Liverpool and Manchester United to reignite interest in Real Madrid starlet?

Liverpool and Manchester United could revisit their interest in Norwegian wonderkid Martin Odegaard following the news he is struggling at Real Madrid.

The Spanish champions paid £2.3m for the 16-year-old in the summer, in a deal that included him training with the first team but playing with the reserves.

However he has been dropped from the Zinedine Zidane managed B-team and, according to reports in Spain, a meeting between his father and the club's hierarchy is planned to discuss the situation and the midfielder's future.

Odegaard snubbed a number of the Premier League's top clubs in the summer to join Real on a reported £40,000 a-week contract.

And they could start circling again, along with a handful of German and Italian clubs, with similarly lucrative offers if his brief time with Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo comes to an end.