Tottenham must reject PSG’s £100 million offer for Eriksen
By Gary Pearson
The Daily Express suggests PSG are circling like a shoal of sharks, ready to splash out at least £100 million to lure Christian Eriksen away from north London.
Through imagination, creativity and poise, Eriksen pulls the strings in midfield, acting as the adhesive that keeps the current Spurs team intact. As important as Harry Kane and Jan Vertonghen, it’s of paramount importance for Daniel Levy to reject any offers for the club’s maestro, no matter how lucrative the transfer cash windfall.
Kane would invariably see a decline in goals without Eriksen’s service from midfield. With three matches to play, Eriksen has 10 goals and 10 assists.
He is one of only three Tottenham players to score 10 goals while adding 10 assists in a Premier League season. Jürgen Klinsmann scored 20 and assisted 10 in 1994-95 while Emmanuel Adebayor scored 17 and assisted 11 in 2011-12.
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While impressive, his statistical output isn’t the only thing the Dane offers.
He is Spurs supply line, and the Dane can be counted on in the most pivotal matches against the world’s best. He scored against Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus this season, all of which carried significant importance.
Spurs purchased Eriksen from Ajax for a piddly £12.5 million in 2012, so Levy could be forgiven for thinking about the bottom line if he were to sell Eriksen this summer. A profit of at least £87.5 million would make losing one of your best players an easier pill to swallow. However, securing such a large profit pales in comparison to the effect that losing a player of Eriksen’s caliber would have on the north London club.
The 26-year-old is irreplaceable, especially considering that his best years are still to come. “Everyone has a price,” the saying goes. If that’s the case, what offer would convince Levy and company to sell one of their most highly prized assets?
For a player touted almost as highly as Kevin De Bruyne, any offer less than £150 million should be seen as farcical, an insult even.
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When you’re trying to bridge the gap atop the Premier League, taking two steps back and one forward isn’t a viable solution. Keeping your most prized possessions is the only way Spurs will ever be able to rein in the likes of Manchester United and Manchester City.
Anything else should be seen as regression, no matter how alluring filling the coffers may be.