You're being pretty selective there. The whole quote says:
"In an ideal world no decent player would leave on a free but it's not an ideal world is it? We paid buttons for Eriksen and have received several times his weight in gold back. There's very little to complain about if he goes on a free.
I haven't at any time said I want Eriksen to go on a free or that I'm happy we won't get anything for him. I've just accepted the fact that he holds all the cards and that he clearly planned it that way in order to have complete freedom over his own life. There's nothing the Club can do about that.
Selective? I didn´t say I disagree with your whole post. I disagree with that one sentence.
Of course there are things the club could have done. Everything from telling him 1 year ago he wouldn´t play unless he signed a new deal etc. Not suggesting they should have done so, but clearly there are things that "could have been done". CP managed to get Zaha signed. AV managed to get Grealish signed etc. it is possible to convince players - to either sign or leave.
I too accept what is happening, but I´m not pretending it won´t have consequences (as seemingly many are on here).
My opinion is that you have to be ruthless in such situations. I see many disagree with me - which obviously is fine - kind of the point of a message board like this. Maybe it is because I´m a hockey fan as well. In the NHL, with no transfer fees, you cannot give away value for nothing. If a player is not signing you rather trade him for a worse player just to keep some value instead of letting someone walk for free (of course some still walk for free there as well, but the emphasis is different). I guess it is a positive thing when fans think 30-40-50m is peanuts. Says a lot about how far the club has come at least.