Would selling Eriksen be so bad?
Football fans love t get attached to players and overrate their ability, memory recalls what you want it to recall so what of Christian Eriksen?
Juventus, TMW tell us wanted by Juventus for £12.78-million (€18m), Spurs fans will throw £30-million (€42.24) at the story as a suggested price so what is he worth? Transfermarkt, who are usually low with prices rate him as an £18.9-million (€26.61m) player. What the figure does do is show how others in Europe see him, the figure will be a journalistic invention bit it does suggest our opinion of his true worth may be over inflated.
Football is a tough business, you do not and should not simply pay the price a selling club asks for a player, that is a starting point for them for negotiation, naturally they put millions on the actual price they believe he is worth and a buying club makes an offer lower than they think a player is worth, then there is an attempt to find common ground, should the players actually be for sale.
Every player has his price so fans need to look at a player objectively and ask what exactly does he do, what are the facts, not the assumptions that fit an opinion. Our creative Dane scored 10 Premier League goals and 2 League Cup goals, he had just 2 assists in the league and 3 in the League Cup. In the Premier League he has scored 17 goals in 64 games with 11 assists. He has 4 goals in 23 UEFA Europa League games with 6 assists.
His first season with us was average until Tim Sherwood was appointed and they for three months he produced the football we hoped we had bought. He was a player all the top clubs watched but all had reservations about and didn't pursue their interest. He has perhaps shown they were right, he can be quality but he can disappear as he did for the final few months of last season.
That in a nutshell is a brutal assessment of Eriksen, talented yes but not consistent enough to produce week-in-week-out over a season. There are other playmakers so would it really be a huge blow if Eriksen decided he did want to leave and join Juventus? Personally I think he could be replaced, but I'm not calling for his same and don't think he'll be going anywhere.
He isn't a £30-million player, he's not consistent enough for that bracket, nether though is he a £12.78-million player. In today's game of inflated prices I don't see Juventus offering any more than the £18.9-million transfermarkt figure with Spurs wanting no less than £25-million (€35.2m) I would think.
I may be in the minority here but I don't think he is indispensible, he often struggles to create anything against a defensive set up, just look at the beginning of last season in home games, he created nothing, today will be a test to see if he has improved. These are the games he needs to be performing in, he won't rescue us each season with a series of late goals.
Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard used to score 20 goals a season each, Eriksen needs to be pushing towards that figure but he doesn't get in the box enough, he stays behind the striker and doesn't go beyond him enough, which makes us easier to nullify. If he is to remain behind in the creative role then he must create, looking fancy doesn't win points, creativity and goalscoring do, bottom line is they are all that matters. Does he create enough? Just 2 assists would suggest not so beginning today against Stoke City he needs to produce more on a regular basis.
At the moment he is a decent player, no superstar, who needs to take his game to the next level. Can he, will he or will he go on producing what he currently produces and be happy with it? Tim Sherwood suggested you had to deag him off the training field, that suggests a player with the right mentality, a player who wants to improve, we need to see that on the field so he elevates his standing within the game.
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Juventus, TMW tell us wanted by Juventus for £12.78-million (€18m), Spurs fans will throw £30-million (€42.24) at the story as a suggested price so what is he worth? Transfermarkt, who are usually low with prices rate him as an £18.9-million (€26.61m) player. What the figure does do is show how others in Europe see him, the figure will be a journalistic invention bit it does suggest our opinion of his true worth may be over inflated.
Football is a tough business, you do not and should not simply pay the price a selling club asks for a player, that is a starting point for them for negotiation, naturally they put millions on the actual price they believe he is worth and a buying club makes an offer lower than they think a player is worth, then there is an attempt to find common ground, should the players actually be for sale.
Every player has his price so fans need to look at a player objectively and ask what exactly does he do, what are the facts, not the assumptions that fit an opinion. Our creative Dane scored 10 Premier League goals and 2 League Cup goals, he had just 2 assists in the league and 3 in the League Cup. In the Premier League he has scored 17 goals in 64 games with 11 assists. He has 4 goals in 23 UEFA Europa League games with 6 assists.
His first season with us was average until Tim Sherwood was appointed and they for three months he produced the football we hoped we had bought. He was a player all the top clubs watched but all had reservations about and didn't pursue their interest. He has perhaps shown they were right, he can be quality but he can disappear as he did for the final few months of last season.
That in a nutshell is a brutal assessment of Eriksen, talented yes but not consistent enough to produce week-in-week-out over a season. There are other playmakers so would it really be a huge blow if Eriksen decided he did want to leave and join Juventus? Personally I think he could be replaced, but I'm not calling for his same and don't think he'll be going anywhere.
He isn't a £30-million player, he's not consistent enough for that bracket, nether though is he a £12.78-million player. In today's game of inflated prices I don't see Juventus offering any more than the £18.9-million transfermarkt figure with Spurs wanting no less than £25-million (€35.2m) I would think.
I may be in the minority here but I don't think he is indispensible, he often struggles to create anything against a defensive set up, just look at the beginning of last season in home games, he created nothing, today will be a test to see if he has improved. These are the games he needs to be performing in, he won't rescue us each season with a series of late goals.
Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard used to score 20 goals a season each, Eriksen needs to be pushing towards that figure but he doesn't get in the box enough, he stays behind the striker and doesn't go beyond him enough, which makes us easier to nullify. If he is to remain behind in the creative role then he must create, looking fancy doesn't win points, creativity and goalscoring do, bottom line is they are all that matters. Does he create enough? Just 2 assists would suggest not so beginning today against Stoke City he needs to produce more on a regular basis.
At the moment he is a decent player, no superstar, who needs to take his game to the next level. Can he, will he or will he go on producing what he currently produces and be happy with it? Tim Sherwood suggested you had to deag him off the training field, that suggests a player with the right mentality, a player who wants to improve, we need to see that on the field so he elevates his standing within the game.
Further Tottenham Reading
Villa in for Dembele
Which Spurs pair combine for the most goals - who should we be looking out for today
Are there 50 better players than Lamela in the Premier League?
What better way for your children to start the day than then by waking up in a Spurs bedroom and having their breakfast in a Spurs bowl while you enjoy your morning cuppa in a Spurs mug, simply go shopping at our Football Shop and make their day special every day.
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