Player watch: Christian Eriksen

As a club we need to understand what we are. Unfortunately we are not Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester United. Realistically we are the Atletico Madrid or Borussia Dortmund of England. Those clubs by the best young talent, sell at a huge price and then reinvest. Rinse and repeat.

Take a fair price for Eriksen. Get Ceballos as part of the deal. Use the funds to bring in a young Right Back and Centre Mid.

If Eriksen does sign a new contract they could include a suitable clause stating that if RM or whoever offer a certain amount he was free to speak to them. Helps both parties. If he stays and doesn’t sign a contract then Poch would need to work out how we can play without him. So we would have still have to get a new AM in but he would have time to be integrated into the team and would probably play most of the games at the back end of the season with Eriksen being phased out.

robp135 said:

As a club we need to understand what we are. Unfortunately we are not Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester United. Realistically we are the Atletico Madrid or Borussia Dortmund of England. Those clubs by the best young talent, sell at a huge price and then reinvest. Rinse and repeat.

Take a fair price for Eriksen. Get Ceballos as part of the deal. Use the funds to bring in a young Right Back and Centre Mid.

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And a couple of punts on young players like Clarke that can only increase in value.

robp135 said:

As a club we need to understand what we are. Unfortunately we are not Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester United. Realistically we are the Atletico Madrid or Borussia Dortmund of England. Those clubs by the best young talent, sell at a huge price and then reinvest. Rinse and repeat.

Take a fair price for Eriksen. Get Ceballos as part of the deal. Use the funds to bring in a young Right Back and Centre Mid.

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Atletico are spending a lot of money, wrong comparison IMO

pelayo59 said:

Atletico are spending a lot of money, wrong comparison IMO

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They are mostly spending what they get from selling players.

Hakkz said:

They are mostly spending what they get from selling players.

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They are on 160m net spend previous 3 seasons, now they would be on 0 after getting 300m

Lots of news this evening that Pogba May refuse to travel to pre season tour with United. If so, it looks like he’s definitely off to Madrid. If he goes, is Eriksen staying and signing a new contract?

Johno1470 said:

Lots of news this evening that Pogba May refuse to travel to pre season tour with United. If so, it looks like he’s definitely off to Madrid. If he goes, is Eriksen staying and signing a new contract?

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Madrid would need to find at least 100 million for Pogba, probably more

doctor stefan Freud said:

Madrid would need to find at least 100 million for Pogba, probably more

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Depends if United fancy any Madrid players

Yiddo100 said:

Depends if United fancy any Madrid players

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And if they fancy Utd. More ins and outs than a swingers’ party in Bromley

Johno1470 said:

Lots of news this evening that Pogba May refuse to travel to pre season tour with United. If so, it looks like he’s definitely off to Madrid. If he goes, is Eriksen staying and signing a new contract?

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Looks like we are gonna see the true power of agents because if they can bully united then they well and truly run the game. Interested to see Pogba value, I'd expect United to value him between 130-150 although personally he's not that level of consistent quality for me to justify it.

For the first time this window, I reckon Pogba is much more likely to join Madrid than not. I see no way they get both Eriksen and Pogba. Wonder where it would leave the Ceballos/GLC/Eriksen triangle.

Ben1 said:

For the first time this window, I reckon Pogba is much more likely to join Madrid than not. I see no way they get both Eriksen and Pogba. Wonder where it would leave the Ceballos/GLC/Eriksen triangle.

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Imo if Eriksen stays its GLC or Ceballos

Ben1 said:

For the first time this window, I reckon Pogba is much more likely to join Madrid than not. I see no way they get both Eriksen and Pogba. Wonder where it would leave the Ceballos/GLC/Eriksen triangle.

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They could get both if they managed to swap out Bale, Ceballos and possibly 1 more like Brahim Diaz (wishful thinking). Although that level of business is unrealistic.

wrd said:

They could get both if they managed to swap out Bale, Ceballos and possibly 1 more like Brahim Diaz (wishful thinking). Although that level of business is unrealistic.

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I think they already need these departures just to get the funds for Pogba tbh. They're already a hefty chunk down and Pogba will be north of 100m.

Ben1 said:

I think they already need these departures just to get the funds for Pogba tbh. They're already a hefty chunk down and Pogba will be north of 100m.

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Yeah you're probably right, I thought maybe they could probably get a little bit money from us and Eriksen if they give us two quality players but that's probably not enough with the Pogba deal.

