{"id":1510,"date":"2019-11-25T21:24:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spursforlife.com\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2019-11-25T21:24:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:24:11","slug":"mourinho-lays-down-eriksen-marker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spursforlife.com\/mourinho-lays-down-eriksen-marker\/","title":{"rendered":"Mourinho lays down Eriksen marker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Since joining Tottenham in the summer of 2013 from Ajax for \u00a311 million, Christian Eriksen has been an integral part of rise of the Lilywhites from also rans to regular challenges domestically and even on the European stage. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is twinged with regret then that it seems the club and Eriksen\u2019s\nrelationship appears to be souring as the Dane\u2019s contract runs down and there\nseems to be no silver lining as it appears Eriksen\u2019s future lays elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New manager Jose Mourinho has not held back in his\nassessment of the Eriksen situation either making it quite clear the former\nAjax star can expect plenty of time on the sidelines as the gaffer looks to\nthose players who are sticking with Spurs for the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That attitude from Mourinho is likely to down well fans as\nthe long term is clearly on the Portuguese superstar\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Already a number of fans seem resigned to losing Eriksen and\nseemingly happily see the 27-year-old get out of the club sooner rather than\nlater with some saying they hope Mourinho continues to drop Eriksen and that he\nis then sold in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barring a quite remarkable turnaround, Christian Eriksen\u2019s\ntime in North London will becoming to an end sooner rather than later in poor\ncircumstances which is a shame considering the undoubted contribution he has\nmade to Tottenham\u2019s turnaround. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>No to Zlatan<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Eriksen may almost certain to be leaving Tottenham but one\nNOT coming in is Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 38-year-old has a very close relationship with Jose Mourinho\nwith the pair having worked together at both Inter Milan and Manchester United\nwith respect high among the two. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Mourinho\u2019s appointment last week, it was quickly\nrumoured that Jose would be keen to bring Zlatan back to the Premier League but\nhe quickly quashed those rumours by saying he already has the \u2018best striker in England\u2019\nreferring to Harry Kane of course. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Since joining Tottenham in the summer of 2013 from Ajax for \u00a311 million, Christian Eriksen has been an integral part of rise of the Lilywhites <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/spursforlife.com\/mourinho-lays-down-eriksen-marker\/\" title=\"Mourinho lays down Eriksen marker\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[287,244],"class_list":["post-1510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-christian-eriksen","tag-jose-mourinho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - 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