Charlotte Marsh

He almost had that Eden Hazard at Chelsea kind of feel about him, and that when he was on the pitch and he was at the top of his game, you felt like Spurs were always going to do something, because he had that little bit of magic that could just create that winning goal or something along those lines.

He'll be a huge mish for Spurs, but it feels like the right time.

Heading into the last transfer window and this transfer window, it was either going to be a new deal or he was going to leave, and he was linked away...

from Spurs with loads of different clubs for what felt like a really long time and he was available to go for free in the summer and there's absolutely no way that Spurs were going to let him go for free so in the end turned out to be a move away.

Six and a half years is a long time to stay in any club these days

And I think with Pochettino leaving a few months ago, Ericsson must have felt like it was the right time to leave and try himself somewhere else, try his talents somewhere else and see if he could succeed there.

So it wasn't really a massive surprise when he left.

The only thing that might put a bit of a cloud over things is his last 12 months or so at Spurs.

They weren't his best.

And I know there's a slight feeling among the Tottenham fans that he didn't really turn up in the big games and he didn't really perform in the Champions League final either.

So that might put a slight dampener on things, but there's no denying that if you look at his stats and his overall play from the time that he was at Tottenham, they're incredibly impressive.

So in six and a half years that Eriksen was there, no other player had scored more goals from outside the box than Eriksen, 23, or more direct three kicks, which was eight.

He also leads the way over that period for assists, 62, and chances created, which was 571.

I mean, they're incredible numbers, and Ericsson should be considered as one of the best midfielders that Spurs ever had.

I mean, we all hope it's going to be an exciting one.

You'd rather sit there and watch one that's got... I know not everybody's a big fan of VAR, but it does add a slight level of excitement to proceedings.

I think in that game earlier this season, there were two VAR decisions.

I think that was another one as well.

So you kind of hope there's going to be a bit of excitement.

But as Ollie said, the way he set up against Liverpool was very defensively minded.