Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane insists he didn't want to lose Martin Odegaard on-loan to Arsenal.

Zidane insists he 'really wanted' Odegaard to stay at Real Madrid this season.

He told reporters: "Odegaard? He wanted to leave, we talked two, three times about it.

"He wanted to play and I told him to stay and fight for his place.

"I've always wanted him in my team but it was his decision. I wanted him in my team.

"I wanted him back from his loan [at Real Sociedad last season] and I told him to stay because the season is still very long and he would have had his chances.

"But he wanted to leave and play. I really wanted him in my squad."