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Real Madrid wonderkid Martin Odegaard is in line for a move to the Championship. The one-time golden boy of Norwegian football is primed for a loan into the second tier as the Spanish giants look to continue his development. The 19-year-old (right), who made history when he joined the 13-time European Champions four years ago, spent the last season on loan in Holland. But now Los Blancos are looking for a new temporary home and that will put several English clubs on red alert. Madrid will want to increase the standard of the left-footed player and will be anxious that he plays under the pressure of performing on a big stage. It will be the logical next step for the youngster, who first attracted attention when he broke into Stromsgodset’s first team at the age of 13. Odegaard played for Norway before his 16th birthday and he left Stromsgodset in a £3m move to the Bernabeu. However, he failed to get to grips initially with the level of expectation surrounding him and a spell playing for the reserves under their then boss Zinedine Zidane failed to show the anticipated improvement. (Image: REUTERS) Villa could get rid of duo Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce has recommended that the club pays-off Ross McCormack and Micah Richards. The two have been surplus for well over a season and the Geordie has asked the new owners of the Birmingham club to end their contracts. They are now primed to enter into negotiations with the duo who have not formed part of Bruce’s plans for a couple of years. Richards, 30, has barely featured for Villa, making just 24 league starts since he joined the club from Manchester City over three years ago. Villa’s boss has indicated that fitness issues have kept him out of contention since then. It is a different story with ex-Scotland international McCormack. The pair have not seen eye-to-eye since an incident when the player cried off training, claiming the gates to his house would not open. Since then, he has been shunted out on loan to Melbourne City where he made a decent impact, netting 14 times in as many games for the A-League side. But he has remained on the outside since then and Bruce wants to end the 31-year-old striker’s stay at the club for the good of both parties. McCormack must go down as Villa’s worst signing of all time in terms of cost-per-goal. He cost the club £12m when he joined from Fulham and has enjoyed wages of around £2m-a-year since then, scoring just three goals in return. (Image: Aston Villa FC via Getty Images) Eriksen boost for Real Madrid Real Madrid have been given a boost in their pursuit of Christian Eriksen, according to reports. The Tottenham star has been in talks over a new deal but The Sun on Sunday claim that they are struggling to reach an agreement. That in turn opens the door for Real, who have been courting the Denmark star for some time now. Real are considering potential replacements for Luka Modric, who continues to be linked with a move to Inter Milan. Eriksen has just two years left on his current Spurs deal. (Image: AFP) Liverpool close to Origi agreement Liverpool are close to an agreement with Fenerbahce over the loan of Divock Origi, according to reports. The Reds, who open their Premier League campaign against West Ham on Sunday afternoon, are in the latter stages of talks to offload the out-of-favour striker. Turkish-Football also report that La Liga clubs, including Valencia, are still in contention to secure the Belgium international. The 23-year-old had a mixed campaign on loan with Wolfsburg last term and is not yet ready to compete with the likes of Mohamed Salah for a first-team slot at Anfield. Liverpool were initially hoping for a permanent deal worth around £26million. (Image: REUTERS) Rojo poised for Fenerbahce loan Manchester United are holding talks with Fenerbahce over a deal for Marcos Rojo. According to Turkish newspaper Fanatik, the Super Lig runners-up are hoping to agree a loan move for the Argentinian international who has fallen out of favour. Rojo has dropped behind United defenders Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Eric Lindelof in the pecking order so he is not expected to play much this campaign. The 28-year-old made only 12 appearances in all competitions last season. He was not even named in the squad for United’s opener against Leicester City.