{"id":1349576,"date":"2024-04-25T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1349576"},"modified":"2025-05-03T22:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T21:12:45","slug":"arsenal-tottenham-odegaard-north-london-derby-isak-transfer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/arsenal-tottenham-odegaard-north-london-derby-isak-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham will be talking about Martin Odegaard ahead of Arsenal clash &#8211; Alan Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Arsenal striker Alan Smith spoke to Squawka about this weekend&#8217;s North London Derby clash against Tottenham.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Smith picked out Martin Odegaard as the man Ange Postecoglou will need to focus on when planning his team and spoke about the importance of Arsenal leaving the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with victory on Sunday.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Parimatch Offer: Spurs vs Arsenal - Pick Your Winner 35\/1<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/go\/parimatch?q=gb-all-soa-bst-s-spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1349830 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.www.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-1024x423.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-1024x423.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-768x317.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-110x45.png 110w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-169x70.png 169w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-1536x634.png 1536w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-2048x846.png 2048w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-66x27.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-80x33.png 80w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-180x74.png 180w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-380x157.png 380w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-1200x496.png 1200w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-240x99.png 240w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-1100x454.png 1100w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-85x35.png 85w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/2023\/01\/26134656\/1296587_1296587_Screenshot-2024-04-26-at-13.46.30-48x20.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"c-mrkdwn__quote\" data-stringify-type=\"quote\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">18+ New Customers Only. 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How important is it for Arsenal to have the points on the board at this stage in the title race \u2013 as opposed to Man City who are now playing catchup?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re in that position, you\u2019ve got to take advantage of it and get the points on the board, which is so far, so good for Arsenal with Wolves and especially last night.<\/p>\n<p>And if they can do it again on Sunday then all the better. Whether that would faze City, I have my doubts. But it does crank up the pressure a little bit. They know that they\u2019ve got to win and try to make up that gap. So you\u2019re just asking the question and that\u2019s all you can do.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously it\u2019s in City\u2019s hands but you\u2019ve got to do everything you possibly can to push them. And at the moment, Arsenal are doing that.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/outright-markets\/premier-league-title-odds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man City remain favourites in 2023\/24 Premier League title race<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"ODEGAARD\"><\/a><strong>With key battles across the pitch, where do you think the North London Derby will be won on Sunday?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Martin] Odegaard is at the heart of everything that\u2019s been good about Arsenal lately, and most of the season to be honest. And Spurs will be talking about him, how to get tight, how to stop him making Arsenal tick. Because if he gets on the ball and starts threading those little passes through and the movement obviously off the ball is great, then Spurs might have problems. So that\u2019s definitely an area.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs full-backs do bomb on, and at times maybe there\u2019ll be gaps behind for [Leandro] Trossard and [Bukayo] Saka you\u2019d imagine. But Odegaard would be at the forefront of [Ange] Postecoglou\u2019s thoughts going into it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/preview\/tottenham-arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tottenham vs Arsenal predictions, tips and odds<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Arsenal are looking to win back-to-back away games against Tottenham for the first time since 1988. How important is it for Arsenal fans that they reassert their dominance in this fixture?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beating Spurs is always a big thing, that match is always huge on the calendar. For Arsenal, yeah beating Spurs would taste sweet but obviously even sweeter given the circumstances and the title chase.<\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s another stepping stone. It\u2019s a big one and it carries with it all that emotion and rivalry from down the years. The atmosphere will be fantastic. But at the end of the day it\u2019s another three points Arsenal will be hoping to grab and keep this run going.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"STRIKER\"><\/a><strong>Over the past few months a lot has been made about Arsenal\u2019s lack of a striker stopping them from becoming title winners. Do you think their lack of a striker has hurt them at times this season?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019ll always be times when a club will struggle to score goals, no matter who they\u2019ve got. City with [Erling] Haaland have sometimes struggled to create chances and score. In an ideal world yeah, it would be lovely to have a top class centre forward. I\u2019m sure [Mikel] Arteta would want to bring one into the club. Financially, that\u2019s always the question and can you get the right type of player?<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re very switched on, him and Edu, and on the same page in terms of who they want and they plan ahead. They\u2019ll have a few names there. But it does come down to money. It would be nice to maybe have a slightly different style to the players that they\u2019ve got. Slightly different to [Kai] Havertz and [Gabriel] Jesus. But we\u2019ll see. It\u2019ll be interesting to see what kind of business Arsenal are able to do in the summer.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ISAK\"><\/a><strong>Arsenal are being linked with a summer move for Alexander Isak. Is he the right sort of striker Arsenal need to be going for?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah. He\u2019s a big talent. If you could get hold of him, that would be a real coup. I mean, Newcastle would be loathed to sell him because it was an inspired signing by them. And obviously they want to go places, and with Financial Fair Play we know that they might have to sell to buy. But would they want to sell one of the crown jewels? You\u2019d think not, so we\u2019ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"SAKA\"><\/a><strong>A lot of comparisons are being made between Cole Palmer, Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden ahead of the Euros this summer. Do you think Cole Palmer is a threat to Bukayo Saka\u2019s place in England\u2019s starting XI for the tournament?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What he\u2019s done, he\u2019s come a long way quickly, and you would never have thought he would be able to come up alongside Saka in [Gareth] Southgate\u2019s thoughts. Saka has obviously got that international experience and tournament experience, which does count for a lot when you\u2019re away in these big matches.<\/p>\n<p>So I think Saka would still be ahead in that regard, but we\u2019ve seen it so many times haven\u2019t we? Going into a tournament, somebody drops out with an injury and it\u2019s vital that you have back up. And England have got quality back up in a lot of those forward positions, so it\u2019s great news for Southgate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With two games left to go Leicester look in a strong position to secure automatic promotion back to the Premier League. Just how important is it for the club to get that immediate return?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, of course. Bouncing back straight away, you\u2019ve got the parachute payments to assist you, it\u2019s really important. Obviously there\u2019s the cloud on the horizon about potential points being deducted by the Premier League but Leicester can only cross that bridge when they come to it. And it was an emphatic statement last night against one of the other contenders for promotion.<\/p>\n<p>So they\u2019re nearly there, they had that really awful run and you were just thinking the wheels had come off, they\u2019re going to blow it. But hopefully they\u2019ll be fine now.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"LEICESTER\"><\/a><strong>If promotion is secured this season, are there any positions you feel Leicester need to strengthen in to ensure they become Premier League regulars again?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think in central defence, Wout Faes and [Jannik] Vestergaard, I think that partnership would struggle in the Premier League. They\u2019ve got some good midfielders, [Kiernan] Dewsbury-Hall being amongst them, Wilfred Ndidi, they\u2019ve got Premier League experience there, with the full-backs as well.<\/p>\n<p>Through the middle, Jamie Vardy, whether he\u2019s going to finish at the end of the season we\u2019ll see. But they probably need another central striker. It\u2019s been difficult for them to do it, [Kelechi] Iheanacho came in and he couldn\u2019t do it. Patson Daka hasn\u2019t really been able to do it. So that would be another area, definitely.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Alan Smith was speaking to Squawka on behalf of <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptocasino.ltd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crypto Casino<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Arsenal striker Alan Smith spoke to Squawka about this weekend&#8217;s North London Derby clash against Tottenham. Smith picked out Martin Odegaard as the man Ange Postecoglou will need to focus on when planning his team and spoke about the importance of Arsenal leaving the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with victory on Sunday. 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