I would absolutely LOVE Christian Eriksen on this edition of Manchester United, but this feels like a tremendous longshot. Would Tottenham even be willing to sell this close to the close of the window?
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I think he now just wants a new challenge - wages aren't the issue. He was hoping Madrid would come in for him but they didn't and we have offered a contract which he verbally agreed weeks ago however he appears to have had a change of heart and wants a move. It's been clear his head hasn't been right for months.
Yes we 100% would - we need money to bring in his replacement and players who actually want to play for the club.
Spurs don't need to sell him in the next few days. They can sign a couple of midfielders before the deadline and then sell Eriksen to Real/PSG by the end of the month.
Question is whether Levy would risk rejecting our potential offer in the hope a continental club would come in for Eriksen afterwards.
Question is whether Levy would risk rejecting our potential offer in the hope a continental club would come in for Eriksen afterwards.
Can't believe it's taken this long for a semi-serious link to be made between Eriksen and us, he's the type of player we have been crying out for for years.
Ericksen has 1 year left on his contract. Just a few years ago, United got a, arguably, comparable player in Mkhitaryan for £27m - £30m who was in a similar contract situation.50m
I'm sure Levy had fun rejecting that one
On the Spurs side of the argument: suicide for them to sell a star player to a direct rival - no matter the contract situation.
Can't see Levy selling for that amount and can't particularly see Eriksen being interested in a move here either.
Dont see it. Like Dybala, the player wouldnt want to join. He said he will for a better club.
You what?
Surely we shouldn't be throwing out random bids on players with a few days to go? We've had a few months to sort all this.
That would be the one thing that would confuse me - not sure why Eriksen would move to Utd at the moment other than for money, which would be pretty disappointing. Having said that if he wants to go then let him go I say - lets freshen up the team and get a couple of players in to replace him.
Why would he choose to play for us after the incredible run in Spurs had last season? Surely he would want to win the CL more than ever!
Cheers, I'll start dreaming now.
Presumably there has been bak channel conversations with his agents going on for months if not years
Yeah, let's leave a club in the CL with an amazing new stadium, or be it with a team that doesn't win anything for a team that will also not win anything but play in the Europa and in an aging OT.
Also moving from London to Manchester in the process.
I guess if he wants fat stacks of cash we could tempt him otherwise if not Real etc coming in for him then why bother?
Also moving from London to Manchester in the process.
I guess if he wants fat stacks of cash we could tempt him otherwise if not Real etc coming in for him then why bother?
No chance Levy sells to us unless we are coughing up double the amount anybody else is
Real are already in talks with Van de beek and have made Pogba their primary midfield target.
PSG have bought Sarabia, Gueye and Herrera.
Unless Juve want another midfielder, I don't know where he is gonna get offers from.
PSG are stacked in midfield and Madrid turned down Eriksen for Van De Beek
And he has a year left on his deal so he may well have to sell
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Talks have been going on with Spurs for weeks,
I have been told that Spurs are willing to let Eriksen go and United are the only team they have been in conversation with.
Not sure the money being discussed yet, but it's more than the £50m figure floating around, more like £60m plus.
I have been told that Spurs are willing to let Eriksen go and United are the only team they have been in conversation with.
Not sure the money being discussed yet, but it's more than the £50m figure floating around, more like £60m plus.
Who told you
Don't believe for one minute we will be buying Eriksen this summer. Seems unlikely we would even try and if we did the chances we could persuade both Levy and the player are tiny.
What would Woodward do if placed in a situation where United desperately need a no 10 and we're at the eve of the transfer deadline???
He tries to negotiate a deal with Levi
He tries to negotiate a deal with Levi
Weird some people don't see him as top tier. 38 PL assists in the last 3 seasons, nobody in the PL has got higher (De Bruyne on 37, everyone else is miles behind). Same scenario for Key Passes, Eriksen, De Bruyne and Hazard were all in a league of their own compared to the rest of the PL. He also works extremely hard and isn't injury prone.
Terrific player, if there's even a slight chance this could happen we should do everything to make it happen. Would improve us hugely while weakening Tottenham significantly. It's win, win.
Won't happen though, so no point getting the muppet juices flowing.
Terrific player, if there's even a slight chance this could happen we should do everything to make it happen. Would improve us hugely while weakening Tottenham significantly. It's win, win.
Won't happen though, so no point getting the muppet juices flowing.
Great player but, again, you have to ask what's going on if we sign him.
Eriken is a fabulous player, one of the best in the league on song, however are his positions the real gap in the team? I fear that, whoever we buy in the more attacking positions, if we're relying on Matic to screen the defence it'll be for nothing. As Matic has shown, over and over in preseason, he struggles when under pressure and he takes too long to move the ball.
Our attacks will be cut off at source if we don't get a better deep laying playmaker. I can't see Eriksen playing #6.
Eriken is a fabulous player, one of the best in the league on song, however are his positions the real gap in the team? I fear that, whoever we buy in the more attacking positions, if we're relying on Matic to screen the defence it'll be for nothing. As Matic has shown, over and over in preseason, he struggles when under pressure and he takes too long to move the ball.
Our attacks will be cut off at source if we don't get a better deep laying playmaker. I can't see Eriksen playing #6.
Athletico wanted him with the Trippier deal, either we or Eriksen said no.This. Eriksen can play in CM or RW to dictate, similar to how Andreas played against Milan. Getting Bruno as well to play CAM is the best option we can take since both of them can drop into midfield as well. Later in his career I see Eriksen doing a Scholes and becoming a player who dictates from deep instead.
Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao.
I get the huge difference in prestige of the competitions but we are considerably more likely to win the Europa than Spurs are the Champions League. As for using the stadium to criticise us
Would agree with that, which isn’t currently United. So for me if he was to leave it would be for one of the European powerhouses that I stated in an earlier post.
we need more creativity, we rely far too much on Pogba. put him and Pogba together in midfield and then see how McT goes providing the midfield cover. if he struggles then that's where we look to upgrade next year, along with (hopefully) Sancho.
I spell it how i say itAtletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao.
. stupid Spain with their silent Hs.We need a bot that does thisAtletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao.
What I like about Eriksen in addition to being a quality player is that he will graft.
Wrong word? iteration? version? variant? variasion? adaption? side?
Mate, who are you?
Not that I think he’ll sign but people are going overboard at the gap between United and Spurs. If he signed, Spurs would be losing one of their best players and United would be gaining one. Unless Pochettino seriously improves the rest of the squad then for me United would have a better team than Tottenham. Plus he’d be earning more money. It’s not as ludicrous as made out here. Certainly not on Eriksen’s part.
Well you either sell him this window, for £20 million in the January window, or as a free agent next summer.50m
I'm sure Levy had fun rejecting that one
I get that you believe he's worth more, and under contract he is, but he's in his final contract year, and that decreases his buyout value greatly.
Really? Outside of Pogba we haven’t got one creative midfielder in the squad. Gomes, arguably, but he’s 18.
This is a total non-starter regardless but Eriksen would fit here hand in glove. Pogba moves back a little deeper and Eriksen plays as the most attacking midfielder. It would work provided McTominay does his bit.
Like Dybala, I’m baffled that people on here seem to be completing ignoring our persistent inability to create and score goals. Pogba can do the job further back; we need better options than Mata and bloody Lingard.
You don't mean this season then?
Yeah he will run and run and run all day, great presser with insane fitness levels... isn't a big fan of tackling all the same.
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