They want a striker. Plus they don’t need him as they are stacked in midfield.
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They want a striker. Plus they don’t need him as they are stacked in midfield.
No they won’t. Spurs are bottlers, finished 3rd in a 2 horse race a few years back. Finished 4th last season when they were joint with pool and City until Christmas. Then they nose dived in the league and bottled 3rd place. Relegation form in the league towards the end and almost finished 5th.Not too sure about that
Ole: Hei Christian, hvordan har du det?
Eriksen: Ja godt, hvordan har du det?
Ole: Ja, bra.
This'll be their first training session together.
They would sell to us because it doesn't look like the big two in Spain want him. Juve don't need him either so a swap for Dybala doesn't make sense. And with with time ticking in the window and Eriksen looking de-motivated from what I've seen in preseason. Levy might have to bite the bullet and sell him to us or keep a de-motivated player who will leave for nothing by the end of next season.
1. Keep a de-motivated player who wants to leave and isn't performing on the pitch and will leave for nothing.
2. Sell him to your domestic rivals reluctantly (due to failing to sell him overseas) and receive a hefty £50m in return and use that to sign one of Dybala, Coutinho or Fernandes.
Didn't we also nose dive and bottle 4th place by not beating the likes of Cardiff and Huddersfield at home? Weren't we also showing relegation form towards the end of last season?
They have performed better than us over the past few years, so it's not unrealistic to think they will be able to challenge this year.
I don't see this happening ultimately.
But if it did it wouldn't be a case of Levy "doing us a favour" as some posters seem to think. Eriksen is not signing a new contract at Spurs, so they either sell now and get 50 or 60m or they wait until January or next summer when he leaves for nothing.
They've made the mistake of turning down big money offers for the likes of Dier and Rose and I'll bet Levy now regrets doing that.
But if it did it wouldn't be a case of Levy "doing us a favour" as some posters seem to think. Eriksen is not signing a new contract at Spurs, so they either sell now and get 50 or 60m or they wait until January or next summer when he leaves for nothing.
They've made the mistake of turning down big money offers for the likes of Dier and Rose and I'll bet Levy now regrets doing that.
We have young Gomes and have signed a young French player for a fee that will rise to €10m. So our youth policy is taking shape as far as play makers go.
Eriksen would be a perfect player. And between him, Pogba and Gomes we'll have more than enough creativity in central areas and more than enough games for all 3.
So does that also mean we’ll be title challengers then?
Player's head not in the game wanting future sorted shocker.
Let me guess you didn't want DDG after last season
Not sold on Eriksen personally. He’s a good player, but not sure he’s what the team need. I like a player who can go past a man personally. He’s a bit like a David Beckham player centrally. He has a wand of a right foot though (left isn’t bad either), and what I will say is that he’s a player I’d always trust to play the right pass when it’s on. He’s Kevin-esque with his delivery.
Would absolutely love him at United but preparing myself for a big let down.
If we get one more signing over the line before the deadline, its been a 8/10 transfer window
If we get one more signing over the line before the deadline, its been a 8/10 transfer window
Didn't say that did I?
You left out the part of my post where I gave my justification.
My very simple point was that Spurs have performed better than us in the league over the past few years, therefore it is not so ridiculous to suggest that they can challenge this season. I also think Ndombele will be a good signing for them, which has the potential to take them up a notch.
It's absolutely ridiculous to think signing Ndombele magically makes up a 25 point gap to City and Pool. They have an ageing CB partnership and their FBs are weak. There is no chance in hell Spurs will challenge for the league this year.
This is going to happen...
Do you not think we have enough players in our front four who can go past a player? Other than Pogba, who I assume will be playing deeper, I feel we lack someone who can pick a pass in the final third.
Would be a fantastic signing.
Listen, I'm not suggesting that they are going to win the league, just that they have the potential to challenge. They have performed better than us over the past few years and have shown good progress, whereas we haven't. I made mention of Ndombele as I think he will be a good signing, nowhere did I say he is going to single-handedly get them 25 points on his own. You resorted to hyperbole. Therefore, I do not think it is ridiculous to suggest that Spurs can potentially challenge for the title.
Also, if you really think City and Liverpool are going to get the same points tally as last season, then you are the deluded one.
The intention isn't to put United down or underestimate the size, power and pull of our club, it was more to highlight that Spurs have made significant improvements over the past few years and they should be taken more seriously by a section of our fans, that's all. This isn't the Spurs of old.
If you want to continue to view things in such a bias way that you cannot have a reasonable discussion, then I do not see any point continuing this conversation.
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For those that believe Danish and Norwegian languages are similar... You're right... When it's written. All Scandinavian languages are easily understood in text, but most Norwegians and Swedes have to talk English to Danes. We can however speak our own languages to each other...
