- Apr 21, 2005
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I find it crazy that people think what dictates a price is whether the buying club see him as a star or a squad player. No what dictates a price is his importance to the selling team and whether somebody is willing to pay what we value him at. We're not going to sell him for 70/80 million below what Madrid just paid for Hazard who has the same contract situation because Madrid see Hazard as a star and Eriksen as depth, it's ludicrous. Eriksen isn't as good as Hazard fine, but he's not worth 80 million less.
I'm glad it's Levy who's negotiating this fuck me.
It's a mix of buyer valuation (what current and future value does the player add), seller valuation (what future value does the player add?) and general market valuation (is there a similar product out there for more/less, and is it obtainable?).
Eriksen is in a bit of an odd situation where he's clearly a talented player with only one year left on his contract, but where the truly elite European clubs aren't all that fussed about bringing him in.
So all in all, I'm not too sure what he'll go for in the end (what he will be valued at) and where he'll be playing his football next season.