Player watch: Christian Eriksen

[Lilbaz]

It’s perfectly possible that if he doesn’t get the move he ideally wants, which is still one of the two Spanish giants apparently, he’ll sign a new contract with Spurs instead of being stuck on his current below-market-rate terms.

It’s not as though he’s ever said he’s desperate to leave, or just wants a move for the sake of it. He could double his money just for staying at a club he’s happy at. Of course he could get even more at RM, but only If they come after him.

I’m not predicting that he will sign a new contract, but if RM don’t make a move, it’s not as outlandish an idea as some seem to think.

Why would he sign a new contract now when he can leave on a free next summer and get (possibly) a £50m signing on fee? He's held out this long. Next summer he could have a pick of clubs.

It's possible but i doubt it.

 

[Lilbaz]

Tbh could see this being the reason to go for ceballos on loan. Then levy can tell chris sign the contract or you will be back up to him. We as a club can't afford to have players run down their contracts in their prime. A season sitting on the bench might make others think twice about doing the same.

 

[Ronwol196061]

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Tbh could see this being the reason to go for ceballos on loan. Then levy can tell chris sign the contract or you will be back up to him. We as a club can't afford to have players run down their contracts in their prime. A season sitting on the bench might make others think twice about doing the same.

Can't see him doing that Libaz, not a good idea. Best if Levy tries to work something out with Eriksen. It will create a lot of negativity for little gain if he ostracizes Eriksen.
I think sorting out an amicable end if he leaves is better for both parties would be good, maybe Levy will ask him sign an extra year and if RM want him next year they can buy him out at a reduced price or something

 

[Lilbaz]

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Can't see him doing that Libaz, not a good idea. Best if Levy tries to work something out with Eriksen. It will create a lot of negativity for little gain if he ostracizes Eriksen.
I think sorting out an amicable end if he leaves is better for both parties would be good.

We are looking at losing eriksen, toby and jan next season on frees. We've already lost llorente and vorm. Admittedly the majority are coming to the end of their careers but it will hurt. What if the rest decide why not run down my contract and get a bumper contract somewhere else? Dier, sissoko, wanyama and rose will only have 1 year left on their contracts next summer.

If we can sell eriksen great. But the players hold the cards these days. With the transfer fees what they are the clubs are in a bad place.

 

[Ronwol196061]

We are looking at losing eriksen, toby and jan next season on frees. We've already lost llorente and vorm. Admittedly the majority are coming to the end of their careers but it will hurt. What if the rest decide why not run down my contract and get a bumper contract somewhere else? Dier, sissoko, wanyama and rose will only have 1 year left on their contracts next summer.

If we can sell eriksen great. But the players hold the cards these days. With the transfer fees what they are the clubs are in a bad place.

We need to pitch them earlier or get them to sign extentions. Or otherwise lower the price and move on

 

[piedpiper]

We are looking at losing eriksen, toby and jan next season on frees. We've already lost llorente and vorm. Admittedly the majority are coming to the end of their careers but it will hurt. What if the rest decide why not run down my contract and get a bumper contract somewhere else? Dier, sissoko, wanyama and rose will only have 1 year left on their contracts next summer.

If we can sell eriksen great. But the players hold the cards these days. With the transfer fees what they are the clubs are in a bad place.

I would honestly give Vertonghen a 1 year extension and have him as a option. Still has the legs and we could just reduce his game time.

 

[spids]

For me it's simple. Eriksen signs a new contract or we sell him. We cannot afford to lose him on a free, or to have constant speculation the entire season.

Plus Levy needs to show the squad you won’t be allowed to run a contract down when under 30. It is such a problem in the modern game, and I think Levy will be very strong armed about it. If Eriksen hasn’t got his dream move in the last week of the window I think he’ll be given an ultimatum to sign a new deal with us, sign for someone other than Madrid / Barca, or sit in the stand and rot for a year.

 

[Indisguise]

I would honestly give Vertonghen a 1 year extension and have him as a option. Still has the legs and we could just reduce his game time.

I reckon he's good for three years.

 

[spurs mental]

Plus Levy needs to show the squad you won’t be allowed to run a contract down when under 30. It is such a problem in the modern game, and I think Levy will be very strong armed about it. If Eriksen hasn’t got his dream move in the last week of the window I think he’ll be given an ultimatum to sign a new deal with us, sign for someone other than Madrid / Barca, or sit in the stand and rot for a year.

No way is he going to sit in the stand and rot. The bloke literally said if no deal can be done he'll sign a new contract. That's what will happen if he doesn't leave.

I don't know why it's so hard for people to understand.

 

[E17yid]

Tbh could see this being the reason to go for ceballos on loan. Then levy can tell chris sign the contract or you will be back up to him. We as a club can't afford to have players run down their contracts in their prime. A season sitting on the bench might make others think twice about doing the same.

Levy will be telling Poch who he will and won’t play? I find that hard to believe. They’ll both need to be on the same page.

 

[spids]

No way is he going to sit in the stand and rot. The bloke literally said if no deal can be done he'll sign a new contract. That's what will happen if he doesn't leave.

I don't know why it's so hard for people to understand.

Wow, you’re arrogant. ?

Talk about take my post totally out of context. If he tries to run his contract down you think he’ll play?

 

[BPR_U16]

We are looking at losing eriksen, toby and jan next season on frees. We've already lost llorente and vorm. Admittedly the majority are coming to the end of their careers but it will hurt. What if the rest decide why not run down my contract and get a bumper contract somewhere else? Dier, sissoko, wanyama and rose will only have 1 year left on their contracts next summer.