Ben1 said:

For the first time this window, I reckon Pogba is much more likely to join Madrid than not. I see no way they get both Eriksen and Pogba. Wonder where it would leave the Ceballos/GLC/Eriksen triangle.

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At a swingers’ party in Bromley with the ghost of Freddie Mercury presiding over events

doctor stefan Freud said:

At a swingers’ party in Bromley with the ghost of Freddie Mercury presiding over events

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you itk?

Imo if Eriksen where to stay or go;he’d either be gone now or stayed. Real obvious wants Pogba and have to spend €150 on him. Where does that leave Eriksen ?

People keep slagging off Pogba but IMO he is way more of a potential Galactico than Eriksen. Yes he is a prima donna and yes he hasn't been as consistent as Eriksen, but in my mind he is mentally, physically and athletically so much stronger than Eriksen there's no comparison. He can- and will- boss games for them; Eriksen won't. Eriksen will keep things ticking, he will be steady and safe, but he lacks the "I'm a take the fuck over"-attitude/ability that Pogba has. Pogba's issues- which are numerous- are psychological, and I think Zidane will straighten them out. Ferguson could've/should've/maybe would've, but for whatever reason he just couldn't be bothered at the time. We are now six years on from that unhappy coupling. Fergie is gone, Man U are a fucking travesty, Pogba is a big fish in a rotten, fetid pond and he wants out. Real Madrid- and particularly w/Zinedine Zidane as head coach- is the perfect place for him to land. He is in his prime but the time to prove it is now-- and I think he will. ZZ sees the head case shit- of course- but he also sees the warrior, the guy with a point to prove- and I think he'll get the best out of him. Real Madrid want big-game warriors- Modric types- not talented under-the-radar types like Christian Eriksen. In sum, it surprises me not at all that Zidane is 100% after Pogba as opposed to Eriksen; yes it represents more of a gamble, but the upside is far higher.

Had Zidane not returned to manage Real Madrid I think Eriksen would be taking intensive Spanish classes 5 days a week while picking out where in the Spanish capital he would like to live. As it is, the fates conspired against him; now, Los Blancos have a guy who is back for one reason and one reason only: to win the Champions League again, and this time without Ronaldo. And in his mind, Christian Eriksen is not the guy to get that Cup lifted in the air; Pogba is. I hate to sound like a Pogba fanboy- hell, I don't even like the player- but I totally get why ZZ is after him. He just has that "something;" Eriksen- despite all the nice statistics and all the wonderful play he's amassed for us over the years- just doesn't.

As much as I love Eriksen, I actually wish Zidane wasn't back at Madrid and that we were getting- I don't know- 50mil or whatever for the Dane and he, in turn, was getting his "dream" move. I think as painful as it is to say this, it is actually us that need to move on from him. As tidy a player as he is, I just don't see him leading us over that final hurdle. So now I'm kind of "meh" over the whole thing...if he goes, cool-- we close that chapter and move on; if he stays, I guess it's technically better because he's a very good player who definitely helps us win games.

But seriously: if Gareth fucking Bale didn't really "make it' at Real Madrid, would Christian Eriksen?!? Bale was the best player I have ever seen play at Tottenham- the guy was world class beyond any and all dounbt-- NO QUESTION, NOT EVEN A THOUGHT THAT HE WASN'T- and yet he is loathed by their fans. Loathed! The guy who won so many games for us I can't even count that high-- the guy who took over a match we had lost- in Milan, to the Champs- and singlehandedly won us the tie overall. The man who was literally UNSTOPPABLE for three years before moving to Madrid in his prime--- that guy-- is despised by fans of Real Madrid.

In light of that, I couldn't exactly see them singing Christian Eriksen's name loudly and proudly at the Bernabeu.

Eriksen has a perfect situation at Spurs now. This is not Tottenham circa 2013; rather, this is a Spurs team that didn't lose to Real Madrid the last two times we played them in the Champions League. He- and we- literally have a chance (not a high one, but not a totally long shot one either) to win the Champions League. Real Madrid isn't ten levels above us as they were when he started with us; now they're a level or two at most. On our day we can beat anyone- so why not stay and try and make that happen, rather than just become a part-time player on that horrible, ego-laden club with their disgusting, spoiled, ridiculous "fans?" Sorry, but part of me wants to see him go there and fail to make any kind of impact, whilst we change our style of play, move on and improve.

Perhaps I should change my moniker to SchadenfreudeYid.