoven 4-0.

It's going to be busy, Here's a rundown of times (subject to change) for Friday's Premier League news conferences.

We should also have Aston Villa and Liverpool updates following their games last night.

09:30 Arsenal

10:00 Newcastle, West Ham

12:00 Man Utd

12:30 Brighton, Bournemouth, Chelsea, Man City

13:00 Wolves, Spurs

13:30 Brentford, Crystal Palace, Luton, Sheffield United

Former Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp has paid tribute to Blades midfielder Maddy Cusack after her death aged 27.

Sharp, now with LA Galaxy in the United States, said: "Such a lovely girl, enjoyed some amazing times with Maddy and the Blades. Such a sad loss. RIP Maddy."

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Now I'm afraid we have some sad news to mention, with Sheffield United midfielder Maddy Cusack having died at the age of 27.

Cusack had been at the club since 2019 and became the first player to reach 100 appearances for the women's team last season. She also worked as a marketing executive at the Women's Championship club, who said they were "devastated".

"This is heartbreaking news for everyone at Bramall Lane," said Sheffield United chief executive officer Stephen Bettis. "Maddy had a unique position of being part of a number of teams at Sheffield United and was popular with everyone that she came into contact with.

"Her personality and professionalism made her a credit to her family - she will be sadly missed.

"Whilst taking in the news and moving forward, the club will offer as much support as possible to Maddy's family, friends and colleagues."

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England host Scotland at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland later in the inaugural game of the Uefa Women's Nations League for both of the home nations.

For the Lionesses, it is their first game since the Women's World Cup final, when they suffered a heartbreaking 1-0 defeat to Spain at Stadium Australia in Sydney.

Scotland, meanwhile, are aiming to upset their neighbours in their own backyard - and there is more than just local pride at stake.

The results from the Nations League will be used to determine the European competitors in the women's football event at the 2024 Olympics. If England win their group then reach the final, then Team GB qualify for the Paris Games. Weirdly, if Scotland win the group then GB won't qualify.

• More on the game here

The Times

And finally from today's papers, the Times leads on the latest from the Rugby World Cup but also mentions "a mixed night in Europe" for British teams last night and England reaching an agreement on bonuses from the Women's World Cup.

The Lionesses play Scotland later (19:45 BST) and we have a sad update from women's football to bring you, before looking back on last night's action.

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Metro

Manchester United's next game is away to Burnley on Saturday (20:00 BST) and while Clarets boss Vincent Kompany said United's poor form "doesn’t concern us" he added that at any top club "you are always one loss away from a crisis".

However, the former Manchester City captain did say that United boss Erik ten Hag is capable of turning things around at Old Trafford.

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Daily Mirror

Manchester United didn't play last night yet they're still hitting the back pages.

Jadon Sancho has been linked with a move after falling out with manager Erik ten Hag and the Mirror, external says United will accept a "cut-price deal" to sell the England winger in January.

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The Sun

The Sun, external also carry a story - with a picture you can see blow - on Andre Onana "dropping another clanger on his return from Munich - spilling his key card as he got into his car at Manchester Airport." Yes, really!!

It's fair to say that the Cameroon goalkeeper has not had the best of starts at Old Trafford. After his error in Wednesday's Champions League defeat at Bayern Munich we asked yesterday if you'd prefer Onana in goal on David de Gea. The answer was overwhelmingly De Gea, but you can have your say again below. Hit thumbs up for Onana, down for De Gea!

The Sun

AEK Athens' win at Brighton features on the back of today's Sun but the lead story is on Manchester United, whose star players are said to be "fuming", external over how the club treated goalkeeper David de Gea in the summer.

The long-serving Spaniard was released after his contract expired as United spent £47m to bring in Andre Onana from Inter Milan as his replacement.

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Ange Postecoglou was born in Greece but moved to Australia with his family as a young child when they lost their business after a military coup. And the Spurs boss told Gary Lineker that his father remained a big AEK Athens fan.

"The only thing he kept inside of him from the old country was his love of football. AEK Athens was his team, I was born a couple of kilometres from the stadium," he said.

His old man would have been happy last night as AEK spoiled Brighton's European debut with a 3-2 victory at Amex Stadium.

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Football Focus

While we're on Spurs, Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has spoken with BBC presenter Gary Lineker about being a refugee, his struggle for recognition from top clubs and his hopes of leaving a legacy at Spurs.

The full interview will be on Football Focus at 12:00 BST on Saturday - on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app - but you can watch the best bits below, or read more here.

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Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy would be "open" to selling his stake if it was in the best interest of the club.

Levy has been chairman since 2001 and his family are 29.88% investors in Spurs' majority shareholder ENIC, who own 86.58% of the club.

Some Tottenham fans called for Levy to step down last season.

"I've got no real interest to leave Tottenham, but I have a duty to consider anything that anyone may want to propose," Levy told Bloomberg.

"It's not about me, it's about what's right for the club. We have 30,000 shareholders who own approximately 13.5%. We run this club as if it is a public company."

BBC Sport has a dedicated Spurs page packed with news, analysis and fan views - get it here

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The Daily Star

Today's Star leads on Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy saying that he'd be open to offers to sell his stake in the club.

It also carries an image of Luis Diaz, one of Liverpool's goal scorers in their comeback win in Austria against LASK.

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England players have "come to an agreement" with the Football Association after a dispute over performance-related bonuses, says captain Millie Bright.

The Lionesses were frustrated a deal was not agreed before talks were put on hold during the Women's World Cup.

However, Bright says the squad are "really positive things will be different moving forward".

It is unclear what the agreement is but Bright said it is "more than finances".

"We've come to an agreement but it's bigger than just the bonuses. For us, it's about being world leaders on and off the pitch," said Bright.

"The women's game is evolving very quickly so conversations like this need to happen to make sure in all areas we are at the top of our game.

"The conversation was extremely positive. We feel really confident moving forward with the structure we now have in place."

The I

Before we get stuck in to reaction from Thursday's games, we're going to have a quick look at today's papers.

And we'll begin with the Metro, which leads on Liverpool's win at LASK but also mentions England reaching an agreement over bonuses from the Women's World Cup, as well as Declan Rice's positive start at Arsenal and Lisandro Martinez's role in Manchester United's troubles.

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• Legia Warsaw 3-2 Aston Villa
• Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 Aberdeen

• West Ham 3-1 Backa Topola
• Brighton 2-3 AEK Athens
• Rangers 1-0 Real Betis
• LASK 1-3 Liverpool