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Mauricio Pochettino wants Christian Eriksen to remain at Tottenham Hotspur this summer, he said at the British Grand Prix via Football.London.

What’s the word?

The Denmark international confirmed after the Champions League final defeat to Liverpool that he could leave the club in this transfer window.

However, long-mooted links with Real Madrid have not come to anything as yet, while Manchester United, per The Guardian, were ruled out as a destination when they failed to qualify for the Champions League in 2018/19.

And Pochettino is hopeful that Eriksen will end up staying in north London, saying: “I hope he is (going to stay). I think he’s a great player, he’s one of the biggest talents in football.

“After five years working with him, always, I enjoy the way that he plays and I hope, yes. But there’s a lot of interest for different players; I hope yes, but I don’t know what is going to happen with this.”

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Contradictory reports

Pochettino perhaps had to say this but it directly contradicts reports suggesting that chairman Daniel Levy is actively trying to sell the Dane.

Reports in Spain have claimed that he has actually offered Eriksen to Real as he looks to raise funds for Pochettino’s summer spending.

He has, of course, already signed Tanguy Ndombele from Lyon and Jack Clarke from Leeds United but links with the likes of Giovani Lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon persist.

Spurs might actually need to sell Eriksen to get those deals over the line, particularly Lo Celso, as his contract has an £88m release clause, and one imagines that Levy would not sanction that sale without consulting Pochettino first.

This might well be a bluff from the Argentine, then, as he simply looks to drum up extra interest in the playmaker.