Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has indicated it would be in Martin Odegaard's best interest to play more regular first-team football.
The Norway international joined Madrid from Stromsgodset in January 2015 at the tender age of 16, but has been struggling to live up to the high expectations at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Liverpool and Hamburg have been credited with an interest in signing the attacking midfielder and Zidane has hinted Madrid could allow him to leave, potentially flagging a loan for the promising teenager.
"Odegaard is at Madrid, has been doing pre-season with us and I am satisfied with him," Zidane said at a news conference.
"But the idea we have for him is that he gets playing time and it is very difficult to get playing time at Madrid because we have a lot of players. That is my advice to him.
"We will make a decision that is best for him. Anything can happen until the end of the month."
"I am very happy with the players I have," he added.
"I already have a lot of players in midfield and I will not be asking for another midfielder. I would not know how to fit all of them in. That's a coach's problem. All my players are important."
