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Per many Ajax fans on reddit, they have a 20% sell on clause, hence the low fee (at the time).When we signed Eriksen for the paltry sum of £10m, there was always a mixture of "What? How have we pulled this off" vs. "Is there something about him that has meant the big clubs didn't go for him?"
He's really grown at Spurs into one of the world's best midfielders and unfortunately for us, with our financial restrictions we may not have peaked when he has. He's at the stage of his career where "the big move" is now ripe for him to take and the contract scenario has fallen in his favour. The fact he has not signed a new contract is ominous and certainly unless we show some significant level of ambition in the short term (investing to win the league or even progressing far into the CL), we won't be able to convince him to stay.
And I don't think we will be able to match his ambition now. Perhaps in a year, or two but not right now. And it's likely the Big Boys (Madrid, Barcelona or even the likes of Juve or PSG) will come calling. But that's ok. What we need is to plan for that eventuality and identify a top, top quality replacement. It may turn out to be a good thing.
On Isco - I was never convinced he actually wanted to come to Spurs. Has there been any sign of that at all? Forget the ££, does he want to come to the Premier League or to Spurs?