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Phomesy

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People are really overreacting IMO to this situation, he wants to go to the best clubs in the world, not for our rivals like Modric

Overreacting is one word for how some people are reacting :ROFLMAO:

I’d also like to know what people think is meant by “pissy” and what evidence they have for this meaning Eriksen has gone all Pogba on us. I’d suggest somewhere between “none” and “zero” but maybe I’m reading the wrong media and somewhere out there Christian Eriksen is wildly briefing his transfer request and general distaste for all things Spurs :rolleyes:
 

Phomesy

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How much did we pay for Eriksen? 8m? 11m?
If RM don't want to pay our value and he wants to act like a little bitch, then fuck them and fuck him too.
We've had 6 years out of him on a pretty low wage, so if he wants to see out his contract then that's fine by me.
Let's see how many big clubs want him after a season of League Cup games and Monday night shitters?!

Because this type of attitude to workplace relations would be a spectacular way of attracting future young talent to our team.
 

McFlash

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Because this type of attitude to workplace relations would be a spectacular way of attracting future young talent to our team.
Like you said earlier, no-one knows what getting "pissy" means.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love for a motivated Eriksen to stay. I also don't really mind if he leaves either.

My main point was, that should he decide to run down his contract, we haven't really lost a lot of money.
Also, if he stays and doesn't sign an extension, he can hardly expect to be starting over new, committed players, whilst waiting to leave on a free.

Granted, I could have put it more eloquently but I'd just been listening to Nas' Illmatic and it brought out the 19 year old me! Gangsta baby :oops:
 
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TEESSIDE1

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Because this type of attitude to workplace relations would be a spectacular way of attracting future young talent to our team.

What’s the alternative? Let a £100m asset leave for £30-40m? It sets a bad precedent. No one player is bigger than the club... Real either make a realistic offer or he stays and looks in the mirror playing with his quiff for a year.
 

WiganSpur

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It makes sense to get Lo Celso in this week, even if he will have a few weeks off as he's probably going to be in the first team from the off. The main thing now is that our first XI will have some familiarity for the first game with Ndombele and GLC at least playing in one or two friendlies with a couple of weeks of training. Other signings like Sessegnon and depth players can probably wait until the final week, as long as they get done eventually.
 

Lighty64

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I would lose all respect for Eriksen if he ends up joining RM to be a rotation player.

In my eyes he is already a weakling for asking for the transfer considering in what great position we are in and isn't even remotely close to the transfers of Berbatov, Modric, or Bale who were at teams that couldn't even make Top 4 so I understood them wanting to get to teams that are winning and we were miles away from that at those times. But asking for a transfer now after making the CL final, just oozes of p***y like behavior and if he actually ends up being a squad player, its going to be one of the most pathetic moves a player of his caliber has chosen to do.

after 4 seasons of hardly missing a match, perhaps he would be happy to have a few seasons being rotated.

with the money RM have spent this season even if they where very interested they can't spend much more without selling a few, and knowing he only has 1 year left leaves them in a strong position. Levy has to decide to let him go for a lot lower fee, or pay a player that will take up a squad place, and might not give the effort required, though if we get Lo Celso and Ceballos then he will have to step up his game to get in the 18.

the annoying thing is, so many have moaned about him last season, yet he played a massive part and had a good record on the assist and goals column that got us 4th
 

Phomesy

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What’s the alternative? Let a £100m asset leave for £30-40m? It sets a bad precedent. No one player is bigger than the club... Real either make a realistic offer or he stays and looks in the mirror playing with his quiff for a year.
The alternative is not to act like a bunch of crying tantrum babies. Which I’m sure Levy is so it’s all good.
 

mil1lion

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No hard feelings towards Eriksen. He has been great for us but he hasn't won trophy. The same for Toby. At the end of the day they're at a stage in their career where they just want to win trophies. Top players deserve that. I appreciate Eriksen didn't have his best season but he wasn't the only one. If we sign 2 top young prospects then I'm more than happy.
 

kaz Hirai

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With only a year left on his contract wouldn't expect anymore than 45 million for him .
Even if he had 6 years left, couldn't see Madrid playing more than 70 million. His brand isn't flashy enough for that club

Hope the club are being reasonable, and deal quickly. no point keeping a moody disinterested player around for when pre season starts
 

BringBack_leGin

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Hazard just went for 130 mill including bonuses, why should we then just accept 45 million when that precedent has been set.
Because Eriksen shirks challenges and was worse than Jason Dozzell last year, haven’t you been keeping up?
 

