REAL MADRID wonderkid Martin Odegaard has branded talk of a summer loan move to Celtic as "speculation".

The 16-year-old met his former Stromsgodset coach and current Hoops boss Ronny Deila at a match during a trip back to Norway two weeks ago with the rumour mill going into overdrive afterwards over what was spoken about between them.

Deila tried to convince the attacking midfielder to join him at Parkhead before his £2.3m transfer to Real Madrid was sealed and would almost certainly be interested should the Spanish club opt to farm him out for first-team experience.

However, Odegaard, currently on international duty with Norway for the visit of Euro 2016 rivals Azerbaijan, insists he was not made any kind of proposal by Deila when they met in the stand at a league match between Stromsgodset and Lillestrom in Drammen.

"This is just speculation," he said. "We talked. Sure we did.

"It's quite natural when we meet."

When asked if Deila had tried to sell him on a move to Celtic, Odegaard replied: "No, he did not."

Malaga, Real Betis and Villarreal have all been mentioned as possible destinations for Odegaard should the new Real Madrid manager, Rafael Benitez, decided to place him out on loan during the coming season.

However, reports in Spain state that Celtic are at the top of the waiting list. Benitez is expected to monitor Odegaard over the course of pre-season and make a decision before the start of the new Primera Division campaign.

Deila gave Odegaard his senior debut for Stromsgodset at the age of 14 and spoke about the possibility of securing him on a temporary deal in future when his transfer to Real Madrid was completed in January.

"You never know in football," he said. "We want to loan players that have a big impact on the team like Jason Denayer.

"Martin and his father called me the day they chose Real Madrid. I hoped to get him to Celtic, of course, but I knew it was going to be hard with all the options."