‘Brilliant’, ‘I’m not convinced’ – West Ham Super Fans divided over Christian Eriksen
This is part of a regular series from our panel of West Ham Super Fans. Each week, our Super Fans will deliver their verdicts on the biggest talking points and news stories around the London Stadium.
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West Ham have been linked with a shock move to sign former Tottenham star Christian Eriksen from Inter Milan in the January transfer window.
EuroSport journalist Dean Jones has reported this week that Inter are ready to let the 28-year-old leave the San Siro next month and a return to the Premier League is on the cards.
Eriksen failed to impress in his final season-and-a-half at Tottenham amid constant doubts surrounding his future and his contract situation.
You would have thought that once he finally left North London, his form would have improved but that really hasn’t been the case.
The Denmark international has started just four of Inter’s 15 matches across all competitions so far this season, earning 10 appearances in total.
Eriksen averaged a goal or an assist every other appearance during his time at Spurs but since joining Inter, he’s averaged a direct goal involvement in just 19 per cent of his appearances.
We asked our panel of West Ham Super Fans for their thoughts on Eriksen’s potential move to East London and it’s clear that the midfielder’s past performances at Spurs have swayed some of the opinions.
However, there are others who are not sold on the idea of landing the out-of-sorts Dane.
Here is what they had to say:
Bobby (@Bobby27590293)
Talkin’ West Ham (@TalkinWestHam)
Annette Smith (@Annette46557317)
Daniele (@uptouptonpark)
W. David Row (@wdavidrow)
Mark Smith (@ironworks68)
As one fan points out, Eriksen had a major dip in the final throes of his time at Tottenham and his form has not improved at Inter Milan.
There are supporters who believe that there’s a quality player in there and we agree with that, but can West Ham really risk spending a lot of money on someone who might be hard work to get back to his best?
David Moyes has improved a lot of players in the last year at the London Stadium but getting someone who comes with a high profile in the middle of the season is unlikely to end well in our opinion.
In other West Ham news, Frank McAvennie believes consistency has been key to Fabian Balbuena’s form.