Duskwen

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No hard feelings towards Eriksen. He has been great for us but he hasn't won trophy. The same for Toby. At the end of the day they're at a stage in their career where they just want to win trophies. Top players deserve that. I appreciate Eriksen didn't have his best season but he wasn't the only one. If we sign 2 top young prospects then I'm more than happy.

I don't like this idea that they will now have to move to win trophies, when they had the chance to win the biggest one a month ago, and frankly Eriksen (and Alli) were rubbish in the match, and had they turned up they would have have won one.
 

Lighty64

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To a certain extent it is our fault. If we have a chairman who loves to get the maximum value from selling players, you do not simply let them run their contract down. We knew last summer Toby refused to sign a new contract. No reason why Levy could have tried to sell him for more than the 25 mill we will get now.

When a player has one year left on their deal they hold the key. They can force us to take a poor deal rather than missing out and letting him go for free.

Yes they refused to sign new deals but it’s silly to say “we did not let it come to that”. Levy could have cashed in on Toby last summer after his agent tried to play games. He could have sat down with Eriksen and seen where he stood. Asked him does he want to stay long term or not. Then offer him a contract and if he doesn’t sign it by a certain time frame, sell him.

I love both of them and personally I am glad we kept them this last season. But from a business perspective if you were looking to sell them for as much money as possible, we could have done more last summer to avoid where we are at now.

that is so wrong.

we didn't sell Toby last year, because 1, Man U wouldn't pay our fee which selling to a rival you don't sell cheap to strengthen them, plus no other club wanted to match his wage demands.

As far as I know Eriksen has always had a dream to play for RM. if he turned down contracts last season it's because he is now approaching an age that, that dream is getting to a stage of being a No, No if he doesn't do it soon. RM don't buy 28-30year old players. Unless Madrid had tried to buy him last season then we don't have the option to sell him, unless he was willing to go elsewhere.

I don't think enough people realise, now days players have more power than a club, unless that club is willing to pay their wages but not include them
 

stormfly

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Eriksen could be Madrid’s new Gravesen who wouldn’t want to follow in those footsteps? I honestly wish him the best. He will be a massive miss for us but I appreciate all he has done for us and he deserves his dream move. If I was decent at football and playing for Madrid I wouldn’t want them getting in the way of my dream move to Spurs after years of good service. Hopefully this gets sorted in the next couple of weeks one way or another.
 
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mike_l

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What’s the alternative? Let a £100m asset leave for £30-40m? It sets a bad precedent. No one player is bigger than the club... Real either make a realistic offer or he stays and looks in the mirror playing with his quiff for a year.
And then have him leave for nothing? Ingenious plan...
 

nailsy

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That's a fair comment. We shouldn't roll over on the price though, outside Harry, he is our most valuable player. I guess he goes for what we ask, or he stay and signs a new contract. (as previous ITK information as suggest he would do)

I don't really know how clubs perceive money lost to be honest. Yes we could lose out on 50 million which can be re-invested, at the same time we brought him for 11 million, in which we probably got at least 10 times the value out of him. Guess it also depends on Eriksen's attitude in the next year if he does decide not to re-commit.

I think Hercules has suggested that he may have changed guys mind about that.
 

yankspurs

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I’m shocked that a player whose had an arm, leg and their head out the door in Madrid since January is getting pissy:rolleyes:
 

Sandros Shiny Head

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I like how people believed he would sign a new contract if he didn’t get a move. It was obvious from before a Christmas he wanted to leave but he’s not man enough to actually say it
 

Hoopspur

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I like how people believed he would sign a new contract if he didn’t get a move. It was obvious from before a Christmas he wanted to leave but he’s not man enough to actually say it
So you are categorically saying that he won't? Wait and see before making those types of statements.
 

ackie

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It could end up a cash plus player either on loan or loan with option to buy.
We have had itk on Eriksen and Ceballos.
Maybe CE to RM cash and player like ceballos in loan...
I think it's time to let CE go now anyway... For the right price.
 

TEESSIDE1

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And then have him leave for nothing? Ingenious plan...

Yes. Cave in for Eriksen and others will follow suit. With clubs pricing players out of moves we’ve started to see a swing in players running down their contracts and leaving for nothing. Eriksen is doing himself no favours here.
 
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