Arsenal may have been dealt their biggest blow yet when it comes to their bid to land Martin Odegaard.
Odegaard is one of the Gunners' prime transfer targets this summer after his impressive spell on loan from Real Madrid in the second half of the season.
The Norwegian made 20 appearances for the Gunners and did enough to convince his temporary employers to make a permanent move for him ahead of next season.
But it looks as though the Gunners will be better served looking elsewhere as far as their search for a creative midfielder is concerned after a Real Madrid decision of sorts.
According to Diario AS, Real Madrid consider Odegaard as 'untransferable' ahead of this summer and that Zinedine Zidane's departure and the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti has made 'everything easier' as far as the midfielder is concerned.
That could be a hammer blow for Arsenal amid recent reports that they would concentrate much of their efforts on landing Odegaard this summer.
Though, the Gunners have since placed an offer for Norwich City star Emiliano Buendia, so they do have their eyes on other potential targets,
And that appears to be a wise decision with Odegaard's departure all-but ruled out for now, and the Norwegian has already given his verdict on the return of Ancelotti, the man he could well be working under next season.
"He is a coach I know and with whom I had a good relationship when he was last there. In that sense, it is positive," Odegaard told TV2.
"But beyond that, one day has passed, so I do not know too much about what he thinks about things."
Ancelotti once described Real Madrid's signing of Odegaard as a decision made for 'PR' but it seems the Italian never held that against the midfielder, who claims the relationship between the two was a healthy one ahead of Ancelotti's departure in 2015.
