{"id":208622,"date":"2025-10-08T08:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/208622\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T08:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:16:10","slug":"summer-signing-initially-ignored-agents-call-about-arsenal-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/208622\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer signing initially ignored agent’s call about Arsenal interest"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Christian Norgaard\u2019s agent called up with news of Arsenal\u2019s interest in him, the player didn\u2019t initially accept the call.\"SINGAPORE,Photo by Yong Teck Lim\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Christian Norgaard<\/a> made the move from Brentford to Arsenal this summer, joining the Gunners with the chance to play in the Champions League for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for that ambition to become a reality, with Norgaard making his debut against Athletic Club last month. Yet Norgaard admits that when Arsenal first made contact, he didn\u2019t pick up his agent\u2019s call.<\/p>\n

\u201cI first heard about Arsenal before our last game with Brentford against Wolverhampton,\u201d Norgaard recalls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was actually sitting with a friend at home. I saw that my agent had called, and I thought \u2018oh my, it\u2019ll have to wait until another time.\u2019 Then he wrote if we could just talk \u2013 \u2018Arsenal have called\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once he\u2019d seen that, Norgaard quickly called his agent back.<\/p>\n

\"LONDON,Photo by Eddie Keogh\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI said we should try to do everything we can. It\u2019s simply too big an opportunity not to try to go for it,\u201d Norgaard adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so settled with Brentford, where I had signed a two-year contract. It was a huge surprise for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very much driven by Mikel Arteta. He thought I had played really well against them and generally for Brentford.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LONDON,Photo by Eddie Keogh\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The deal ultimately went ahead, with Arsenal confirming the transfer less than two months after that initial contact between player and club. But things haven\u2019t all gone smoothly since then, with a positive pre-season followed by an injury at the start of the competitive campaign.<\/p>\n

Norgaard was unavailable for the first four games of the Premier League season, and he\u2019s since returned to find fellow summer signing Martin Zubimendi<\/a> established in his position.<\/p>\n

Even so, Norgaard has made his Champions League debut, he\u2019s made his first start in the 2-0 League Cup win over Port Vale, and he remains in the Denmark squad for the October internationals.<\/p>\n

\"ChristianPhoto via Arsenal.com<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of playing time, I knew exactly what role I was going into,\u201d Norgaard insists. \u201cThe few minutes in Bilbao were amazing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey looked at me strangely in the dressing room. How can you be so happy for five minutes? They\u2019re all fighting to start, but I\u2019d never played in the Champions League before and with the Arsenal logo on my chest.\u201d<\/p>\n

With any luck, Norgaard will have plenty more minutes on the pitch this season, and a trophy or two at the end of it.<\/p>\n

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