1. I don’t want anybody at the club who doesn’t want to be there.
2. Given his recent form is he such still such an attractive proposition?
There really are only a handful of clubs that would be considered a step up these days.
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In an ideal world we would incentivise Eriksen to stay but improving his current contract.
We would then go and spend 60million on a player that will challange Eriksen for a starting place and thus have a better and bigger squad.
Everyones happy...bar Daniel Levy.
*by improving his contract
It's not an ideal situation at all at the moment, it's 'who blinks first'.
Like I've said on another article, I'd be amazed if Barcelona aren't interested, he's like a mixture between Rakitic and Iniesta (not saying he's as good as either by the way. Arthur isn't as good as Xavi and may never be but you can see why Barca have bought him for the similar traits).
I think Eriksen, with a year left on his contract, wants to see our ambition, much like Poch, before he decides if he would be better off elsewhere.
He wants players of similar quality, and on the same wavelength as him, to come in, if he's going to stay. So instead of having to bust a gut to score last minute winners against the likes of Brighton and Burnley to save our necks, he's helping the team to knock the ball around nicely and pick them off, with us already having a healthy lead in the game, as he was in 16/17, and as he would be if he were to join a Madrid or Barca.
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comment by Ace (U18814)
posted 36 seconds ago
https://twitter.com/alasdairgold/status/1138775947258322944?s=21
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I reckon he is backtracking because Real no longer want him and there are no other suitable alternatives.
My gut feeling is he will sign with Spurs.
I reckon Real do want him but they playing games to bring his price down. They know we don't have that much room to negotiate with so might push us towards the end of the window.
The problem is we are cl regulars and 10th on the rich list (and rising) so a step up from Spurs isn't as easy as it was 5 years ago.
Anybody who watched him last season would have been less than impressed and with only a year left on his contract he is worth alot less than some of the crazy sums the press have been claiming Levy wants.
However even if we only get 40mil we must get rid as he can leave for nothing next summer and he'll sulk like a child if we make him stay against his wishes.
I don't think on last seasons showing he deserves a new contract but if he can't get the massive club/wages he thinks he's worth he will probably sign one and say it was what he always wanted!?
Whether he stays or not I want to see competition for his place. If he's staying he needs to know that his level of performance for much of last season isn't going to keep him being picked all the time. Poch needs to do his bit too and drop players when they aren't good enough.
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 41 seconds ago
Whether he stays or not I want to see competition for his place. If he's staying he needs to know that his level of performance for much of last season isn't going to keep him being picked all the time. Poch needs to do his bit too and drop players when they aren't good enough.
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I agree but after the way Moura was treated in the cl final I don't trust Poch to do that. Alot will depend on what Kane thinks of Eriksen as he seems to pick the team.
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comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 41 seconds ago
Whether he stays or not I want to see competition for his place. If he's staying he needs to know that his level of performance for much of last season isn't going to keep him being picked all the time. Poch needs to do his bit too and drop players when they aren't good enough.
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I agree but after the way Moura was treated in the cl final I don't trust Poch to do that. Alot will depend on what Kane thinks of Eriksen as he seems to pick the team.
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That's essentially why I added the bit about Poch. He favoured Dele when Moura should have been picked. If we give him more quality options though he'll have less excuses for playing the Deles and Eriksens when they're not up to it. Or the new signings might help bring more out of them. Either way it seems like a win win situation.
Poch's favoring of players is what is stopping him from becoming a truly great manager.
I
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posted 5 minutes ago
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 41 seconds ago
Whether he stays or not I want to see competition for his place. If he's staying he needs to know that his level of performance for much of last season isn't going to keep him being picked all the time. Poch needs to do his bit too and drop players when they aren't good enough.
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I agree but after the way Moura was treated in the cl final I don't trust Poch to do that. Alot will depend on what Kane thinks of Eriksen as he seems to pick the team.
