Arteta stays mum on Odegaard as Arsenal eye left back, keeper

Gunners boss switches focus from the exit door to those who could come to north London in January

PREMIER LEAGUE BOUND? Norwegian ace Martin Odegaard, seen here with Real Madrid colleague Luka Modric, could be a loan deal option for Arsenal in the January window.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta may lose out in his loan bid for Real Madrid’s Norwegian midfielder, Martin Odegaard, but says that the Gunners are in the market for new players before the end of the month.

Sokratis Papastathopoulos was released from his contract on Wednesday while Mesut Ozil will also be allowed to depart - with his free transfer to Fenerbahce being held up by quarantine rules in Turkey.