Player watch: Christian Eriksen

[EJWTartanSpur]

I take him at face value in just wanting a change of scenery. It’s understandable. Then of course he wants to move somewhere in Europe that can pay him at least or roughly comparative to what we were offering. With the big Spanish two out of the picture, Inter is right up there in the best of the rest really. Unlike Milan, they have their shit together in terms of an ownership that are ambitious and want to really take the fight to Juve and break their dominance, and they have through the managerial roundabout managed to get a very good manager in with a wealth of experience of winning titles. Great history, fan base, famous stadium and new tax breaks that help. It all adds up to an attractive proposition

 

[tototoner]

He doesn’t realise that Italians are even worse for fucking their mates wife

out of the frying pan into the fire

Good job Icardi no longer there

 

[Montalbano]

I was the black sheep at Spurs - Eriksen

Christian Eriksen says he was "the black sheep" at Tottenham for being "very honest" over running his contract down at the club.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Thenewcat]

I was the black sheep at Spurs - Eriksen

Christian Eriksen says he was "the black sheep" at Tottenham for being "very honest" over running his contract down at the club.

www.bbc.co.uk

To be honest, I don’t have a major problem with anything in there. The only bit I really disagree with is his contention that it didn’t affect his form, but he’s a professional athlete and is never going to recognise that (At least not until later). Christian, you’re a spurs legend but let’s be honest, you were shit for the last 9 months isn’t a question he’s going to answer is it. He should have been sold in the summer, that was Levy’s error

 

[Thenewcat]

I've been to Rome and I thought it was fantastic if Milan is anything like that then it is appealing . I'm from bedford so we grow ip around Italians and I do like their culture and way of life. I London too I've just come back from a weekend in London but if it was Rome vs London it would be Rome.cant speak for Milan

It’s not anything like as appealing. It doesn’t have an ounce of the history or charm. That said, I don’t think it’s a hole like others have suggested, just a run of the mill modern city with good food!

 

[Rocksuperstar]

I was the black sheep at Spurs - Eriksen

Christian Eriksen says he was "the black sheep" at Tottenham for being "very honest" over running his contract down at the club.

www.bbc.co.uk

I know the comments section on the BBC is toxic as balls, but there's no sympathy to be had there.

 

[tototoner]

It’s not anything like as appealing. It doesn’t have an ounce of the history or charm. That said, I don’t think it’s a hole like others have suggested, just a run of the mill modern city with good food!

It's got terrible pollution

Milan car ban: Drivers ignore anti-pollution measure

Police hand out fines to motorists ignoring a ban designed to curb the city's smog problem.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Thenewcat]

I know the comments section on the BBC is toxic as balls, but there's no sympathy to be had there.

You need to get your balls checked by a medical professional urgently.

That said, the BBC comments section is a joke, they should shut it down if they can’t be bothered to moderate.

 

[tiger666]

Nothing wrong at all with what he's said.

 

[Cornpattbuck]

Weird how both Trippier and Eriksen seem to have a hotline to the BBC since they left. Can't remember either talking to the press much while here. There seems to be at least one Trippier interview a week at the moment! Ah well, c'est la vie and good luck to them both.

 

[wrd]

Fuck sake Christian, at least give me something to be offended by.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

To be honest, I don’t have a major problem with anything in there. The only bit I really disagree with is his contention that it didn’t affect his form, but he’s a professional athlete and is never going to recognise that (At least not until later). Christian, you’re a spurs legend but let’s be honest, you were shit for the last 9 months isn’t a question he’s going to answer is it. He should have been sold in the summer, that was Levy’s error

I don't get this. By all accounts the only club that came in for Eriksen in the summer was Man U, and he didn't want to go there, so what was Levy supposed to do?

 

[Thenewcat]

I don't get this. By all accounts the only club that came in for Eriksen in the summer was Man U, and he didn't want to go there, so what was Levy supposed to do?

The only club who enquired about Eriksen at the prices being quoted you mean? Either way, this is on Levy. He should have ponied up for a decent contract in 2018. Our squad went stale because he didn’t invest, and 3 of our first team were allowed to reach the final year of their deals at the same time. That‘s just squad mismanagement

 

[wrd]

I don't get this. By all accounts the only club that came in for Eriksen in the summer was Man U, and he didn't want to go there, so what was Levy supposed to do?

