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a lot can happen in a year. this may yet work out well.
That's not what I said. I said that it's not ideal but if there's no choice then we may as well wish the lad well and thank him for the good times. I also don't think the Club has failed to sell him; I think it's more the case that he's refused to go anywhere he doesn't want to and we can't make him go to a club he doesn't want to join.
Not sure why history is relevant. If so anything we now do is a remarkable success regardless.
Obviously in most cases teams are able to sell players if they want to. To me it sounds like we thought someone would come in with a bid late - that never happened and we lost.
Funny site this. Get so many dislikes on my posts, but hardly any of those are from posters that actually offer an argument for the opposite view. M
That is what you said at the outset if I remember correctly.
No difficult to say to Eriksen if you don’t sign we have to prioritize players that are in our long term future. Not unfair and Eriksen would have left is my guess.
You remember incorrectly because I didn't make any mention of being happy about not getting a fee for him. I said that we'd had our value out of him which is something completely different. We haven't sold him, he's been good value so let's get over it. He may well be worth more to us in his final year than a fee.That is what you said at the outset if I remember correctly.
No difficult to say to Eriksen if you don’t sign we have to prioritize players that are in our long term future. Not unfair and Eriksen would have left is my guess.
You remember incorrectly because I didn't make any mention of being happy about not getting a fee for him. I said that we'd had our value out of him which is something completely different. We haven't sold him, he's been good value so let's get over it. He may well be worth just as much to us in his final year than a fee.
You literally mentioned history in your preceding post, you're the one that brought it up in the first place. You said that we have historically been good at avoiding these situations which indicates we normally do good business around player contracts so just because a player doesn't sign up doesn't suddenly mean we do bad business or have failed.
You literally mentioned history in your preceding post, you're the one that brought it up in the first place. You said that we have historically been good at avoiding these situations which indicates we normally do good business around player contracts so just because a player doesn't sign up doesn't suddenly mean we do bad business or have failed.
I´m not sure if you are serious.
If you believe allowing players to leave on a free is no problem - then sure. If you believe, like me, that is not a good thing then yes we have done bad business and/or failed.
I think poch tried to leave him out but had to accept we need him on the pitch. Whats the point of leaving him out when he can get us CL again and maybe help us win a trophy before he goes.
Even if we told him he would be on the bench I still firmly believe he would not have just went anywhere. All he has to do is wait 6 months and sign a pre contract agreement.
You're putting up a straw man, I didn't say it wasn't a 'problem'
Failure is your entire glass half empty perception of the situation but I don't agree.
You're being pretty selective there. The whole quote says:"We paid buttons for Eriksen and have received several times his weight in gold back."
So what we paid for him matters in terms of what is good business now - according to you. I completely disagree.
There's no way Eriksen will sign a new contract he will 100% leaving on a Bosman free. If you think about it from his point he has so much to gain now financially it make sense...Toby and Vertonghen will do the same imo. I reckon agents have told players at Spurs especially dealing with Levy it's best to run contracts down. We've tried with success incrementally increasing our asset players contract on longer deals with improved money holding the power in the hands of the club however the new tactic is not to sign these incremental contracts offered by the club and leave on a Bosman free. The question for the club now is do we sell, we've tried that with Danny Rose and Wanyama and both decided against going then we are left to maximise their presence as we did with Llorente and allow them to leave on a free. The problem he have is when Poch wants to rejuvenate the squad we really have to sell first before we can buy.There's still a chance he will sign a new contract imo, but nothing will be decided until next summer now. Becoming a free agent will force his hand one way or another. He'll have to sign an extension if no bigger club is interested at that point.
Realistically though I'm hoping it will be resolved in January with a pre-contract agreement. Then we can hopefully sign a replacement in January and get them bedded into the team by the time he leaves.
I think we can take the hit on all 3 leaving with Rose as well tbh. To replace those 5 we'd probably be looking at 2 players which is doable. A centre back, and a playmaker to replace Eriksen. I think at this point this is why I may be slightly wary of bringing Dybala in as if we pay 65m for him then that could lead us to having to shell out a good 150m net in January and next summer. That's ignoring the need for a RB too, but there are players we can sell such as Wanyama and Aurier, possibly Sissoko too.There's no way Eriksen will sign a new contract he will 100% leaving on a Bosman free. If you think about it from his point he has so much to gain now financially it make sense...Toby and Vertonghen will do the same imo. I reckon agents have told players at Spurs especially dealing with Levy it's best to run contracts down. We've tried with success incrementally increasing our asset players contract on longer deals with improved money holding the power in the hands of the club however the new tactic is not to sign these incremental contracts offered by the club and leave on a Bosman free. The question for the club now is do we sell, we've tried that with Danny Rose and Wanyama and both decided against going then we are left to maximise their presence as we did with Llorente and allow them to leave on a free. The problem he have is when Poch wants to rejuvenate the squad we really have to sell first before we can buy.