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Transfers January 2019 transfer thread
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We have always been on borrowed time with Eriksen, unfortunately. My only annoyance is if we have allowed/allow his transfer value to slip away.
He was always destined for Barca, he’s talked about playing for them since his Ajax days. It’ll happen sooner or later so we should already be well into contingency planning.
Eriksen has been with us 6 years. If he wants to move on then I for one say thank you and good luck
Top player, good guy, deserves the best
Amazing thing is how cheaply Levy has got away with paying Eriksen. Currently on 70k a week apparently but for a long while he was on 40k a week. Cheap as chips
Top player, good guy, deserves the best
Amazing thing is how cheaply Levy has got away with paying Eriksen. Currently on 70k a week apparently but for a long while he was on 40k a week. Cheap as chips
If you look at our situation, as in the precarious nature of Eriksen's contract, you would think we would do our utmost to secure signings.
We are building for the future but we need to be careful of not having a good enough side to compete in the short term.
Eriksen's loss without a good replacement would be reckless. Leave it to the summer and we compete with all other clubs and I am not convinced that works.
We are building for the future but we need to be careful of not having a good enough side to compete in the short term.
Eriksen's loss without a good replacement would be reckless. Leave it to the summer and we compete with all other clubs and I am not convinced that works.
Yeah, Barcelona choose Coutinho and that's the end of Eriksen going there.
Real Madrid will go for Hazard 100%, they lack goals, and can't afford spending 300M in the summer.
If Eriksen really does leave we should do everything to sign havertz
Our best bet is to flog him in the summer and try and get close to £100 million (simply from compeition for his signature).
Unfortunately, if it's Barca alone he is after, they might look to run his contract down and get him in 2020 on a free (rather like Rabiot). Although I'd be surprised if they took that risk.
Anyway, we should enjoy him while he's here, and if he does end up resigning, it will be magic.
Hazard can play alongside Eriksen i think, and never underestimate the spending capabilities of Madrid
Especially if they sell Bale and Benzema, which isn't unlikely.
They have Isco, Modric and Ceballos on similar positions. And stadium rebuild to come. Hazard would cost 150-200M, Eriksen too. FFP has their saying. It can't be like PSG with Neymar/Mbappe cause different situations.
Plus Modric will be off, so there's nothing to stop them using him in a deeper role. And I imagine Isco will end up at Juve or City.
That’s exactly my fear. And the truth is that, whilst it’s nice to think he would help the club out, Eriksen is a dispassionate type. He cost peanuts and has served the club well. He’ll do whatever makes financial/career sense as his next step.
Our only Hail Mary is that we can find a good looking offer and other options aren’t ready for him atm.
And the selling clubs will know we're desperate.
Very true.
There is the hope Eriksen stays. Nobody should rule that out but if we need a playmaker then waiting carries a huge risk.
We are in such a great position as a club yet tester on a tightrope.
Manager, Alderweireld (not such an issue but hardly a good situation) and now Eriksen.
It is the power of the top players right here because at this stage Eriksen only loses out if he suffers a serious injury.
Call it crazy blue-sky thinking, but we could also pay one of the world's best playmakers what he's worth.
It's not like you can just go and pick up a like-for-like replacement whenever you want.
Maybe we have offered him what he's worth?
Best sell him then, the cunt.
I'm sure we can pick up a cheap teenager from Walsall who can do a job