Martin Odegaard set to snub Manchester United, Liverpool and Real Madrid for Bayern Munich deal

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Bayern Munich are confident of signing Norwegian wonderkid Martin Odegaard and could make an announcement as early as Wednesday, the date of his 16th birthday.

Odegaard has been on a tour of Europe's top clubs in recent weeks and has trained at Liverpool and Bayern, with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal all registering an interest.

Celtic, managed by Odegaard's former boss at Stromsgodset, Ronny Deila, were also keen to sign him but it appears Bayern have won the race.

Wonderkid Martin Odegaard, 15, has been training with German champions Bayern Munich

Bayern boss Pep Guardiola (above) looks set to sign Odegaard, who is wanted by Europe's top clubs

Odegaard cannot sign a professional contract until he turns 16 and Stromsgodset will be due a compensation package should he opt to leave his homeland.

The attacking midfielder has made 25 appearances for Stromsgodset since making his debut in April and has scored five goals.

He already has three full caps for Norway having made his debut in August.

Odegaard has been guided in negotiations by his father, Hans Erik, who was a professional footballer in the Norwegian league and who is now the assistant manager at Mjondalen.

Celtic boss Ronny Deila (right) gave Odegaard his debut at Stromsgodset before leaving for the Scottish giants

Speaking recently, Celtic boss Ronny Deila said his club have not made their interest in Odegaard known officially to Stromsgodset but believes his contacts in Drammen will keep him informed of any developments.

‘I haven’t (made Celtic’s interest clear),’ he said. ‘But I have control over the situation.

‘I know what’s happening. He’s in the town where my kids live and I know a lot of people there.

‘We’ll see. If there are possibilities, of course, we will try it. But it’s a very hard competition.’

With five loan signings on Celtic’s books just now, Deila had not discounted the possibility of attempting to bring Odegaard to Glasgow for a season were he to head for the continent.

‘You never know, but we want to have players that we want to get something for if we develop them,’ he said. ‘You can’t have too many players from other clubs. We need to have players who we can earn money on or who can stay at our club.’

Asked if Odegaard was good enough at the moment to play for Celtic, Deila replied: ‘It’s very hard to say. He’s only 15 years old and will be 16 this month, but he is very special and every time he gets to a new level, he takes his chance. His attitude is great - he always wants to learn and he listens to everything you say. He’s special.’

At 15, the hot prospect is the youngest player ever to represent Norway - with three caps to his name already

Odegaard was the youngest player to feature in a Euro qualifier after making his debut against Bulgaria