Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur will battle for the signature of Ajax starlet Christian Eriksen this summer, reports suggesting.
The Danish international is contracted to the Amsterdam ArenA until the summer of 2014, but recent comments made from Ajax’s director of football Marc Overmars suggest that the midfielder has his eye on a move this summer.
The London Evening Standard report that the Ajax are now fully prepared to cash in on the highly-rated 21-year-old with Tottenham and Liverpool now the only two English clubs remaining with firm interest in Eriksen.
An Ajax source told the Standard: “Christian wants to play in the Premier League and we think he will do well there. The club had discussed the option of keeping him until the end of his contract but it makes sense now to sell.
“Liverpool and Spurs are scouting him almost every week. Arsenal is no longer interested and Man United is not on the scene. The club will not let him go cheaply so there is a long way to go but it seems likely he will move to Tottenham or Liverpool.”
Arsenal and Manchester United’s summer purchases of Santi Cazorla and Shinji Kagawa respectively leave both clubs equipped in the playmaker role Eriksen thrives in, leaving it between Andre Villas Boas and Brendan Rodgers to battle it out for the coveted Dane.
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