Player watch: Christian Eriksen

[ThfcLew]

I imagine CE and his representatives were certain RM would be in for him. ZZ doesn't fancy him, prefers Pogba and it leaves us with a player who doesn't really want to be here and a potential scare of leaving on a free next season. I feel that the hierarchy at Spurs are trying to force him out to the highest bigger (even if a domestic rival) to show that nobody can disrespect the badge. If United pay the £60m and it's reinvested on top of GLC & RS - I'll be fine with it.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

I know. But this is a point of principle. We must not sell to Man U. A motivated Eriksen will make them much better. Man U have already seriously improved by sorting out their defence. Sell them Eriksen? It would signal we are a smaller club than them. Levy needs to take a long hard look at himself if he will sell to a rival whilst weakening us at the same time. Eriksen is simply much better than Fernandes.

I agree but unfortunately money matters. We've got a £1 billion elephant in the room that needs to be paid off so maximising return on outgoings is as important as ever.

 

[Phomesy]

He is just a football player, if you feel this strongly about him, I'm down with that, he is a fantastic footballer with footballer being the key word - similar to Carrick in you'll miss the things he does even if you didn't see it at the time.

He made a point of saying he wanted a new challenge - if he goes to United good luck to him, he'll be instantly one of their top three players.

I just keep seeing people asserting that he's said stuff that I can't find any evidence of.

I don't think it reflects well on fans that they make shit up to slur a player just because he might want a new challenge.

 

[morriss]

you are deluded if you don't think utd are a direct rival to us. they are stronger than last year already, with CE we are significantly weaker while they'll get one of the best playmakers in the EPL.

I’m not deluded. Uts won’t make top 6. Want to out 10 quid to SC on it?

 

[Phomesy]

And forever hated by us.

Why the fuck would anyone "hate him"? What's he done to deserve that? Even Bale stirred more shit up than Eriksen has.

Bizarre.

 

[yankspurs]

you are deluded if you don't think utd are a direct rival to us. they are stronger than last year already, with CE we are significantly weaker while they'll get one of the best playmakers in the EPL.

They are losing Pogba and Lukaku. If not by Thursday, then by the 31st. Sanchez is still useless. They marginally improved their back line. That’s about it. Dont look at the money spent. Maguire is massively overrated at 80m. They just got bent over backwards and then some. Their manager is still Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

 

[Deleted member 27995]

I just keep seeing people asserting that he's said stuff that I can't find any evidence of.

I don't think it reflects well on fans that they make shit up to slur a player just because he might want a new challenge.

I don't think it was made up at all, but considering you can't find it and I'm not going to spend all day trying to prove it one way or another then frankly who the fuck cares, I've seen worse 'information' and 'truths' spread about our players - these links to Madrid have been about since January and the links to United started at the beginning of the summer in the Mirror.

If he is going, I just hope he hurrys up, this isn't sport any more, it's a business. Money. Figures. Bottom line.

 

[Spurrific]

Either:

1) Because he's a great player and hard to replace.

Or

2) They're defensive snotty little brats who are throwing their toys out of the pram and pretending that Eriksen has broken all sorts of promises and acted like a **** just to make themselves feel better about it all?

Oh and

3) He was shit last year, never good enough anyway can't tackle head turned blah blah blah

Your sarcasm and terribly-executed facetiousness doesn't work. You're making yourself look a smarmy tit, which is exactly why only tiger666 is agreeing with you.

Eriksen said:

It all depends on Daniel Levy and there has to be another club too. Or I will sit down myself at the table and negotiate a new contract. You can’t set a date yourself. There aren’t many boxes that Tottenham don’t tick so if I have to move away, it would have to be a step up.

Now if you think going to United, under OGS represents a "step up" - good luck to you. They're in the Europa League and are absolutely in no better shape than us to challenge for titles or trophies. If he goes to United, having run his contract down - it DIRECTLY contradicts what he said.

 

[WorthATry]

I’m not deluded. Uts won’t make top 6. Want to out 10 quid to SC on it?

Let's make it £100 and I'll take that bet.

 

[JonnySpurs]

Honestly I would be ok with Eriksen going to Utd at this point. He doesn't want to be here and whilst it would suck seeing him playing for them, we need him to go to allow us to move on and sign players that actually want to be at Spurs.

With all that said, I'll be stunned if he agrees to go there. Still being linked with RM and Juve and reckon he's more likely to move to Spain or Italy after the UK window has shut.

 

[Phomesy]

Your sarcasm and terribly-executed facetiousness doesn't work. You're making yourself look a smarmy tit, which is exactly why only tiger666 is agreeing with you.

Eriksen said:



Now if you think going to United, under OGS represents a "step up" - good luck to you. They're in the Europa League and are absolutely in no better shape than us to challenge for titles or trophies. If he goes to United, having run his contract down - it DIRECTLY contradicts what he said.

Lol - United are the biggest Club in the world you monster twit. You're making yourself look like a twat to suggest otherwise. To suggest that the only Club "above Spurs" are "God tier" (Barca/Real) is the height of absurdity. He said a "challenge" right? Ffs.

And "having run his contract down" - what you actually mean is he hasn't been forced at gunpoint to sign a contract. Which is his right. So unless you have evidence that he's done a Sol and made assurances to Club and fans that he WILL sign then you are nothing more than a jilted lover throwing his baby toys out of the pram.

How's that for "facetious". Rude prick.

 

[IfiHadTheWings]

I don't fancy seeing him pull strings in the Utd midfield at all, as frustrating as he has been at times in the past year when he plays well his team generally plays well and fully motivated Eriksen will take a team up a notch...that notch likely surpasses us and makes top 4 all the more difficult to achieve.

