Well it didn’t take long before Christian Eriksen started taking pot shots at Tottenham. I’m surprised it didn’t happen whilst he was at the club, but one has to say that he has really shown some class by not criticising the club whilst he was still a Spurs player.
Eriksen is a wonderful talent and deserves to be at a club where he has the opportunity to win things. Inter, themselves, have been on a barren run since 2011 when they lifted the Coppa Italia. Tottenham have not seen silverware for twelve years – 2008 being the last occasion they lifted the league cup.
It’s a shame for Tottenham because they had a squad that really should have won something. They went close to the league title when Leicester were unstoppable and getting to the Champions League final was an impressive feat.
The trouble is, nobody remembers the runner-up.
People remember the winner.
I have to say I do agree with Eriksen that he has a greater chance to lift silverware at Inter. History tells us of Inter’s great history of honours and, as a a club, they won’t accept anything else.
Then we move to Spurs. Daniel Levy allowed Eriksen’s contract to run down until he had to cash in for £16.9m – cheap for a player of his calibre. He went through an entire transfer window without signing a single player. He made a derisory £3m plus Josh Onomah offer for Jack Grealish – something that insulted Aston Villa and himself. Chelsea dislike to do business with him as do a growing number of clubs. I’m sure one could add Villa to that list.
Of course Levy will always hide behind the stadium which is a great venue to watch football.
Levy now needs to invest in the team. Tottenham need to start buying big if they are going to maintain the pace with the clubs around them. At this point it looks unlikely that Spurs will make the top four. Will top players stay without the draw of the European Cup?
I don’t know.
The trouble of all this is that if Tottenham’s best players leave, will it have all been worth it? It’s easy to slide down the table into mid-table mediocrity or worse.
Eriksen didn’t think so.
It’s over to you Mr. Levy. It’s just a shame I don’t think you’re going to address this.
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