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Odd one this.
The £60m you’d take will benefit the club’s finances, reduce the risk of losing him for free next summer (assuming he’s not signing a new contract) and potentially increases what we can re-invest in the transfer market either in January or next summer.
But we lose him - our most creative player for the last 5 years and important goal scorer who acts much like a metronome for our attacking play. We will have to hope Lamela, Lucas, Son and Alli can compensate for his loss and/or Lo celso can adapt quickly. But there’s no guarantee they will be able to.
Some pundits suggest ensuring top 4 would be more valuable than an Eriksen sale and we potentially jeopardise that by selling him.
Personally, if Pochettino is happy to select him, I’d keep and play him. I think he’s a fantastic (and underrated) talent who if his head is with Spurs, will perform really well this season as he won’t be overplayed (51 games last season).
There's equally no guarantee that Eriksen will pick his form back up, bearing in mind that he's been pretty poor since half way through last season. I also think that we'll see a lot more creativity coming from deeper with Ndombele and Lo Celso instead of funnelling everything through the 10 position. If there's 60m on the table (which I doubt very much) I'd take it now and look to the future. Eriksen has had his chance to show a bit of committment to the club and hasn't lifted a finger, rather choosing to pin his hopes on a club coming in for him who seem to have little or no interest. I think RM are stringing him along and he's gone for it hook, line and sinker.