Christian Eriksen is attracting interest from Italian clubs amid Tottenham Hotspur's efforts to sell him for a fee next month.
Manchester United explored the possibility of signing Eriksen in the summer and Spurs chairman Daniel Levy this week clarified they are 'not scared to trade with our rivals'. Eriksen, 27, is approaching the last six months of his contract and Juventus and Inter Milan are understood to be considering a move for him in the January transfer window.
Solskjaer personally spoke with Eriksen to gauge his interest in joining and, despite the Dane's admiration for United, received confirmation Eriksen's preference was to move to Spain.
Spurs were 'gutted' United did not trigger Alderweireld's £25million release clause before it expired on July 25, having tried to sign the Belgian last year. Eriksen's stance on his future has not changed following the appointment of Jose Mourinho as Tottenham coach but Alderweireld has committed his long-term future by signing a new deal.
United were uneasy about the prospect of recruiting Eriksen due to the vested interest of Real Madrid. United sources suggested Madrid were lobbying Spurs to entertain a bid from United to plunge Paul Pogba's future into more uncertainty.
Real coach Zinedine Zidane would rather sign Pogba rather than Eriksen, whom Madrid unsuccessfully bid for last year when Julen Lopetegui was coach, and United ultimately prioritised keeping Pogba over reinforcing their attack with a belated bid for Eriksen four months ago.
United were also wary of dealing with Levy, who encouraged them to enter the bidding for Gareth Bale in 2013. United had a world record £86m offer accepted but Bale was fixated on joining Real Madrid, and Levy's attempts to obtain as large a fee as possible delayed Bale's protracted £85m move until deadline day.
United scouted Eriksen while he was at Ajax and the Denmark international was keen to join the club in 2012. His agent held dialogue Sir Alex Ferguson and the Scot is believed to have said he admired Eriksen but needed to watch him more closely.
Sashin31
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90 mill and his your man united
vuwdimntyz
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fepaikst
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Just for January transfer,remained of the season.it will be difficult to sign any player in January and expensive.it will be great if we can get the awesome deal Liverpool got with Minamino somewhere else.Clubs don’t want players leaving in January
Yh i know but at list we need younger player like bruno,halland or werner,Saul,erikson player like this not cavani that is looking for a way for China transfer
nozcioptz
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Just for January transfer,remained of the season.it will be difficult to sign any player in January and expensive.it will be great if we can get the awesome deal Liverpool got with Minamino somewhere else.Clubs don’t want players leaving in January
fepaikst
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Erickson is good and can start playing in January.the other players we can get during the summer transfer.we need players Now Now to play.Cavani is another great option
Waroho
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Ed should only pay 15m for him. Take or leave😁.
foeelmnrst
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Players using Manu as a bargaining chip to get good deals nowadays 😂😂😂
Hahahahaha good one
Biuakmru
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90 mill and his your man united
MikeTeddy
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Would rather forfeit the £10 million or so he would fetch in Jan and let him go on a free to the continent, than see him at a direct rival like United or Chelsea tbh.
ordinary comments dont bring money to the club they need to sell him than let him go for free
Kukilnosu
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u r welcome eriksen
Reebelmpuy
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united 70 million
Camcimps
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Would rather forfeit the £10 million or so he would fetch in Jan and let him go on a free to the continent, than see him at a direct rival like United or Chelsea tbh.
Nikhil_K4381
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Players using Manu as a bargaining chip to get good deals nowadays 😂😂😂
nozcioptz
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Erickson is good and can start playing in January.the other players we can get during the summer transfer.we need players Now Now to play.Cavani is another great option
Essein
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welcome to United Eriksen.