The only thing Levy could have done in hindsight is lower the fee to similar to what we got from Inter to see if clubs like Inter would have been more interested in the summer so we could have moved him on and pulled the trigger on Bruno.

That scenario is dependant however on Eriksens mindset being willing to accept a club like Inter last summer and maybe its taken 6 months for him to accept theres no point waiting for the big boys to be interested.

I dont think there was much Levy could do in this situation, personally think its been quite a unique situation and all you can do is learn from it going forward and make the right choices if a similar situation arises.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

The only club who enquired about Eriksen at the prices being quoted you mean? Either way, this is on Levy. He should have ponied up for a decent contract in 2018. Our squad went stale because he didn’t invest, and 3 of our first team were allowed to reach the final year of their deals at the same time. That‘s just squad mismanagement

Eh? Eriksen was offered parity with Kane, but as has been said many times, it was nothing to do with money, he genuinely wanted a new challenge and to experience a new culture.

Neither you or I know how much Levy was prepared to sell him for in the summer but the fact remains only Man U tried to negotiate so if Eriksen doesn't want to go there you can't pin blame on the chairman.

I agree the squad was allowed to go stale but various sources have said Poch was just as complicit in that as a Levy. We were also building a £1 billion stadium so it wasn't like the club didn't want to spend money for the sake of it.

 

[Hakkz]

The only thing Levy could have done in hindsight is lower the fee to similar to what we got from Inter to see if clubs like Inter would have been more interested in the summer so we could have moved him on and pulled the trigger on Bruno.

That scenario is dependant however on Eriksens mindset being willing to accept a club like Inter last summer and maybe its taken 6 months for him to accept theres no point waiting for the big boys to be interested.

I dont think there was much Levy could do in this situation, personally think its been quite a unique situation and all you can do is learn from it going forward and make the right choices if a similar situation arises.

That also requires the clubs to actually bid at that lowered price, and not try to fuck around and get him even cheaper once they've smelled blood (Levy willing to take a smaller hit).

 

[Thenewcat]

The only thing Levy could have done in hindsight is lower the fee to similar to what we got from Inter to see if clubs like Inter would have been more interested in the summer so we could have moved him on and pulled the trigger on Bruno.

That scenario is dependant however on Eriksens mindset being willing to accept a club like Inter last summer and maybe its taken 6 months for him to accept theres no point waiting for the big boys to be interested.

I dont think there was much Levy could do in this situation, personally think its been quite a unique situation and all you can do is learn from it going forward and make the right choices if a similar situation arises.

So unique that we also had Alderweireld and Vertonghen on expiring contracts and Rose publically telling everyone he won’t sign another one as well. Funny how that doesn’t happen to everyone else isn’t it? I’m not a Levy hater by any means but he stuffed up royally between summer 2018 and 2019. Eriksen is just one part of that but people act like he’s the one responsible for the team’s decline

 

[spursfan77]

So unique that we also had Alderweireld and Vertonghen on expiring contracts and Rose publically telling everyone he won’t sign another one as well. Funny how that doesn’t happen to everyone else isn’t it? I’m not a Levy hater by any means but he stuffed up royally between summer 2018 and 2019. Eriksen is just one part of that but people act like he’s the one responsible for the team’s decline

I’m not sure fans did initially. It was more a media driven narrative that those with a year left on their contracts were being troublesome. Turns out both Toby and jan didn’t/don’t want to leave and Eriksen was the only one who did. Rose was obviously the troublemaker.

Both are gone now and we can move on. I’ve nothing against Eriksen. He could of played better but I’d seen other periods of his spurs career where he hadn’t hit the heights so it was nothing new to me.

 

[wrd]

So unique that we also had Alderweireld and Vertonghen on expiring contracts and Rose publically telling everyone he won’t sign another one as well. Funny how that doesn’t happen to everyone else isn’t it? I’m not a Levy hater by any means but he stuffed up royally between summer 2018 and 2019. Eriksen is just one part of that but people act like he’s the one responsible for the team’s decline

Unfortunately all those issues happened at the same time, obviously Levy has to take some responsibility simply because he's the boss but I can understand how the Eriksen and Jan situation arose. We may have learnt that we dont have a choice in the future if we receive a big offer other than to sell if they don't sign a new deal right away. We will see but this is the first time this situation has happened under Levy and other clubs have faced similar recently so all we can do is hope we learn. What's done is done.

 

[philll]

Fuck sake Christian, at least give me something to be offended by.