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I would have told him after the season to either accept being sold or not to play this season.
I believe in such a situation he would have accepted being sold. He might not be money oriented, but would he accept spending a year not playing? If he had then clearly there is nothing we could have done.
As long as Pochettino says it doesn´t matter if he signs or not he will only sign if he plays poorly and realises no-one wants him. If I were to guess he will now leave regardless - even for a smaller club than us.
That just sends an appalling message to all of the players and any that might be thinking of joining. Also, when Eriksen becomes a free agent, we might offer him the most tempting package of all. Nothing to stop us offering a big signing on fee and something that doesn't destroy our wage structure. If, with Eriksen's help, we put a good season together, he might just decide to stick around, but he won't if he gets kicked to the curb and bullied.