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That's essentially why I added the bit about Poch. He favoured Dele when Moura should have been picked. If we give him more quality options though he'll have less excuses for playing the Deles and Eriksens when they're not up to it. Or the new signings might help bring more out of them. Either way it seems like a win win situation.
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Yes it wouldn't of bothered me whether Kane, Dele or Son had missed out but after the semi Moura should have been the first name on the team sheet.
I'm still seething about it.
I don't mind him staying if Madrid don't come calling but the problem remains the same and it's not just with Eriksen. The CL run has covered the cracks in our season and the playing are getting stale at the thought of not genuinely competing.
If he stays, give him a good contract because he well deserves it for his time at Spurs but equally continue pursuing the likes of N'Dombele and Lo Celso etc. New players and success during the season will lift the attitude
comment by Desperate Dier (U6468)
posted 13 minutes ago
Poch's favoring of players is what is stopping him from becoming a truly great manager.
I
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Agree with this.
I'm still seething about Kane starting the CL final. It's made me weirdly hate both Poch and Kane.
To be fair if Moura deserved a starting place based on his semi final performance then so did Dele.
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comment by Sem (U9729)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Hod idol the x factor - Mo's posh tin set! (U5117)
posted 1 minute ago
To be fair if Moura deserved a starting place based on his semi final performance then so did Dele.
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very good point
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Yepp, I find it hard to argue that Moura didn't deserve a place in the final team, of course he did, but you could make the point for a few others aswell.
Llorente scored crucial goals against Dortmund and Man City, and changed the dynamic of the game when he came on against Ajax.
Son scored three goals in the two legs against City.
Dele played a crucial role in the comeback at Ajax.
Kane won us the game against PSV.
Eriksen won us the game against Inter etc.
So it was a tougher call for Poch than meets the eye.
Not winning the CL was always going to bring hindsight selection issues into Pochettino's criticisms. If we had started Moura and the game played out as it did we would be going on about how has he benched our best players and top striker. We lost and we move on.
comment by SpursBoy101 (U21819)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Sem (U9729)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Hod idol the x factor - Mo's posh tin set! (U5117)
posted 1 minute ago
To be fair if Moura deserved a starting place based on his semi final performance then so did Dele.
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very good point
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Yepp, I find it hard to argue that Moura didn't deserve a place in the final team, of course he did, but you could make the point for a few others aswell.
Llorente scored crucial goals against Dortmund and Man City, and changed the dynamic of the game when he came on against Ajax.
Son scored three goals in the two legs against City.
Dele played a crucial role in the comeback at Ajax.
Kane won us the game against PSV.
Eriksen won us the game against Inter etc.
So it was a tougher call for Poch than meets the eye.
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Harry Kane should not have started. Half the world said it was a bad idea and was proven correct.
Kane must get more rest during the season and should not be rushed back from injury.
Eriksen is our most important player
Eriksen is our second best player
We should want to keep Eriksen
comment by Boss By Hugo (U18550)
posted 20 seconds ago
Not winning the CL was always going to bring hindsight selection issues into Pochettino's criticisms. If we had started Moura and the game played out as it did we would be going on about how has he benched our best players and top striker. We lost and we move on.
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I'll move on when I'm ready and anybody like me who thought before the game was played that Moura had to start has the right to be critical.
We'll never know if things would of been better had he started but we do know they couldn't of been worse.
comment by Boss By Hugo (U18550)
posted 4 minutes ago
Not winning the CL was always going to bring hindsight selection issues into Pochettino's criticisms. If we had started Moura and the game played out as it did we would be going on about how has he benched our best players and top striker. We lost and we move on.
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This is true but my issue is it always seems like Kane is being rushed back or chooses when he plays to his own detriment.
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posted on 13/6/19
1. I don’t want anybody at the club who doesn’t want to be there.
2. Given his recent form is he such still such an attractive proposition?
posted on 13/6/19
There really are only a handful of clubs that would be considered a step up these days.
posted on 13/6/19
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 13/6/19
In an ideal world we would incentivise Eriksen to stay but improving his current contract.
