Player watch: Christian Eriksen

[robertgoulet]

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...-celso-before-transfer-deadline-a4204031.html

Dan KP says we are pushing to buy one of Lo Celso or Fernandes as we may have to sell Erisken after the PL deadline

Have to imagine this is a leak from the club to put the screws to both Betis and Sporting, but that we would go after both if we thought Eriksen was going to leave. Club isn’t that stupid.

 

[RikkiRocket]

according to Marcelo Bechler, MARCA and AS, Ajax accepted Real's offer for Donny van de Beek.

Eriksen will have his nose put out with this news I’d say.

 

[yankspurs]

Eriksen will have his nose put out with this news I’d say.

He’ll be inconsolable

 

[wrd]

I love Eriksen but frankly, he just doesn’t want to stay at Spurs for the rest of his prime, which he would do if he signed a deal, and after six years of service for a low transfer fee and half the wages he could’ve earns elsewhere in at least the last three years, I can live with that.

I don’t think Eriksen or the club have done anything wrong, they just want different things it seems, it happens.

I fully trust the club to ensure that we have a strong quota of attacking players this time next week, even if it is fucking around

Yeah there is absolutely nothing the club can do that they already haven't in regards to Eriksen and Toby now. Players are running down their deals it's the way football transfers as a whole are going. It's fine for them to do that in my eyes, they've given great service but we have to absolutely try get Eriksen out for a fee otherwise we won't have the resources to replace his quality in my opinion. Difficult when the phone isn't ringing though.

I'd say I have a slightly different opinion to you in terms of if we get only one of Lo Celso/Fernandes, I believe to move forward we need to replace Eriksen with two because with the lack of depth we have run him into the ground so one in one out doesn't feel enough for me and that's why I'm desperate for that phone to start ringing. If it doesn't I think we're in a position where we sign one and lose Eriksen for cheap once the window closes meaning we can't afford to add that depth signing.

We're in a difficult situation but it's not down to fucking around, I'd argue the only chance we have of pulling it off is if Levy gets his negotiations right to bring down the price on the first deal so we have the finances to do another.

 

[Stamford]

We're in the exact situation in the last days of the window we were told we wouldn't be in. Why do I get drawn in every summer

 

[wrd]

We're in the exact situation in the last days of the window we were told we wouldn't be in. Why do I get drawn in every summer

Unfulfilling day to day life? Or was it rhetorical

 

[dagraham]

If we can get one of them, with Sessegnon too, it leaves us with Son, Lucas, Sessegnon, Dele, Lamela and GLC/ Bruno as AM3 options, with Winks, Sissoko, Ndombele, Skipp, Dier as CM2 options.

That’s not depressing, that’s fucking awesome.

As long as two AM/ Wingers come in and one of them is GLC, I don’t care who the other person is.

Not sure what the signing of Seeesgnon has to do with Eriksen. If you're happy with that overall outcome then cool. Imo though we've needed an alternative to Eriksen and someone who can push him ( and maybe even play with him sometimes). We've needed that for years. In this scenario, not only do we not get that, but we replace Eriksen with a worse player.

That's not improving. It's even weaker for me, even if you factor in the signing of Ndombele.

 

[yankspurs]

We're in the exact situation in the last days of the window we were told we wouldn't be in. Why do I get drawn in every summer

Death, taxes, Spurs scrambling at the end of a transfer window.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Not sure what the signing of Seeesgnon has to do with Eriksen. If you're happy with that overall outcome then cool. Imo though we've needed an alternative to Eriksen and someone who can push him ( and maybe even play with him sometimes). We've needed that for years. In this scenario, not only do we not get that, but we replace Eriksen with a worse player.

That's not improving. It's even weaker for me, even if you factor in the signing of Ndombele.

Onions I guess. To my mind we have a finite amount of squad space, play with three AMs so three number tens and three wide plays all of whom are good makes for balance, quality and depth.

We all have different outlooks.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

Yeah there is absolutely nothing the club can do that they already haven't in regards to Eriksen and Toby now. Players are running down their deals it's the way football transfers as a whole are going. It's fine for them to do that in my eyes, they've given great service but we have to absolutely try get Eriksen out for a fee otherwise we won't have the resources to replace his quality in my opinion. Difficult when the phone isn't ringing though.

I'd say I have a slightly different opinion to you in terms of if we get only one of Lo Celso/Fernandes, I believe to move forward we need to replace Eriksen with two because with the lack of depth we have run him into the ground so one in one out doesn't feel enough for me and that's why I'm desperate for that phone to start ringing. If it doesn't I think we're in a position where we sign one and lose Eriksen for cheap once the window closes meaning we can't afford to add that depth signing.

We're in a difficult situation but it's not down to fucking around, I'd argue the only chance we have of pulling it off is if Levy gets his negotiations right to bring down the price on the first deal so we have the finances to do another.

Spot on.

 

[Trotter]

If there's a club in the prem that has improved more over the last 10-15 years not named Man City Id like to know who it is. Maybe Leicester but nobody else comes to mind.

Well Bournemouth certainly have, and probably Watford, Wolves and few others also.
Start point for period you are stating we were a European side anyway and actually won a trophy.

 

[SpartanSpur]

Not sure what the signing of Seeesgnon has to do with Eriksen. If you're happy with that overall outcome then cool. Imo though we've needed an alternative to Eriksen and someone who can push him ( and maybe even play with him sometimes). We've needed that for years. In this scenario, not only do we not get that, but we replace Eriksen with a worse player.