If we can sell eriksen great. But the players hold the cards these days. With the transfer fees what they are the clubs are in a bad place.

Its why as the transfer business goes on, so must normal business in offering new contracts to Dier etc and tie them in.

If they dont sign, and we do get a surfeit of midfielders, then these are the players who should be sold whilst we still have control and can get a decent price.

 

[spids]

Levy will be telling Poch who he will and won’t play? I find that hard to believe. They’ll both need to be on the same page.

Yep. And I think Poch would fully understand if a player tried to run his contract down like that. Why do you think we’ve not had players with any value leave on Bosman’s before? Look at Arsenal, they just lost their best player for nothing to Juve and can not afford a replacement of the same quality. They will be weaker after the window even if they spend their reported £40m transfer budget.

 

[spurs mental]

Wow, you’re arrogant. ?

Talk about take my post totally out of context. If he tries to run his contract down you think he’ll play?

I'm not arrogant at all.

He said when he spoke about the new challenge if something can't be agreed or no club comes in "I will sit down myself at the table and negotiate a new contract". He's not going to run down his contract.

Levy isn't going to decide who should and shouldn't play either, should the negotiations take a bit longer. That would be foolish.

 

[spids]

I'm not arrogant at all.

He said when he spoke about the new challenge if something can't be agreed or no club comes in "I will sit down myself at the table and negotiate a new contract". He's not going to run down his contract.


Levy isn't going to decide who should and shouldn't play either, should the negotiations take a bit longer. That would be foolish.

For the record it was your last sentence that was arrogant.

I never said Eriksen would not sign a new deal. And I am fully aware that Erisken said he would (as you point out). In my post (where you questioned why it’s so hard for people to understand, insinuating stupidity) I just stated what the three outcomes will be (and if you’d read it slowly you’d have noticed that one of them was he signs a new deal). I was talking in context of Levy not allowing valuable assets to run down their contracts. And he won’t.

 

[E17yid]

Yep. And I think Poch would fully understand if a player tried to run his contract down like that. Why do you think we’ve not had players with any value leave on Bosman’s before? Look at Arsenal, they just lost their best player for nothing to Juve and can not afford a replacement of the same quality. They will be weaker after the window even if they spend their reported £40m transfer budget.

I think when the window closes and the season is underway then Poch will pick whoever is well motivated, training well and available. He absolutely loves Eriksen and if he thinks his head is right I wouldn’t be surprised if he plays him. I certainly don’t envisage a scenario where levy is calling Poch midweek saying put Eriksen in the under 21s.

Poch doesn’t get involved in the finances during the window and what not and Levy doesn’t get involved with the football side during the season.

Goes without saying that if Eriksen doesn’t look fully committed by the way he trains and carries himself around camp then he won’t be playing but that will be his decision, not Levy’s IMO.

 

[james Stock]

I'm not arrogant at all.

He said when he spoke about the new challenge if something can't be agreed or no club comes in "I will sit down myself at the table and negotiate a new contract". He's not going to run down his contract.

Levy isn't going to decide who should and shouldn't play either, should the negotiations take a bit longer. That would be foolish.

That's all well and good but he can't expect the club to wait forever for him to sort his future out. In fact I reckon Levy has already earmarked who his replacements are, no way are we going to spend another 50 million on a new player and discover that Eriksen wants to stay.

 

[spurs mental]

That's all well and good but he can't expect the club to wait forever for him to sort his future out. In fact I reckon Levy has already earmarked who his replacements are, no way are we going to spend another 50 million on a new player and discover that Eriksen wants to stay.

Why not? We haven't spent any money on players for 2 years. Sure, ITK has said that we will sell to buy at some stage and I do believe that we are preparing for CE leaving.

But we can afford to sign players to add strength in depth. Something we haven't had enough of in the last couple of seasons. Competition for Eriksen is what we've needed for about 3 years now.

If he stays and we've added Lo Celso and Ceballos we'll have 3 hungry players fighting for places in the team. Couple that with CE signing an extension, even if its only a year, is massive.

Optimistic, (I'm not about this), but the man in charge of this club knows what he's doing. He won't be running his contract down.

 

[spids]

I think Eriksen has earned a lot of trust / credit in Levy’s and Poch’s eyes because of how he carries himself and I believe that, in a very cut throat world, he is a rarity as a man of his word. And that is why I think they are giving him time to make a deal with Madrid whilst also trying to assist making a deal (for our own benefit). The recent cryptic appears to have been one out and two in and related to Real Madrid. And if correct this will most likely Eriksen related. But..... despite all that, I think Levy will never let a major asset run down a contract. So I imagine Eriksen will be under some time pressure to leave for a fee or sign a new deal. And I also firmly believe the worst case scenario (for everyone) ends with him not being picked to play. If Eriksen is a key player for us next season (40+ games) and then leaves for nothing, I can see all our other players’ agents stalling over new deals. And suddenly we have a crisis on our hands. Levy is very adept at getting players to agree new deals mid contract, and this needs to continue for us to prosper. And whilst Eriksen has said he’d sign a new deal with us if he doesn’t get a move to a super club, what do you think he’ll do if Barca or Real Madrid say to him ‘we can’t fit you in this summer but we will definitely take you next summer to replace XYZ so don’t sign a new deal at Spurs’? What do you think his agent would tell him to do? What do you think Real Madrid would prefer given they’ve spent so much (£350M and counting) already this summer and could get him for nothing next year (when Modric will probably be on his way out)?

 

[TropicalYid]

Hope RM is holding out for Pogba. If they buy him they wont need CE right?
Also hoping that if not RM or Barca are making a move he will be happy to sign a new contract and commit to spurs