Arsenal star confirms exit plans with move to 'dream' club

Arsenal's Emirates Stadium is pictured in London, on April 11, 2011. US sports tycoon Stan Kroenke has taken a controlling stake in Arsenal and has agreed terms to buy the remaining shares in the English Premier League club, both sides announced Monday. The deal values Arsenal at about £731 million (825 million euros, $1.195 billion), according to a statement issued to the London Stock Exchange.
The midfielder's plan for the next step of his career hasn't changed despite his Arsenal move (Image credit: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Arsenal will expect to challenge on four fronts again this season after a strong start to the campaign.

Mikel Arteta's side sit top of the Premier League after seven games and won their opening two league phase matches in the Champions League, while they have reached the last 16 of the Carabao Cup.

But the potential for silverware has not changed the long-term plan of one Arsenal star, who confirmed a 'dream' move to a club abroad remains in his sights.

'I can guarantee that Arsenal will be my last club abroad', says star

Arsenal players Christian Norgaard and William Saliba

Christian Norgaard (left) joined Arsenal from Brentford in July (Image credit: Getty Images)

Christian Norgaard was one of Arsenal's more unheralded summer arrivals when he joined from Brentford in July for a fee rising to £15m.

The Denmark international, 31, enjoyed a successful six-year spell with the Bees, winning promotion from the Championship in 2021 and going on to captain the club as they established themselves in the Premier League.

Arsenal midfielder Christian Norgaard applauds the fans

Norgaard has joined a team challenging for trophies on four fronts (Image credit: Getty Images)

Norgaard joined Brentford from Fiorentina but his breakthrough came in his homeland at Brøndby, where he made more than 100 appearances in five years before leaving in 2018.

And he told Danish outlet Bold that he has unfinished business at the Superliga outfit, saying: 'I can guarantee that Arsenal will be my last club abroad. I still want to return to Brøndby when my contract at Arsenal expires.

'My contract is two years with an option for a further year. And I would be happy to stay at Arsenal for the extra year if things develop in that direction.

'If it turns out that it wasn't the right match, we'll go home to Denmark after two years.'

Leicester City squad for 2024/25 LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 24: Steve Cooper, Manager of Leicester City during the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Leicester City FC at Craven Cottage on August 24, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

Former Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper is manager of Brøndby (Image credit: Getty Images)

Norgaard will be 33 by the time his initial two-year deal at Arsenal expires but would still be seen as a coup for Brondby, having won 35 caps for Denmark.

The 11-times Danish champions last month appointed former Nottingham Forest and Leicester City boss Steve Cooper as head coach and sit fourth in the table.

James Roberts is a freelance sports journalist working for FourFourTwo. He has spent the past three years as a sports sub-editor for various national newspapers and started his career at the Oxford Mail, where he covered Oxford United home and away.

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