Ajax are emerging as favourites for Stromsgodset midfielder Martin Odegaard.

The Daily Mail says Odegaard spent last Thursday training with Manchester United at Carrington before visiting Manchester City but the growing belief is that Ajax may have persuaded him that they could be his best option.

Their youth system is renowned and guarantees a quickfire progression into the first team. Odegaard and his father are considering, understandably, whether moves to bigger clubs would stagnate his progress.

He is already playing in the first team and is a Norway international at 16.