Velkommen to a brand new episode of On The Continent. This week, Marcus and James are joined by Norway’s finest: Lars Sivertsen! Lars talks about Norwegian wonder kid Martin Ødegaard’s move to Real Sociedad after an impressive season on loan at Vitesse Arnhem. We also squeeze in some chat about another Norwegian youngster showing great potential on the continent in the form of RB Salzburg’s Erling Braut Håland.

Elsewhere, we check in with James after he returned from his pre-season travels with Inter where he encountered a slightly downbeat Antonio Conte. Will the club ever manage to offload Mauro Icardi?

We also round up some more transfer shenanigans, as Nabil Fekir moves to Real Betis and Gareth Bale has yet to move from a Spanish golf course.

FYI - On The Continent will be taking a break next Wednesday but we’ll be back the week after!

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