Tottenham Transfer Talk: The Christian Eriksen Story
Tottenham Transfer Talk: The Christian Eriksen Story
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| The Christian Eriksen Story |
I'm repeating myself, really for new followers who haven't been with me all summer.
It is really right out in the open now that Christian Eriksen is having a major moody since his move to Real Madrid didn't materialise.
Fiorentino Perez assured him he wanted to buy him this summer, last summer and Eriksen told Spurs he wanted to leave at the end of the season.
He didn't sign a new contract extension.
You only get wage increases at Spurs if you sign a contract extension, that is why some players are on lower wages than you would expect, not because we aren't offering them an increase.
Toby Alderweireld (£80,000-a-week) shot himself in the foot as nobody will buy him, Eriksen (£75,000-a-week) keeps refusing so his wages are his own fault and Danny Rose (£60,000-a-week) is the same, his wages are down to him not signing an extension.
The club gets players to sign an extension to protect their transfer fee. The longer a contract the more a player is worth, less years on a contract and their price comes down.
That is why Alderweireld, Rose and Eriksen haven't signed, they have been reducing their transfer fee, but nobody wants to buy them now as the game is about buying youth and developing it.
Everyone now wants the top young talent, nobody wants to buy a player they can no longer sell and get their money back at least. It's dead money, wasted money unless it has an end goal, a trophy or qualification for the Champions League and the money it generates.
Eriksen refused the contract offer that was on the table, publicly made it known he wanted a 'new challenge' meaning a transfer to Real Madrid and was made to look a bit foolish when it became clear, again as I kept pointing out since April, that Zidane doesn't want him, doesn't rate him.
Remember my piece about Eriksen failing his Real Madrid audition in the Champions League Final. His chance to show Zidane what he could do in a big game and he went into hiding.
Remember my piece about Eriksen failing his Real Madrid audition in the Champions League Final. His chance to show Zidane what he could do in a big game and he went into hiding.
At the meeting with Pochettino and Levy just before the players returned to training at the beginning of July, Pochettino told Eriksen that if he didn't sign the new deal he would not be an automatic first choice next season, same as he told Alderweireld.
Nobody has come in for Eriksen, who only really wanted Barcelona or Real Madrid anyway. The Dane started getting moody, we offered him another improved deal which he agreed verbally and understandably waited to see if Real Madrid would try to buy him.
They haven't and you can imagine he is a bit peeved. He has dug a hole for himself. If he stays he is on the bench as basically, he is stitching the club up over a transfer fee when we have developed him into the player he is now.
He has since told the club he will not be signing the new, new deal.
His performance against Inter Milan was of a player who couldn't care less. Indeed his penalty and the shocking effort in the Bayern Munich game simply demonstrated a player messing about.
I watched him with my coaches hat on against Inter and I was appalled by what I was witnessing.
I saw a player going through the motions. When we were defending the goal to the left in the second half, in our own half, Eriksen came towards the Inter player with the ball seemingly with intent, BUT, as soon as the guy had gone past, Eriksen just kept jogging forward, not turn and chase back.
He was deliberately taking himself out of the game, deliberately putting distance between himself, our goal and the man with the ball so he could take no part in subsequent events. Utterly disgraceful attitude to show our youngsters.
He did this on more than one occasion.
Then the penalty and he rubs his head clearly feeling embarrassed, his body language showed that.
The question for Pochettino, who will not have been amused, is, is this a temporary strop while the transfer window is open or a permanent my head is not here strop?
If he is not going to sign a new contract then he has to go and the money used for a replacement. If Manchester United are the only club who come in for him, then quite frankly we have no choice, he'll have to be sold there.
A player who doesn't want to be here is of no use and it would take a turnaround in attitude, an apology and the signing of a new contract to change that.
4 comments
COYS!!
This guy quit on his team down the stretch last year. Not a Levy flag-waiver by any stretch but I'd have no problem nailing his ass to the bench and keeping him from Manure. Other clubs will come in on the cheap after 8/8 and I think they should tie down Bruno, Gio and Sess with what they'd expect to receive elsewhere in Europe once the Dead Devils are shut out. NEVER sell to United. Never!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
on average. Keep looking with your coaches hat on, maybe you want to study the manager while you at it and realise he has not grown much with game management.