It's a really nice feeling to come in after a win and do recovery with everyone at the training ground. We're together, like a family' Martin Odegaard details his Arsenal life off the pitch

"The next day is just about recovery, the 27-year-old says. Getting the body, getting the mind right. When we play evening games, it's not so easy to sleep afterwards. Every footballer will know what I mean. That surge of adrenaline from performing, the nerves, living the game. Then you come home and suddenly you're expected to go back to zero, to relax. Easier said than done."

"Sometimes there are things in the match that annoyed you, he admits. Things you could have done better, even good things that you want to look at again. So sometimes I do that. But most of the time I come home and don't think too much about the game. I leave it for the next day and switch off. I can do that."

Martin Odegaard balances the glamour of playing before tens of thousands with the routine of recovery off the pitch. After matches he focuses on restoring the body and resetting the mind, with evening fixtures often disrupting sleep because of adrenaline and nerves. He sometimes reviews footage to address annoyances or identify improvements, but most of the time he deliberately switches off and delays analysis until the following day. Odegaard received the Arsenal captain's armband ahead of the 2022/23 season and follows scheduled rest and occasional days off depending on the club calendar.

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