Arsenal have been handed a potential boost in their pursuit of Real Madrid playmaker Isco.
The Spain international has fallen out of favour at the Santiago Bernabeu under Zinedine Zidane.
Arsenal could renew their interest in the former Malaga man ahead of next season, with Mikel Arteta said to be on the lookout for more creativity.
"The conversation lasted approximately 15 or 20 seconds. It is news that has come out, he asked me and I said no, that was all the interest in Isco,” he told Estadio Deportivo.
"We do not live in a basement and read things, but I talk to the president or vice-president on a day-to-day basis, and there are things that jump out and the president asks me if that is true and I say 'Yes, yes, I have not told you', but it is not the case with Isco.
"It is a rumour, a logical rumour, because he wants to leave and here is a coach [Julen Lopetegui] with who he played at a high level, but there is absolutely nothing, not a movement."
Odegaard and Dani Ceballos are both currently on loan with Arteta’s side from the Spanish giants.
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