We would then go and spend 60million on a player that will challange Eriksen for a starting place and thus have a better and bigger squad.
Everyones happy...bar Daniel Levy.
posted on 13/6/19
*by improving his contract
posted on 13/6/19
It's not an ideal situation at all at the moment, it's 'who blinks first'.
Like I've said on another article, I'd be amazed if Barcelona aren't interested, he's like a mixture between Rakitic and Iniesta (not saying he's as good as either by the way. Arthur isn't as good as Xavi and may never be but you can see why Barca have bought him for the similar traits).
I think Eriksen, with a year left on his contract, wants to see our ambition, much like Poch, before he decides if he would be better off elsewhere.
He wants players of similar quality, and on the same wavelength as him, to come in, if he's going to stay. So instead of having to bust a gut to score last minute winners against the likes of Brighton and Burnley to save our necks, he's helping the team to knock the ball around nicely and pick them off, with us already having a healthy lead in the game, as he was in 16/17, and as he would be if he were to join a Madrid or Barca.
posted on 13/6/19
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posted on 13/6/19
comment by Ace (U18814)
posted 36 seconds ago
https://twitter.com/alasdairgold/status/1138775947258322944?s=21
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I reckon he is backtracking because Real no longer want him and there are no other suitable alternatives.
My gut feeling is he will sign with Spurs.
posted on 13/6/19
I reckon Real do want him but they playing games to bring his price down. They know we don't have that much room to negotiate with so might push us towards the end of the window.
posted on 13/6/19
The problem is we are cl regulars and 10th on the rich list (and rising) so a step up from Spurs isn't as easy as it was 5 years ago.
Anybody who watched him last season would have been less than impressed and with only a year left on his contract he is worth alot less than some of the crazy sums the press have been claiming Levy wants.
However even if we only get 40mil we must get rid as he can leave for nothing next summer and he'll sulk like a child if we make him stay against his wishes.
I don't think on last seasons showing he deserves a new contract but if he can't get the massive club/wages he thinks he's worth he will probably sign one and say it was what he always wanted!?
posted on 13/6/19
Whether he stays or not I want to see competition for his place. If he's staying he needs to know that his level of performance for much of last season isn't going to keep him being picked all the time. Poch needs to do his bit too and drop players when they aren't good enough.
posted on 13/6/19
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 41 seconds ago
Whether he stays or not I want to see competition for his place. If he's staying he needs to know that his level of performance for much of last season isn't going to keep him being picked all the time. Poch needs to do his bit too and drop players when they aren't good enough.
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I agree but after the way Moura was treated in the cl final I don't trust Poch to do that. Alot will depend on what Kane thinks of Eriksen as he seems to pick the team.
posted on 13/6/19
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 41 seconds ago
Whether he stays or not I want to see competition for his place. If he's staying he needs to know that his level of performance for much of last season isn't going to keep him being picked all the time. Poch needs to do his bit too and drop players when they aren't good enough.
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I agree but after the way Moura was treated in the cl final I don't trust Poch to do that. Alot will depend on what Kane thinks of Eriksen as he seems to pick the team.
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That's essentially why I added the bit about Poch. He favoured Dele when Moura should have been picked. If we give him more quality options though he'll have less excuses for playing the Deles and Eriksens when they're not up to it. Or the new signings might help bring more out of them. Either way it seems like a win win situation.
posted on 13/6/19
Poch's favoring of players is what is stopping him from becoming a truly great manager.
I
posted on 13/6/19
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 41 seconds ago
Whether he stays or not I want to see competition for his place. If he's staying he needs to know that his level of performance for much of last season isn't going to keep him being picked all the time. Poch needs to do his bit too and drop players when they aren't good enough.
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I agree but after the way Moura was treated in the cl final I don't trust Poch to do that. Alot will depend on what Kane thinks of Eriksen as he seems to pick the team.