That’s a fair point. My thinking wasn’t really an ‘either/or’, perhaps I was being greedy by wanting both qualities.
And by ‘go past a player’, I don’t mean like Marcus Rashford. He’s no winger I know. But I mean like David Silva, or Iniesta basically. For that kind of role, where I guess he’d be playing. The extra dimension that is opened up by being able to dribble is huge in my opinion. And that goes for all the positions where a player is at the decisive/sharp end of play.
Champions League finalists? Yes. The rest? Not so much. I don't for one second think Tottenham are better than us or have a brighter future...
The doom and gloom of some United supporters to think that Tottenham fecking Hotspurs have a brighter future than we do. Amazing how low some people will drop their expectations just so they don't get hurt if things don't go our way. Sorry, but I never have and never will view Tottenham as a step up to United...
Imo we need 3 more players:
1. Holding DMC(Longstaff)
2. Creative MC(Eriksen)
3. Right winger(No Idea)
If we can't get all, getting 1 is not bad, after solving the CB and RB problems in this window.
1. Holding DMC(Longstaff)
2. Creative MC(Eriksen)
3. Right winger(No Idea)
If we can't get all, getting 1 is not bad, after solving the CB and RB problems in this window.
Too good to be true surely?
Still think we need a centre mid and a right winger but a player of his quality is hard to turn down. Already watched one of those welcome to united YouTube vids and got myself more excited than need be.
Still think we need a centre mid and a right winger but a player of his quality is hard to turn down. Already watched one of those welcome to united YouTube vids and got myself more excited than need be.
Its not about the future is it? Its about now. Dybala for example is 25 now. He wants to join the better team now not wait for us to get back on track he'll be 30 by then.
If I were United, I would pay GBP 20 million over market rate. Erikson is a player who could weaken a rival and result in United finishing higher than Spurs this season and perhaps qualify for the CL instead of Spurs. I would bid GBP 70 million.
Eriksen is at the age where he's looking for that last mega contract and I imagine we'll double his wages, however despite the fact he wanted to go to Real Madrid and would be coming here mainly for money, I think he's the type of professional that will still deliver his best unlike some other mercenaries that make moves for money.
Eriksen was always one of my dream players for United, to see this potentially happening.. I hope they get it done. I've been hungry for a pure number 10 who gives this midfield a huge boost in terms of creativity. I'd take him over Dybala and Bruno any day of the week. Knowing our luck this will probably not go through but what a signing it would be..
I don't trust Matic and McTominay is still learning.
I much prefer a different alternative to the above positions than getting an attacker like Eriksen or Dybala.
Building from the back is important.
I much prefer a different alternative to the above positions than getting an attacker like Eriksen or Dybala.
Building from the back is important.
They will use the money to sign Dybala they wont be weakened.
No, you're right. I guess if we're wanting to push on, we definately should be looking at a player who has both qualities.
One who springs to mind, who probably would be available is Isco. Rodriguez isnt too bad either. Wouldnt want to do business with Real, though. Other attainable players include Coutinho and Dybala.
Sky are reporting Spurs are favourites to sign Coutinho on loan, which could confirm Eriksen is leaving. It would be a good deal for us I hope.
Will they be able to afford his outlandish wage demand?
Maybe he will drop his demands to play Champions league football and have Poch as a manager.
We won't sign this guy.
Have to say I am little puzzled as to where he would fit in if pogba also stays because with a player like pogba in midfield you kind of have to play 3 in midfield to get the best out of him but having both him and eriksen centrally who are both attack minded that like playing further up the pitch leaves the other midfielder having to have the energy of Jung si park and the speed to cover a hell of a lot of ground but if that other midfielder is matic or mctominay we will be terribly exposed in midfield, the other option is eriksen playing on the right and drifting in centrally but that's not where you want him and we have been in that situation with mata for years with no great success.
Christian Eriksen: my football hero growing up was Paul Scholes
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No, it's not hyperbolic to say that Spurs aren't going to challenge for the league just because they signed Ndombele. It's common sense that they needed more than that to do so.
City have posted 100 points and 98 points in back-to-back years. Why shouldn't I expect them to do similarly this year and for that to be the standard for any title challenger to match?
I'm not putting them down with anything I said. I've said on here numerous times that realistically nothing we could do this summer was going to make us title challengers either. Us, Spurs, Chelsea, and Arsenal are in the same boat, but I think us and Spurs are better positioned to grab the last two CL spots.
If you think anything I've said is biased that's your problem, not mine.
Dude, it’s not that hard to understand danish.
Wow what I'd do for a player like David Beckham. The last player we had that played to Becks level was RVP for one season. If Eriksen is anything like Becks, sign him straight up. What a player he was.
The problem with that is that he will waste good years at a mediocre club. We might be on track already this season. Have a little faith in us.
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