According to Mario Cortegana of The Athletic, Real Madrid outcast is not participating in training with his teammates in the United States of America to avoid getting injured ahead of a potential exit this summer.

Odriozola has been out of favour at Real Madrid for a while now and hardly played during the 2022/23 campaign under Carlo Ancelotti. With his contract expiring in a year, the right-back is widely expected to depart this summer.

Despite that, the manager opted to take him along to the pre-season tour of the USA earlier this week. However, Cortegana had reported on Friday that the defender did not participate in an intra-squad training match.

And the former Real Sociedad has not been training today either. And while it has been suggested that he might be dealing with an overload, there could be more to the story than it seems.

Odriozola, it is understood, is keen not to pick up any injury which might hamper his plans to secure an exit this summer. As such, it appears that the right-back has been exempted from training with the team.

Recently, it was suggested that the Spanish ace had an agreement with his former club Real Sociedad over a return.

However, as things stand, the journalist claims that there are no offers on the table yet for Odriozola, with his wages being seen as an impediment by interested parties.

But there is expectation that with there being clubs interested in his services, an exit will materialise sooner rather than later.

Real Madrid signed Odriozola from Real Sociedad in 2018 in a deal worth around €30 million. However, it appears that they will most likely end up letting him leave for free this summer.