Christian Eriksen explains why he left Tottenham, saying his decision to run down his contract made him a ‘black sheep’ at the Premier League club.
The 27-year-old midfielder joined Inter Milan last month for a fee of £17million and would have been out of contract in the summer after being with a move away from north London since last summer, when he revealed he was ready for a new challenge following Spurs’ Champions League final defeat.
Christian Eriksen says he felt like the black sheep during the latter period of his #thfc career. [BBC] pic.twitter.com/49VLDYVsrk
— Hotspur Related (@HotspurRelated) February 5, 2020
‘England, for the last few years, was very hectic,’ Eriksen told BBC Sport. ‘After what I said in the summer, it was just about, “when is he going to leave?”
‘Every game it was, “Is he leaving? Is he not leaving?” Of course a lot of people were speaking about it.
‘Even the fans you see on the street were like, “Thank you, goodbye and good luck”. But I was still there. It was a bit weird. In my head and for my body, it is good that I am in a new place and I can start again.
‘I wouldn’t say it affected me. In England, when your contract is shorter, it is like you have to leave now. You are gone. In the end I played about 30 games that were like goodbye games.
‘If you have a short contract, you will be the black sheep. Of course, I did the interview. I was very honest. I felt I had to be honest.
‘I did get the blame for a lot of stuff, for being the bad guy. I read I was the bad person in the changing room, that ever since I said I wanted to leave, it was no good me being there.’
After seeing Christian Eriksen explains why he left Tottenham, fans gave their reaction…
Can black sheep play up front?
— Tottenham Funnies (@SpursFunnies) February 5, 2020
I can only speak for me but him wanting to leave had no impact on me losing patience with him. His performances were awful & that’s why. Hazard at Chelsea to name a recent example played his heart out every game despite his desire to leave.
— SpursNews (@SpursNews1961) February 5, 2020
Entirely self inflicted. The timing of the announcement, one day before the Champions League final, will always remain unbelievably baffling.
— Michael James (@WhiteHartAche) February 5, 2020
A black sheep would've had more chance of beating the first man from a corner tbf.
— Carl ? (@CarlTHFC) February 5, 2020
Toodles
— Joeeeee ? (@Yiddo_Joe) February 5, 2020
Awful interview, appears he has nothing nice to say despite spending 7 years at the club. Could have been a legend, but now he’s going to have to be considered a mercenary that we’re better off without
— James Harcourt (@jharcourt1) February 5, 2020
He was the black sheep coz he stopped playing and caring yet still involved in the squad, he was carried , the fans were gonna turn on him, his fault, his doing , good riddance
— Tony Care ??????? ? ?? (@Tonycare316) February 5, 2020
He just went about it all the wrong way. Would rather hear he wants a new challenge after he leaves, not whilst he is still at the club, that’s why he got some abuse. He really did down tools apart from a few games, such a shame as was so good for us.
— Bomber (@bomberbonfield) February 5, 2020
Didn't have any problem with him wanting to leave. But it was clear he wasn't giving his all for the team. Just look at Hazard at Chelsea and Ramsey at Arsenal as examples of players who gave everything right until the end. Eriksen clearly did not do that.
— Stuart Longley (@stuartmlongley) February 5, 2020
Christian Eriksen should have taken a leaf out of Toby Alderweireld’s book on attitude when running down your contract.
Eriksen showed a poor attitude in contrast to Toby and if TA had walked, no right minded spurs fan would have had a problem.
— Chris (@djchrisvibes) February 5, 2020
He’s talking out of his backside, Hazard and Ramsey played there arses off last season regardless . He just switched off as soon as his contract went into final 18 months.
— jason snell (@Jasonsnell17) February 5, 2020
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