Martin Ødegaard: "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. I always listen as they play North London Forever over the speakers and I start singing along under my breath.
"I get goosebumps every time.
"I close my eyes, and I think about myself as a kid out on the artificial pitch in Drammen. If you’d have shown that kid a snapshot of this moment and told him this was in his future?
"He would have died for this.
"It’s been a hell of a long road, but I’m living my dream.
"I’m home. And the best is yet to come." [@TPTFootball]
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The hope was that the deal could be done today but it could take another three days
WHU want a proportion of the £105m fee up front & rest over 18 months
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