So much of Bodo/Glimt is already unique that perhaps they'll forgive Mikel Arteta for copying the plan that transformed their club.

It is instead the white half of north London helping the Norwegians break new ground in their home debut in the Champions League.

Kjetil Knutsen's men, who hail from a tiny town north of the Arctic Circle , have become one of Europe's greatest recent success stories.

Bodo/Glimt were only promoted to the Eliteserien, Norway 's top-flight, ahead of the 2018 season with a €4.2million (£3.6m) budget.

Since then, the club have won the league championship four times in the last five seasons, and reached the Europa League 's semi-finals in May, having also reached the quarters of the inaugural Conference League in the 2021/22 term, where they fell to compet

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