Tottenham's Christian Eriksen: I'm no match for new Arsenal hero Mesut Ozil.. yet
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/tottenhams-christian-eriksen-im-no-2278287
Interesting article, especially when he highlights the quickness of the transfer from Spurs, headed by Baldini.
Eriksen has also revealed he signed for the White Hart Lane club after chairman Daniel Levy wrapped up negotiations within days.
He explained that Liverpool never followed up their initial interest in him and insisted it was “the big men” - Levy and Technical Director Franco Baldini - who showed that Spurs meant business.
Eriksen said: “I talked a little bit with the manager but I had more to do with the chairman and the director Baldini. They were they guys who really had the right words.
“It really impressed me that they wanted it so badly and wanted to do it so quickly.
“The first contact was with my agent and they talked and discussed all the things they normally do.
“Then afterwards my agent talked to me and I said, ‘Go on, I really want to hear what they have got to say’.
“The day after he was [in London] to look and see everything and talk with the big men, then the day after, they went to Amsterdam to negotiate with Ajax. The next day, Monday, I was here for a medical. It went really quick. Just four days.
“It just felt right. When I talked to my agent, it just felt right. The things they said. When it got to looking around it just felt even more right and it was pretty easy for me to say yes.”
I think we need a shakeup of our current management structure and get someone dynamic and well connected like Baldini. Wenger needs the right guy with him to make these things happen, Dein was the last guy that did that.