Bodo/Glimt has taken the first steps to launch a new 10.000 spectator stadium to replace the ageing Aspmyra stadium. And if you ask the former Danish international Niklas Bendtner, who had the pleasure of playing against Bodo/Glimt during his career with Rosenborg, there is a big need for upgrading facilities at the Champions League outfit.
"The dressing room is cold. It's boring. It's grey. It's black. It's a ridiculous dressing room. Suddenly, players who earn between €250,000 and €700,000 a week find themselves sitting there staring at each other.
"I've been in the same situation, I'll be honest. Then you sit there and look over at your buddy: "I hope you have a great day today, because I'm not there. I'm not there at all", says Bendtner in the podcast Stolpe Ind.
Bendtner who played for Rosenborg between 2017 and 2019, even suggested some players faked injury to avoid the trip, and the former Arsenal player even asked to be substituted when he was visiting Bodo as a Rosenborg player, he says in the podcast.
Bodo/Glimt are on the verge of qualifying for the quarter-finals in the Champions League after they won 3-0 at home on Wednesday against Sporting CP in the first leg of their clash in the 1/8 finals.