While Arteta only had praise for Odegaard, he hopes to see him evolve even more.
He stated: Hopefully not (reached potential). Hopefully there is still a lot more to come. He is still very young but he has made huge strides over the last few seasons. He has a massive role at the club and hopefully he can keep going.
Especially as he had to wear that (Real Madrid) kit since he was 14 or 15 and that's not easy. But I think he has handled that in a great way, the steps he made as well to progress and develop his career, especially when he went to Real Sociedad, it was a really intelligent move, and then I think he took off and now we have the player that he had.
On his importance to Arsenal, he added: He is our captain and one of our main players. When you look at the impact he has with us daily it is unbelievable. We are really happy to have him."