Player watch: Christian Eriksen

[Primativ]

If we are selling Eriksen to United that must mean because we are departed to raise funds for both GLC and BF.

Otherwise we’d sign just one and take our chances that Madrid come in for him.

I can’t fathom Levy would sell
Eriksen to a rival and only sign one player to replace him. He can’t be that stupid surely.

 

[tiger666]

If we are selling Eriksen to United that must mean because we are departed to raise funds for both GLC and BF.

Otherwise we’d sign just one and take our chances that Madrid come in for him.

Would we? Madrid can sign him for nothing in 5 months. I'd rather ship him out for a guaranteed fee now rather than risk losing him for nothing.

 

[Primativ]

Would we? Madrid can sign him for nothing in 5 months. I'd rather ship him out for a guaranteed fee now rather than risk losing him for nothing.

Exactly which means we sell Eriksen and then sign both BF and GLC. It’s the only way we exit this window with Levy having delivered and backed Poch.

 

[punkisback]

Would we? Madrid can sign him for nothing in 5 months. I'd rather ship him out for a guaranteed fee now rather than risk losing him for nothing.

is £50 mil worth more than what we'd lose by not making the CL. I don't think so. In this case he's burnt his bridges and things must not be good behind the scenes so he's off.

 

[Doctor Dinkey]

Imagine if we sell him and bring nobody else in?

I mean, it’s not beyond the realms of possibility for us to do something like that.

Fifty fifty?

 

[bbunc]

Don't panic. Marcus Edwards is eriksen Replacement

Ha ha good one. As crazy as it sounds, may as well give him a shot in some cup games.

 

[SpartanSpur]

We will sell CE to yanited. Praying it happens ASAP. But you never know, knowing us.

I assume the thought process behind this is to kick us into action with other deals.

I'd never be particularly keen on one of our best players moving to a rival.

 

[Hazelton]

I was actually fine with Eriksen joining Madrid or Barcelona as I think any player would be mad to turn them down, but if he settles for Man Utd then I can't accept that.

 

[rossdapep]

I assume the thought process behind this is to kick us into action with other deals.

I'd never be particularly keen on one of our best players moving to a rival.

Me neither but I dread to think of the alternative

 

[Now it's Spursonal]

We will sell CE to yanited. Praying it happens ASAP. But you never know, knowing us.

Thanks for the info but the fact that we find ourselves 'praying' that one of our star players signs for one of our rivals is pretty damning of this window.

 

[tototoner]

 

[Cinemattis]

We will sell CE to yanited. Praying it happens ASAP. But you never know, knowing us.

Oh...this hurts on so many levels. For the first time this window I was close to mark a Herc post with a dislike... NOT because I don´t think it is true/possible - just because I don´t want us to.

Eriksen is one of my favourite Spurs players, and I´ve had a soft spot for him ever since he signed for Ajax in `08 and played for Denmark in the World Cup in South Africa in `10 at the tender age of 18. He has always had that something extra that very few players have. It was a dream signing when he signed for us - a Scandinavian heir to the empty throne after Hoddle, Ardilles, Waddle, Gazza...

I can understand and respect the economical aspect of selling him to Man Utd and securing funds to secure possible replacements (even though I don´t really see how it´s going to be possible given the time available - and our transfer history).

What I just cannot fathom is why he would go there? Yes - MU is a bigger club and it gives more status for many, but they have a poorer team atm and don´t exactely play Eriksen´s kind of football. I don´t think it´s about the money for him at all. If it was about the $, he would´ve signed an improved contract years ago. But more so: it just doesn´t fit his modus operandi. I know he always wanted to go to RM/Barca (possibly Juve), and the MU of 15-20 years ago I could´ve understood too. But the team they have now? The manager they have now? No - I just can´t get my head around it.

The only explanation is that he is forced/pushed/nudged out. Or..?

Of course: I understand that I might be totally wrong! But the football romantic in me is despeately hoping I´m not.

Personally (and since it´s not my money), I´d rather we sold him to a top (any) European club for half of what MU are offering. Because with him, they will really be a contender to be a top 3 team the way I see it. And would make our own road to securing the all-important CL-football next season and the following 4-5 years that much harder. In the long run that would cost us immensly more money than what we would get from selling him to MU. It would even most likely be more financially prudent and wise to let him go on a free to a non-PL club at the end of the season. Poch has shown us that he has no problems playing others in the same situation (Toby) - as long as they deliver on the pitch.

The big problem is of course: Barca and Juve most likely don´t need nor want/have room for him. Zidane doesn´t want him - at least not badly. The gamble for Eriksen to run out his contract and hope that there´s a new manager in Madrid next summer is exactely that: a gamble. PSG and Bayern Munich are probably the only clubs left of "acceptable status" outside the PL. No rumours of either being interested. So Eriksen might be risking to be ostracised at Tottenham, or to be the main man at Old Trafford. This obviously if there´s any truth in the speculations on him being pushed out.

The worst part of it all: if ManUtd do sign Eriksen, and they turn out as good as one might fear with him playing there, the Norwegian press will be constantly all over how brilliant OGS is as a manager, how great the bloody Man Utd are, etc., etc. Every PL-broadcast last season from the day he took over was more or less "OGS this, ManUre that", and the biggest story in the biggest newspaper was the OGS PL Table: showing the table counting only the matches from when he was appointed. It ran for months...! (*)

I love your posts, Herc, and I´m truly grateful for all the info you´re sharing! But this time, I hope that you´re wrong. Yes, the club wants to sell - but that the player won´t go. Not to them. Please, let it be so..!

Edit! (*) Yes, I´m Norwegian and i bloody hate(!) the Norwegian press and broadcasters that are covering the PL: it´s only about either MU or LFC. And with OGS at the helm at OT, it just went ballistic over here last season. I can´t take one more season of this holier than thou, glorifying bullshit ...

 

[yankspurs]

Thanks for the info but the fact that we find ourselves 'praying' that one of our star players signs for one of our rivals is pretty damning of this window.

We need to sell him for squad space, freeing up cash and wages. Plus not losing one of our players for free in a years time. If we can sell ASAP we have time for a few deals to get over the line to replace him.

 

[Danny1]

I see nothing wrong with any of that, JUST PAY UP MAN UTD!

 

[rossdapep]

Issues? Anyone else thinking it's cause Eriksen doesn't want to go to United nor will he sign a contract?

 

[wrd]

Treat yourselves boys and girls, put this on in the background as the perfect companion to reading the latest ITK.

 

[Timberwolf]

The irony here is 95% of the Utd fans on Redcafe are probably going "no fucking way will Spurs sell Eriksen". Meanwhile half of us are going "FFS, just sell the prick Levy".

 

[TheCheeseRoom]

I have a signed Eriksen picture framed on my bookshelf. I've turned him around today to face the wall.

The frame has been emptied. Like my soul.

 

['O Zio]

Would we? Madrid can sign him for nothing in 5 months. I'd rather ship him out for a guaranteed fee now rather than risk losing him for nothing.

It depends. I'd rather lose him for nothing to Real Madrid than get a small fee for him from Utd, which are in direct competition with us for top 4 places.

Obivously there's the risk that he goes to Utd for free next summer though I suppose.

 

[dagraham]

If anyone's to blame it's Spurs. We should've given him an ultimatum last summer and forced him to make a decision one way or the other if we thought this was his plan.

Should have also bought an alternative/understudy to him years ago to make the transition less problematic.

Not to mention investing in the team a bit more which might have convinced him the club could win trophies with him still here.

You obviously can’t force a player to sign a contract, but you can make a situation far more conducive to them actually doing so.