Eriksen to Juventus
Eriksen to Juventus
Paul Pogba is apparently getting closer to signing a new contract at Manchester United, according to Spanish sources and that means Christian Eriksen is getting closer to joining Gareth Bale.
According to AS, Tottenham has offered Eriksen an 8m annual salary, which equates to 153,846 weekly, presumably, that is either after-tax or before bonuses if we believe the figures in the British press.
Currently, the Danish midfielder can negotiate and sign for interested parties in January, ahead of a free move next summer. Juventus, Inter Milan, PSG, Manchester United and Atlético Madrid are all watching his situation.
I can't see that he would possibly be interested in Inter Milan or Manchester United as they would both be a step-down and not provide what he is after, which is trophies. Real Madrid will remain his favourite destination but Juventus has a history of signing top-level free agents and I can see him ending up there.
Toby Alderweireld, together with Manchester United trio David de Gea, Eric Bailly and Nemanja Matic are all also available on free transfers next summer.
Tottenham's injury troubles continue with Giovani Lo Celso not fit enough to start for Spurs but does for Argentina and is the victim of a dreadful over the top foul that should have see a Chile player sent off.
He trod down on Lo Celso's ankle and while he continued he eventually had to come off. Subsequently, he has sustained a groin injury and returned to Spurs for treatment. It is thought he will be out for 6/7 weeks, so November, which now puts pressure on Eriksen to perform.
Groin strains can be caused by general wear and tear, thus not having enough rest or trying to do too much when you are not fit enough yet to do it can cause injury. Tired or weak muscles (muscle fatigue) are more likely to get injured, particularly is overstretching.
Sudden changes in direction or sudden sprinting are the most common causes and rest will allow the muscles to heal. Among European football players, they account for 23% of injuries behind top spot hamstrings 37%.
Mauricio Pochettino said he was nowhere near match fit and that has been demonstrated by playing for Argentina and coming back injured. Pochettino will not be very happy privately, whatever he says publicly.
He wasn't very happy with Kieran Trippier who appeared to have a groin injury on 11 July 2018 in extra-time in the World Cup semi-final, which clearly demonstrated he was fatigued, yet played 4 days later in the meaningless 3rd/4th place play-off when others could have played.
He came back to Spurs and basically played most of the season carrying an injury and having to manage it.
Just because a player is on the bench doesn't mean he is fit. He still needs to be eased back into playing if coming back from an injury.
Tottenham sent a scout to watch 25-year-old (26 next April) Kosivan striker Vedat Muriqi. He is being watched by Italian sides Napoli, Lazio and Fiorentina.
Czech Republic manager Jaroslav Šilhavý said of him: "He was unstoppable, we had no solution on how to deal with him" as his side lost 2-1 at the weekend.
"Me, my teammates, and all the staff, are ready to die on the field. We'll try to give 1000 % for this shirt and for this country," Muriqi told reporters.
He signed for Turkish Süper Lig Fenerbahçe in the summer and has scored 2 goals in 3 games for them.
I didn't watch the England game so have no idea how he performed against us.
Tottenham's injury troubles continue with Giovani Lo Celso not fit enough to start for Spurs but does for Argentina and is the victim of a dreadful over the top foul that should have see a Chile player sent off.
He trod down on Lo Celso's ankle and while he continued he eventually had to come off. Subsequently, he has sustained a groin injury and returned to Spurs for treatment. It is thought he will be out for 6/7 weeks, so November, which now puts pressure on Eriksen to perform.
Groin strains can be caused by general wear and tear, thus not having enough rest or trying to do too much when you are not fit enough yet to do it can cause injury. Tired or weak muscles (muscle fatigue) are more likely to get injured, particularly is overstretching.
Sudden changes in direction or sudden sprinting are the most common causes and rest will allow the muscles to heal. Among European football players, they account for 23% of injuries behind top spot hamstrings 37%.
Mauricio Pochettino said he was nowhere near match fit and that has been demonstrated by playing for Argentina and coming back injured. Pochettino will not be very happy privately, whatever he says publicly.
He wasn't very happy with Kieran Trippier who appeared to have a groin injury on 11 July 2018 in extra-time in the World Cup semi-final, which clearly demonstrated he was fatigued, yet played 4 days later in the meaningless 3rd/4th place play-off when others could have played.
He came back to Spurs and basically played most of the season carrying an injury and having to manage it.
Just because a player is on the bench doesn't mean he is fit. He still needs to be eased back into playing if coming back from an injury.
Tottenham sent a scout to watch 25-year-old (26 next April) Kosivan striker Vedat Muriqi. He is being watched by Italian sides Napoli, Lazio and Fiorentina.
Czech Republic manager Jaroslav Šilhavý said of him: "He was unstoppable, we had no solution on how to deal with him" as his side lost 2-1 at the weekend.
"Me, my teammates, and all the staff, are ready to die on the field. We'll try to give 1000 % for this shirt and for this country," Muriqi told reporters.
He signed for Turkish Süper Lig Fenerbahçe in the summer and has scored 2 goals in 3 games for them.
I didn't watch the England game so have no idea how he performed against us.
COYS
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England were a classic illustration of motivation being such an important factor in football. After we carelessly let Kosovo score we were on fire. Forward passing; dynamic runs; intelligent movement off the ball finding space. All were on show for the rest of that half - reflecting the 5-1 scoreline.
In the second half the difference was seismic. We conceded very careless goals again early on but due to our existing lead (it seems) the dynamic forward play, though there on occasion, was few and far between.
The number of passes that went sideways and backwards from the backs and midfield, even when there were clearly fairly straightforward balls that would take us forward, was uncountable.
Some players, particularly forwards mostly, had very impressive games and showed as world class. For a number of years, when others were saying how great he was, I called Raheem Stirling for being fast but pretty unreliable in front of goal - in spite of scoring many for Shitty even…
I happen to believe that though these issues are real and need to be dealt with for us to be a world class team, the stronger the opposition are - the less these particular problems will affect our game.
Like Spurs of old, we'll always have the possibility to score with our front line. Also, the issue based on lack of concentration and discipline at the back will be nullified by having much more defending to do generally.
Not all doom & gloom but certainly a very clear indication that many of those players who played on Tuesday have work to do to play at the level we expect of them. Maybe even that the manager needs to have a rethink about how he sets up to play different types of teams.
COYS!!