Why Christian Eriksen made his public statement about the transfer of Real Madrid

While rumors linked him to a move to Real Madrid, Christian Eriksen finally chose to speak.

For so long, the Danish midfielder kept his own advice, claiming that his contract with Tottenham reached £ 70,000 a week, while Mauricio Pochettino's men competed for the first four places and the Champions League.

After scoring the first goal, they missed the last Saturday night, but their disappointing match led to a 2-0 defeat in Madrid against Liverpool. The 27-year-old has now opened this summer.

And that, it seems, is to move to Santiago Bernabeu.

He said Ekstra Bladet: "I feel like I'm a place in my career where I might want to try something new.

"I have the most savage and deepest respect for everything that has happened in Tottenham, and that will not be negative either. would like to try something new. "

Eriksen's statement was corroborated by his agent, Martin Schoots, who had informed Standard Sport: "Last season, three clubs, two English and one foreigner, wanted to pay a huge sum to the Spurs.

"For the club, it was then a forbidden zone and for Christian, not essential. I have the impression that we are in a new situation now. "

For the Spurs, after a season in which Eriksen was once again decisive: 51 participations, 10 goals and 17 badists, this is far from ideal.

So why was Eriksen made public while the fans are still shocked by the defeat in Madrid?

When its chairman, Daniel Levy, told President Florentino Perez Friday night at the Madrid City Hall that a contract renewal for the former star of Ajax was his priority and that he did not want to sell.

Now, after Eriksen's comments, the Spurs are going to claim an impressive 130 million pounds, 60 million more than what Madrid wanted to pay.

So why now?

Basically, because Eriksen wants it.

But his public statement is a clever play of one of the most cerebral stars of the Premier League, as Eriksen simultaneously put Madrid against the clock while calling his bluff.

He clearly explained his feelings, but also offered the Spurs clarity and opened to a revival; attend the second part of his statement.

"Real Madrid is a step forward, but then Real Madrid should pick up the phone and contact Tottenham and say they want Christian," he added. "And they have not done it yet, to my knowledge.

"It all depends on Daniel Levy and there must also be another club. Or I will sit down at the table and negotiate a new contract. You can not set a date yourself. There are not many boxes that Tottenham has not checked, so if I have to leave, it will be a step forward. "

It's really a plea, but a clever one.

Because it's not as simple as Madrid wants Eriksen, Eriksen wants Madrid, so a transfer takes place. Far from there.

Los Blancos on Tuesday signed a potential gain of 60 million pounds with Luka Jovic, adding that the Serb went to central defender Porto Eder Militao and the young player from Santos Rodrygo (45 million pounds sterling), whose initial budget was the order of 35 million pounds sterling.

Chelsea star Eden Hazard is expected to be the next to cross the door, with Target # 1 again costing over £ 90m; To get this deal, Jose Angel Sanchez, the managing director, had to fly to London to negotiate with Marina Granovskaia with the Blues playing hard for their star badet,

Negotiations on Hazard highlighted the glaring Madrid problem; Despite the grand nature of the club, their image of wealth, they are far from rich in money. At present, they are trying to buy while retaining a dime, following the guidelines of financial fair play, they stretch thinner than ever before.

The hope was that they could sell some of their unwanted stars, large sums of money to fund a summer redesign. But clubs in the Premier League and Europe are showing wisdom.

Currently, with James Rodriguez, the last player to return after Bayern Munich has not taken his permanent option, Zinedine Zidane has 35 players in his first-team squad; a number of them are unwanted, but can not be moved.

Keylor Navas said goodbye, but the offers did not arrive. Gareth Bale has a huge contract that nobody wants to take care of, even before you plan to pay 70 million pounds or more for someone who has suffered an injury and is 30 years old this summer, not to mention the fact that he do not want to leave.

Similarly, Isco can go but does not want to. Marco Asensio is another actor whose stock has declined somewhat in the last 12 months, but that Perez is reluctant to let go.

Lucas Silva, Mateo Kovacic, James and Theo Hernandez all come back from their loan and are for sale. Strikers Borja Mayoral and Mariano Diaz can go, as well as Spanish international duo Marcos Llorente and Dani Ceballos.

But for the moment, the offers are not integrated at all. Clubs are happy to wait until desperation sets in and prices fall.

Ironically, two players who had contenders and who would have brought in a lot of money, Raphael Varane and Toni Kroos, both remain; Kroos even inked an extension, until 2023.

So, Madrid has a problem. Earlier this week, the Spanish press tried to show that players wishing to go to the Bernabeu have to lobby.

Eriksen did so because he considers Real Madrid as a breakthrough and believes that the move to one of the world's leading super-football clubs is its natural progression.

But he is also happy to the Spurs and aware that, far from being a problem for him, it is a bigger problem for Madrid.

Now the ball is in their camp. He will soon find out how much they want it.