 

[Spurrific]

Lol - United are the biggest Club in the world you monster twit. You're making yourself look like a twat to suggest otherwise. To suggest that the only Club "above Spurs" are "God tier" (Barca/Real) is the height of absurdity. He said a "challenge" right? Ffs.

And "having run his contract down" - what you actually mean is he hasn't been forced at gunpoint to sign a contract. Which is his right. So unless you have evidence that he's done a Sol and made assurances to Club and fans that he WILL sign then you are nothing more than a jilted lover throwing his baby toys out of the pram.

How's that for "facetious". Rude prick.

Still shite.

You are strawmanning so hard, it's funny that you think you're making these banging points. Nobody suggested that the only club above Spurs are Barca or Real - hence why it's absurd - because it's come from your brain.

United are one of the biggest clubs in the world, sure. But if he signs for them, you're aware he has to play for them in the present, right? He isn't retrospectively awarded three medals for the treble of '99. You do know that, right, little fella?

He's outright said if nothing comes along that represents a step-up, he'd negotiate a contract. Don't let that stop you giving yourself high blood pressure though.

Seriously, at your age - you need to calm down. Frothing at the mouth, going red in the face at some posts on the internet is going to fuck your heart up.

Edit - laughing at the ages of the members who have 'disliked' this. I'm not saying it's old, guys - I'm saying at that age you are more susceptible to shit like high blood pressure, which is a fact - so going berserk over something as trivial as this is silly.

 

[Phomesy]

Still shite.

You are strawmanning so hard, it's funny that you think you're making these banging points. Nobody suggested that the only club above Spurs are Barca or Real - hence why it's absurd - because it's come from your brain.

United are one of the biggest clubs in the world, sure. But if he signs for them, you're aware he has to play for them in the present, right? He isn't retrospectively awarded three medals for the treble of '99. You do know that, right, little fella?

He's outright said if nothing comes along that represents a step-up, he'd negotiate a contract. Don't let that stop you giving yourself high blood pressure though.

Seriously, at your age - you need to calm down. Frothing at the mouth, going red in the face at some posts on the internet is going to fuck your heart up.

Huh? You're the one chasing me around, neg repping.

All I asked was for people to link to these quotes that make Eriksen seem like a ****. The only quoute does nothing of the sort.

This fantasy you're running with that Eriksen " ran his contract down" like a latter day Sol is just bizarre. Seems like you're the one "frothing", no?

 

[Deleted member 27995]

We should all just stop, seriously. None of the arguments any of us are having are worth it.

 

[Phomesy]

I don't fancy seeing him pull strings in the Utd midfield at all, as frustrating as he has been at times in the past year when he plays well his team generally plays well and fully motivated Eriksen will take a team up a notch...that notch likely surpasses us and makes top 4 all the more difficult to achieve.

Agree which is why it was absurd for Levy to price him out of Europe (if the "130 million" fee is true).

And some people wanted Eriksen to sign a contract - or "not run his contract down". If Levy is really pricing him at 130 million with a year to go when he's been clear FOR YEARS that he'd probably want a move is the Club's fault not Eriksen's.

 

[Scott Spur]

You would have to question how well CE will do at United under the current circumstances though.

If he leaves us, with one of the most loved man motivators in the game and a settled squad, how will he get on there? That place has been toxic at times recently.

Could easily be another Alexis Sanchez

 

[Phomesy]

You would have to question how well CE will do at United under the current circumstances though.

If he leaves us, with one of the most loved man motivators in the game and a settled squad, how will he get on there? That place has been toxic at times recently.

Could easily be another Alexis Sanchez

Eriksen is a thorough professional - and doesn't throw his toys out of the pram. That is the worrying thing about him going to United. Could be the influence that starts them on the road back to quality.

 

[dagraham]

Contracts have been offered and he is not accepting them...its pretty simple

Why is he not accepting them though? I can understand why he isn’t now, but we’ve been hearing talk over the last 2 years about extending his contract. We even got ITK last summer implying he wanted to see our ambition in the transfer market before committing himself. Well we all know how that turned out.

We do find ourselves in a difficult situation, but to believe that we had no influence over any of it and it’s just the player being a **** is looking through rose tinted glasses.

 

[Haddock]

I hate to join the doom brigare but selling Eriksen to United would be a disaster. Eriksen is an improvement on Pogba in my opinion first and foremost you can just look at the statistics; They both average 0.25 goals per game in the PL but Eriksen has a far superior assist and chances created stats. He's more disciplined, he runs more, he presses more, he plays more matches per season etc. Eriksen is just a much better "creator" in the PL and he's exactly what United needs right now. We would pretty much give United a missing piece in their puzzle.

I'm not dissing Pogba by the way. He's a world class talent but I don't feel like he has the work rate or attitude to ever fulfill his talent in Britain.

With Ndombele, Sessegnon + preferably both of GLC and Bruno Fernandes we'd still be a much better team in the long run. Yes, the long run I can absolutely see a scenario where we'd struggle the first part of the season due to all the new players to integrate and gel. Furthermore I'm not certain that Levy sees the financial sense in bringing in say both GLC + BF (...or a player of similar ilk). Right now I'd say the most likely scenario is that Eriksen goes and we'll sign Sessegnon and GLC.

At last, there's some serious hubris going around here. We barely managed to secure a top four finish last season and we have others than ourselves to thank for it. It will be a dog fight between us United, Arsenal and Chelsea. Which is perfectly fine because that's pretty much the level we're at right now. Yeah it's fun to laugh at United and Arsenals EL campaign but it's really a 50/50 toss wether we will be in the same situation next season.