That's not improving. It's even weaker for me, even if you factor in the signing of Ndombele.

I do think at the start of the window I said that getting Ndombele and Lo Celso for Eriksen was about as good as we can hope for, but after being told on multiple occasions that GLC was NOT an Eriksen replacement that opinion has changed.

Signing one to replace Eriksen is OK... If we want to tread water in 3rd/4th. I'm not convinced that is what Poch and our better players are hoping for in terms of the club's ambition however.

 

[Zoidy]

Ok so Leicester won the league, which can't be taken away. But they really failed to capitalise on it, just slowly sold all of their best assets. Don't get me wrong, what happened regarding their owner was a tragedy, but feel the point remains.

 

[gorgeous george]

If we can get one of them, with Sessegnon too, it leaves us with Son, Lucas, Sessegnon, Dele, Lamela and GLC/ Bruno as AM3 options, with Winks, Sissoko, Ndombele, Skipp, Dier as CM2 options.

That’s not depressing, that’s fucking awesome.

As long as two AM/ Wingers come in and one of them is GLC, I don’t care who the other person is.

But compared to last year in reality it's just one extra player , ND. U lose ce for a replacement who has to be bedded in and may be inferior. And u have a kid in sess that still has a lot to prove at this level. Depending on how the rose scenario plays out after the UK deadline has closed Sess could also be the left back. So that takes from am options. Plus Lorente for all his ills has gone as an option.
A lot of the problem is with the clubs themselves agreeing to close their window before everyone else. It's crazy stuff . Leaves us totally exposed in the ce scenario.

 

[dagraham]

I do think at the start of the window I said that getting Ndombele and Lo Celso for Eriksen was about as good as we can hope for, but after being told on multiple occasions that GLC was NOT an Eriksen replacement that opinion has changed.

Signing one to replace Eriksen is OK... If we want to tread water in 3rd/4th. I'm not convinced that is what Poch and our better players are hoping for in terms of the club's ambition however.

Yeah Ndombele is a great signing, but the Dembele replacement that we needed sooner. And whilst GLC or Fernandes may be good players, they could also be huge flops.

I also think to go up a level we have to get out of this mentality of just one in/one out replacing players when we are forced to ( such as the physical demise of Dembele and Erisken's contract situation). We need to go beyond that and create true competition with players on similar levels.

 

[ilya]

Sell him to Psg so they can give up their share on GLC.

 

[S17PUR]

Might be total nonsense (and probably is), but a United supporting friend in work has suggested that there are a couple of rumours on the United side that they're not pursuing Fernandes as much right now as there's a suggestion that Eriksen might be available.

Would be pretty devastating to see Eriksen in a United shirt, so hopefully it's rubbish. That said, if Eriksen refuses to sign a new contract and United were the only team to bid for him, I suspect Levy would deal rather than risk losing him for nothing.

 

[BringBack_leGin]

But compared to last year in reality it's just one extra player , ND. U lose ce for a replacement who has to be bedded in and may be inferior. And u have a kid in sess that still has a lot to prove at this level. Depending on how the rose scenario plays out after the UK deadline has closed Sess could also be the left back. So that takes from am options. Plus Lorente for all his ills has gone as an option.
A lot of the problem is with the clubs themselves agreeing to close their window before everyone else. It's crazy stuff . Leaves us totally exposed in the ce scenario.

It’s not about ‘well CE is an 8/10 player so we have to replace him with another 8/10 player’ though. It’s about shaking things up, adapting the system to different players strengths, and hopefully seeing other players step up.

Liverpool never actually replaced Coutinho you know, yet they became a far better side without him because the manager devised a system, other players stepped up and he addressed key areas.

As long as we have depth in quality options, we are currently one player away from where we need to be in that part of the pitch, two if Eriksen leaves. Lo Celso does in my opinion have to be brought in whatever happens, and if Eriksen then leaves, then he doesn’t need to be replaced with another Eriksen. He just needs to be replaced with someone who gives Pochettino a viable attacking option.

 

[SpartanSpur]

Might be total nonsense (and probably is), but a United supporting friend in work has suggested that there are a couple of rumours on the United side that they're not pursuing Fernandes as much right now as there's a suggestion that Eriksen might be available.

Would be pretty devastating to see Eriksen in a United shirt, so hopefully it's rubbish. That said, if Eriksen refuses to sign a new contract and United were the only team to bid for him, I suspect Levy would deal rather than risk losing him for nothing.

I can see why Levy would want to sell Eriksen to Utd (because of the contract situation), but I have no idea why Eriksen would go for it. Joining them does nothing for his dream of playing for one of the Spanish elite, and are they even a better option than us currently? I genuinely believe he's not about the money. He'd have to be pretty unhappy here to move to them, which doesn't seem the case, so I'd be pretty shocked if it happened.

 

[dagraham]

Might be total nonsense (and probably is), but a United supporting friend in work has suggested that there are a couple of rumours on the United side that they're not pursuing Fernandes as much right now as there's a suggestion that Eriksen might be available.

Would be pretty devastating to see Eriksen in a United shirt, so hopefully it's rubbish. That said, if Eriksen refuses to sign a new contract and United were the only team to bid for him, I suspect Levy would deal rather than risk losing him for nothing.

Has been my fear for a while. A complete disaster if it happened.