He might really want to play as a more attacking midfielder after being at West Ham for so long. I would like to see a system of two midfielders that can trade off being the DM, since Odegaard spends his time running everywhere anyway.
Bugger what he wants, quite frankly. Can't be fucked with another AMN situation. He plays best there, ffs.
Also tbf we haven't had any indication of that and he's certainly professional enough that he'd be willing to play deep, at least based on his outward persona.