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da mrbet： Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher, via The Daily Mail, has stated that Christian Eriksen isn’t good enough for Real Madrid.
What’s he said?
The Denmark international has struggled for form thus far this season.
In 12 appearances in all competitions, Eriksen has scored one goal, in the 2-2 draw with Arsenal, and laid on one assist, in the 2-1 win over Southampton.
Eriksen was linked with a move to Real throughout the summer but no move materialised; his contract is set to expire at the end of the season and he could leave on a free transfer if he does not agree a new deal with Spurs.
Carragher, though, does not believe that he would improve Real Madrid if he were to move and has insisted he does not have the talent to play for Los Blancos.
He said: “Eriksen for me is a really good player for Tottenham, but he keeps getting talked about as this player who could play for Real Madrid. He’s not good enough.
“If he’s that good, he’s got a year to go in his contract, you’d pay money for him. People keep saying maybe on a free transfer… you’d have anyone on a free transfer.
“This summer he wanted to go, he made it known, he said it publicly, and no one came in for him.
“I think Eriksen has been fantastic for Spurs but he’s not better than Spurs. He might go to PSG, he might go to another club, but he won’t make any of them better.”
A question of motivation
Eriksen has the potential to be a world-class attacking midfielder and he has been previously.
In 2016/17, he laid on 15 assists in the Premier League alone, along with eight goals, while scoring 10 and providing 10 in 2017/18.
Even last season, he scored eight and laid on 12; the question is more about his motivation.
It does not appear like he really wants to stay at Spurs after declaring his desire to find a new challenge in the summer and his performance against Liverpool – he failed to register a key pass and had a pass completion rate of just 62% – was yet more evidence of this.
Carragher, though, is guilty of recency bias; just because he is not performing this season does not mean that Eriksen isn’t a genuinely excellent attacking midfielder.
The sad fact is that he may have lost the motivation to be one for Spurs.