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That's essentially why I added the bit about Poch. He favoured Dele when Moura should have been picked. If we give him more quality options though he'll have less excuses for playing the Deles and Eriksens when they're not up to it. Or the new signings might help bring more out of them. Either way it seems like a win win situation.
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Yes it wouldn't of bothered me whether Kane, Dele or Son had missed out but after the semi Moura should have been the first name on the team sheet.
I'm still seething about it.
posted on 13/6/19
I don't mind him staying if Madrid don't come calling but the problem remains the same and it's not just with Eriksen. The CL run has covered the cracks in our season and the playing are getting stale at the thought of not genuinely competing.
If he stays, give him a good contract because he well deserves it for his time at Spurs but equally continue pursuing the likes of N'Dombele and Lo Celso etc. New players and success during the season will lift the attitude
posted on 13/6/19
comment by Desperate Dier (U6468)
posted 13 minutes ago
Poch's favoring of players is what is stopping him from becoming a truly great manager.
I
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Agree with this.
I'm still seething about Kane starting the CL final. It's made me weirdly hate both Poch and Kane.
posted on 13/6/19
To be fair if Moura deserved a starting place based on his semi final performance then so did Dele.
posted on 13/6/19
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posted on 13/6/19
comment by Sem (U9729)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Hod idol the x factor - Mo's posh tin set! (U5117)
posted 1 minute ago
To be fair if Moura deserved a starting place based on his semi final performance then so did Dele.
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very good point
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Yepp, I find it hard to argue that Moura didn't deserve a place in the final team, of course he did, but you could make the point for a few others aswell.
Llorente scored crucial goals against Dortmund and Man City, and changed the dynamic of the game when he came on against Ajax.
Son scored three goals in the two legs against City.
Dele played a crucial role in the comeback at Ajax.
Kane won us the game against PSV.
Eriksen won us the game against Inter etc.
So it was a tougher call for Poch than meets the eye.
posted on 13/6/19
Not winning the CL was always going to bring hindsight selection issues into Pochettino's criticisms. If we had started Moura and the game played out as it did we would be going on about how has he benched our best players and top striker. We lost and we move on.
posted on 13/6/19
comment by SpursBoy101 (U21819)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Sem (U9729)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Hod idol the x factor - Mo's posh tin set! (U5117)
posted 1 minute ago
To be fair if Moura deserved a starting place based on his semi final performance then so did Dele.
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very good point
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Yepp, I find it hard to argue that Moura didn't deserve a place in the final team, of course he did, but you could make the point for a few others aswell.
Llorente scored crucial goals against Dortmund and Man City, and changed the dynamic of the game when he came on against Ajax.
Son scored three goals in the two legs against City.
Dele played a crucial role in the comeback at Ajax.
Kane won us the game against PSV.
Eriksen won us the game against Inter etc.
So it was a tougher call for Poch than meets the eye.
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Harry Kane should not have started. Half the world said it was a bad idea and was proven correct.
Kane must get more rest during the season and should not be rushed back from injury.
posted on 13/6/19
Eriksen is our most important player
Eriksen is our second best player
We should want to keep Eriksen
posted on 13/6/19
comment by Boss By Hugo (U18550)
posted 20 seconds ago
Not winning the CL was always going to bring hindsight selection issues into Pochettino's criticisms. If we had started Moura and the game played out as it did we would be going on about how has he benched our best players and top striker. We lost and we move on.
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I'll move on when I'm ready and anybody like me who thought before the game was played that Moura had to start has the right to be critical.
We'll never know if things would of been better had he started but we do know they couldn't of been worse.
posted on 13/6/19
comment by Boss By Hugo (U18550)
posted 4 minutes ago
Not winning the CL was always going to bring hindsight selection issues into Pochettino's criticisms. If we had started Moura and the game played out as it did we would be going on about how has he benched our best players and top striker. We lost and we move on.
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This is true but my issue is it always seems like Kane is being rushed back or chooses when he plays to his own detriment.
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