Might be worth a punt.
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Just a rumor, but I doubt we can hope there was a sell-on clause.
Eriksen to leave Inter already?
Christian Eriksen could be on his way out of Internazionale just six months after joining the club from Tottenham Hotspur.
The Mail, citing reports in Italy, suggests that the Nerazzurri are willing to listen to offers for the Denmark international after he has failed to impress under Antonio Conte at the San Siro.
The 28-year-old has struggled for form since his move in January and was even dropped to the bench for the recent 3-1 victory over Torino, with Conte himself hinting that Eriksen's reputation isn't enough for him to guarantee a starting place.
Inter are said to be willing to listen to offers of around £55 million.
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Might be worth a punt.
This should be given some serious consideration.
IF he thought that the grass was always greener then that might have explained his head not being in the right place.
Now that he knows that the grass isn't always greener he might come back a rekindle his magic.
MMoot anyway as we probably wouldn't be able to afford his wages and there's no way Levy would pay a fee for him
Christ. This doesn't read well.
Eriksen himself told La Gazzetta dello Sport: “In my last few months at Tottenham, they told me: ‘Go out and try to make something happen’. It’s not like that here. Conte was immediately very direct with me. He told me where he sees me on the pitch and what he wants from me with and without the ball. It’s all a lot more organised. And yes, the training is hard, but I’m ready.”
theathletic.co.uk
Eriksen himself told La Gazzetta dello Sport: “In my last few months at Tottenham, they told me: ‘Go out and try to make something happen’. It’s not like that here. Conte was immediately very direct with me. He told me where he sees me on the pitch and what he wants from me with and without the ball. It’s all a lot more organised. And yes, the training is hard, but I’m ready.”
Eriksen is revitalised at Conte’s Inter. His best position? ‘Where the ball is’
Inter's whirlwind courting of Eriksen is paying off, with the former Tottenham midfielder improving since lockdown was lifted
theathletic.co.uk
Wasn’t he mainly substitute cameos in the last few months? He was generally the ‘last roll of the dice’ in games, wasn’t he? Probably couldn’t be arsed to give him instructions having worked on the ‘clear the first man from the corner’ for several years and look how that went!Christ. This doesn't read well.
Eriksen himself told La Gazzetta dello Sport: “In my last few months at Tottenham, they told me: ‘Go out and try to make something happen’. It’s not like that here. Conte was immediately very direct with me. He told me where he sees me on the pitch and what he wants from me with and without the ball. It’s all a lot more organised. And yes, the training is hard, but I’m ready.”
Eriksen is revitalised at Conte’s Inter. His best position? ‘Where the ball is’
Inter's whirlwind courting of Eriksen is paying off, with the former Tottenham midfielder improving since lockdown was lifted
EDIT: reads like someone slagging their ex-employer - same as Tripps’ ‘tell-all’ about Poch.
FRAAB!Christ. This doesn't read well.
Eriksen himself told La Gazzetta dello Sport: “In my last few months at Tottenham, they told me: ‘Go out and try to make something happen’. It’s not like that here. Conte was immediately very direct with me. He told me where he sees me on the pitch and what he wants from me with and without the ball. It’s all a lot more organised. And yes, the training is hard, but I’m ready.”
Eriksen is revitalised at Conte’s Inter. His best position? ‘Where the ball is’
Inter's whirlwind courting of Eriksen is paying off, with the former Tottenham midfielder improving since lockdown was lifted
[Insert DeVito "no" face]
Fackin' run abaht a bit.Christ. This doesn't read well.
Eriksen himself told La Gazzetta dello Sport: “In my last few months at Tottenham, they told me: ‘Go out and try to make something happen’. It’s not like that here. Conte was immediately very direct with me. He told me where he sees me on the pitch and what he wants from me with and without the ball. It’s all a lot more organised. And yes, the training is hard, but I’m ready.”
Eriksen is revitalised at Conte’s Inter. His best position? ‘Where the ball is’
Inter's whirlwind courting of Eriksen is paying off, with the former Tottenham midfielder improving since lockdown was lifted
It should NOT be given any consideration. He has fucked his own career by turning off for a year or more. He is a has-been, and will never again be the player he was. With the way he chose to conduct himself, good riddance, do not want to see him back.
This, and also there's no fucking way Levy would sanction spending anywhere near what Inter want.
He's 28 now. it'd be paying a premium with little to no sell on value at the end. We got him young, got years of decent service (until the last season or so) and actually managed to sell for a profit. No going back on this one.
Would be hysterical if Poch ended up at Inter and stuck with each other again. 
Mauricio Pochettino on shortlist of candidates at Inter Milan and Juventus
www.telegraph.co.uk
Mauricio Pochettino on shortlist of candidates at Inter Milan and Juventus
Mauricio Pochettino on shortlist of candidates at Inter Milan and Juventus
Pochettino has been planning his next move since leaving Spurs last November
www.telegraph.co.uk
Are you referring to the previous coaching staff or our fellow supporters? Eh, probs a little column A and a little column B.
