Dejan Kulusevski makes plea to Tottenham hierarchy to sign ‘incredible player’ Christian Eriksen

Dejan Kulusevski says Tottenham will benefit from having a player with the quality of Christian Eriksen, who has been strongly linked with a return to N17.

The Danish star is examining his options before making a big decision on where he will play next season.

Eriksen spent the second half of last season at Brentford.

When he arrived the Bees were on an eight-game winless streak, and his arrival turned the tide and almost took them into the top half of the table.

He scored four goals and assisted one, but his influence transcended just goals and assists as he made almost every member of the west London side play better.

The midfielder who is currently on international duty for Denmark in the Nations League faces the biggest call of his professional career, but Kulusevski who was at Spurs on-loan from Juventus says they would benefit from having a player of his calibre to control games.

The 22-year-old told Norwegian website Nettavisen: “He is an incredible player and a wonderfully good person too.

“I know him a little from before, but we haven’t spoken recently.

“Tottenham have sometimes struggled to control matches against supposedly worse teams.

“He is someone who is good at lubricating the system, keeping the ball in the team and will be able to make sure that Tottenham dominate.

“He has killer passes and a very good set piece.

“In addition, he clearly loves to play football.

“The club gets a dedicated player who does not have a giant ego, but who does his best for the team.”

Kulusevski is waiting for his loan move to be made permanent at Spurs having excelled in the period he was in north London.

He scored five goals and assisted eight having joined Spurs only in the second half of the season.

Spurs will face stiff competition to land Eriksen.

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag gave him a chance to train with his Ajax team briefly and is said to be interested, while Brentford have shattered their wage structure and made him an offer to stay