Not saying that we should sign Eriksen, but in my opinion he would be an upgrade over both Coutinho and Rakitic, if here were to play in our midfield, not sure he would perform better than Coutinho at all if used at LW.
But Eriksen has some attributes that could benefit us quite a lot:
- He has really good stamina and workrate, despite being a more offensive minded midfielder, he consistently runs more than most of his teammates, both at Tottenham and at the Danish NT.
- He has a high footballing IQ as people call it on this forum, and makes a lot of good decisions, has good awareness and positioning, especially in possesion.
- He is a pretty good dribbler, and is quite press resistant.
- His shot is really good, and in my opinion better than Rakitic's. Coutinho used to score more goals, but nowadays, IMO, Eriksen is more of a threat in this aspect as well.
- His passing game is quite strong aswell, again better than Rakitic's IMO.
- He's a bigger threat than Rakitic in attack too, as he averages 0,53 goals/assists per game in the premier league for Tottenham (Rakitic averaged 0,23 in the league last season, which some has highlighted as a very important contribution to our team).
So to sum up, he would be at least as much of a "workhorse" as Rakitic, offer better passing, more press resistance, more goals and assists, and be a bigger threat with long shots from outside the box against parked busses. Basically he'd contribute more offensively and in possesion than Rakitic does, and his stamina, workrate and defensive contribution is far superior to Coutinho.
I'm Danish, so I might be biased, but IMO Eriksen would be a more sensible option for the midfield than both Rakitic and Coutinho atm, and at 50m he would be an absolute steal for most teams in Europe. It's a highly unlikely transfer for us however, since he isn't nearly exotic, popular or flashy enough to fit the profile Bartomeu seems to like spending money on.