There are still some very prominent posters round these parts that still don't get Dembele to this day. I say you can long for all the pretty passers in world football but there is nothing more disruptive than a player dribbling up the gut of your defense. And with him he was s double threat in that he could not be passed as you point out. Uniquely brilliant player with a couple unparalleled skills in his skillset. Too bad it took a year an a half to fit him into his spot.
The problem largely stems from the fact that he was a striker. This was his potion at AZ Alkmaar and when Mark Hughes bought him to Fulham he was also bought to play as a striker and did so until he got sacked. It was Martin Jol that played him as a CM, his main duties were to break the oppo press but importantly to hold the ball up higher up the pitch.
So by the time we signed him he had played just one year as a midfielder. I think this is why Poch once said he wished he could have worked with him as a teenager. But it was AVB that probably caused the most confusion as he never really locked him into a position, he played him in the double pivot next to Parker and or Sandro (even had him & Paulinho as the double pivot too!), he also pushed him up ahead of Sandro to sit behind Adebayor (not quite as a 10 but not far off) and he also would play in Siggurdsen's position on the left of midfield. AVB's football was ultimately pragmatic and I suspect that he wouldn't have encouraged him to dribble, it was all about manipulating the ball with short passes and giving it to Bale.
But if you compare the roles he had at Fulham to that of AVB's Spurs it was his Fulham position that typified his abilities and lay the foundations of his role under Poch, albeit played deeper. They both relied on him with the ball at his feet, both relied on breaking oppo press via his dribbling. Poch's greatest influence on him came off the ball, where he had him spot and tack oppo runs, whilst Dier or Wanyamma would sit in front of the back four, many oppo attacks were snuffed out with Dembele fouling not allowing them to even start.
You only have to look at his last performance in a Fulham shirt against Utd to see what he was all about (Fulham fans song was Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole Moussa Dem-bel-e they knew because they had seen).
(sorry about the quality, all I could find)
Would be hysterical if Poch ended up at Inter and stuck with each other again.
Mauricio Pochettino on shortlist of candidates at Inter Milan and Juventus
Mauricio Pochettino on shortlist of candidates at Inter Milan and Juventus
Pochettino has been planning his next move since leaving Spurs last November
Poch never had a problem with Eriksen and vice versa. That would be a good job for Poch
Yeah, I think I wasn't all too clear. I'm very aware of MD's time in the PL as I watched most of Fulham's games since they had that dreaded Murican (The one and only Deuce) in the squad. My reference to 1.5 years was about Poch finally putting him at the base of MF. In his time at Fulham it was mostly a 442 IIRC and he had Danny Murphy who mostly stayd behind and orchestrated from deeper. Deuce was up top with Zamora.
I guess my big point was that a coach should be able to observe a player's qualities and where they gravitate on the field to more easily determine their best position...and it shouldn't take a year and a half.
edit: And a futher illustration of my point is the 5-3 chelsea game where he was subbed on at like 10-15 minutes and that still didn't surpass the threshold of recognition.
There were also his injuries that that also had to be managed. I can't remember too much said about them in his early days under AVB but certainly, by his 2nd year, he was taking regular trips back to see a specialist in Belgium (I presume by the way reports were worded that this had been going on way before they came known publicly but whether this was for his hips or other injuries it wasn't specified).
For me, under AVB he was the guy that ultimately paid the price selection/position-wise whilst he was trying to shoehorn other players into the team but it didn't matter anyway because his skill set wasn't ever part of the way he wanted his midfield to play.
And under Poch he first had to weed out those he didn't want, to do this it meant he had to play some of them eg Paulinho and Capoue with Bentaleb & Mason coming into contention not to mention Dier emerging as the guy to go and then the signing of Stambouli to muddy the waters still further.
If this has been bumped to ask about thoughts about a potential return, please leave it alone. Just like Gareth Bale.
there’s certain fans who won’t ever let go of ex players, if it was up to them the average age of the team would be 38
there’s certain fans who won’t ever let go of ex players, if it was up to them the average age of the team would be 38
Yeah, I loved Poch but to this day I actually don't think he recognized it. And I'm not sure weeding out explains it all. The fact that Dembele on the RAM/RW up until the Liverpool game @ WHL (Klopp's first game) supports this. And even then it was only due to injury and he reverted back to putting him at AM in the next game. To prefer Mason, Bentaleb, and Dele when he had the option of MD is damning.
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RESPECT THE COCK
will tell you I've been complaining about his lack of recognition of this fact for the longest. Everyone was made better by the space afforded them by MD's exploits. And I bet you if I ran an analysis CE's 'bad games' they would strongly correlate to MD's absence...much less space to find with his 'magnificent brain' without MD occupying the attentions of 4 oppo players. It doesn't surpise me that he is struggling in Italy as I think people ascribe a more complete game to him than is actually there.Look at these results from Poch's second season with and without MD in the lineup
Mousa Dembélé - Stats 2016
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I remember whispers of it on SC from early on but I never heard/read anything from the Fulham days.