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Why all the hate for the guy? I honestly don’t get it? The guy gave us 6 odd years of brilliant service, much of which was in his prime, and hads fuck all to show for it trophy wise. He’s not an academy graduate or Spurs fan, he has no real affiliation with the club. Why would you begrudge him wanting to go and try something new and win a few pots?
It’s totallt different to when the likes of Bale, Modric, Walker etc left, they had signed massive contracts the season before and fucked the club over, effectively going on strike and what not.
Eriksen should have been allowed to leave last Summer and replaced, it’s not his fault that the club fucked it up and priced him out.
it’s the fact that he downed tools (INC in the CL final) and is therefore to blame in part for Poch leaving, he’d be getting a great send off otherwise.
Players want out all the time; it's how they go about it that defines the way their exit is perceived by fans. We all know CE's backstory by now....
Bale & Modrich gave us peak seasons on their way out.... CE ghosted it for 12 months and was dreaming of "new challenges" during the CL final.
The club didn't fuck him over.... The elite suitors he dreamed of never came.... Maybe if he'd have shown himself to be a big game player in said final that might have been different.
Downed tools in the Champions League final? Ffs man come on. Eriksen has been notorious for going missing in big games his entire Spurs career. Also he was no worse that day than anyone else.
So you think Bale and Modric, who both signed massive deals literally the season before they started crying they wanted to leave, then effectively went on strike when the club refused, were more dignified and had better exits than Eriksen?
What utter utter nonsense.
I didn't say more dignified, but bearing in mind we've had 2 mangers not playing CE due to a perceived lack of commitment; whilst CE also publicly expressed his desire to play elsewhere.... What's the big difference?
....Like I say, at least the other 2 delivered the goods on the pitch meaning a) we could recoup a solid fee on them and b) the team didn't suffer in the meantime.
Why move to those two?
He played shit like everyone else
6 odd years of brilliant service would mean you consider the last year and a half as brilliant service from him. Your standards must be pathetically low.
There have been at least 2 games with stats like these this season:
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Christian Eriksen's game by numbers vs. Everton:
0 take-ons attempted
0 chances created
0 shots attempted
0 interceptions
0 tackles made
1 yellow card
16 x possession lost
We’re shite?
The key thing with them though was that they did sign those massive contracts, that meant the club could sell the players and had funds to spend on replacements if we wanted to.
Eriksen has refused to sign a new deal therefore he's likely to leave on a free. That means the club shit out twice because we've lost the player and have no funds coming in from his transfer to replace him.
He's also been pretty poor for the last 18 months which makes it even less likely that someone will pay a transfer fee to get him.
I think seriously that he made his mind up a while ago when he realised he wasn’t going to get parity with Harry on salary and you couldn’t really blame him
Doesn’t excuse his recent performances though
He wants to try something new, a new adventure in another country. Is not hard for me to understand. He has given 6 year's to Spurs, been among the best players. And clearly stated he wanted to try something else. Still he wasn't sold.
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I understand that if his contract expires he can negotiate with anybody and would get a signing bonus equivalent to a transfer fee - maybe 15-20 million. Sounds like a shrewd move to me.