Martin Odegaard sends message to 'beast' Erling Haaland over Premier League move

Martin Odegaard has joked his international teammate Erling Haaland should join Arsenal if he has his heart set on a Premier League move this summer.

The Borussia Dortmund striker has cemented his reputation, despite an injury interrupted campaign, as one Europe’s most prolific strikers and has 33 goals already for club and country this term.

After two-and-a-half years terrorising Bundesliga defences, however, Haaland is set to move this summer and has some of the continent’s biggest clubs chasing his signature.

Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid have been touted as potential destinations, but reports last week claimed Haaland is on the verge of joining Manchester City, the club his father, Alf Inge, represented during his playing career.

City are said to have agreed personal terms on a contract worth a staggering £500,000-a-week which would make him the best paid player in the Premier League.

Arsenal fans were hopeful Odegaard would be capable of persuading his close friend, who appears to have some level of affection for Arsenal given the photo which emerged last week which showed Haaland wearing a Gunners shirt during his childhood, to link up with him in north London but those pipedreams are unlikely to be realised.

Speaking about Haaland’s future, Odegaard told Stadium Astro: ‘He’s a funny guy, a good guy and he’s a good friend of mine a great players as well of course so we will see what he will do I don’t know.

‘If he comes to England he needs to come to us of course but I don’t know what he will do but he is a great guy.

‘To be honest we haven’t talked too much about it, I know he has so many people trying to ask him and to tell him what to do and I don’t want to do that.

‘He’s a best he’s strong, he’s