Arsenal legend Ian Wright has insisted Tottenham Hotspur must keep hold of Christian Eriksen and address a worrying trend where players are running down their contract at the club.
The Danish playmaker was heavily linked with a move away from Arsenal this summer, with Real Madrid and Manchester United both looking to secure his signature.
A move hasn't materialised, however, and now Daniel Levy risks Eriksen leaving the club for nothing next summer.
This isn’t the first instance Tottenham have had where a player has refused to sign a new contract.
Toby Alderweireld's future has been up in the air for the last two years, with the Belgian’s deal also expiring at the end of the season.
Wright believes this is beginning to become a worrying trend for Spurs, one that needs to be addressed if they’re to continue challenging at the top of the Premier League table.
"He (Eriksen) changed the game the other day. If they could do that, Spurs are a good side, we know that,” he told BBC Radio 5Live’s Monday Night Club.
"What’s happening we’ve seen with Toby Alderweireld in respect to running down the country, everyone knows he wants to go somewhere else.
"He’s at a club, that I believe, he thinks isn’t the right level for him now, he wants to go to the next level.
"Unfortunately, with the way it’s gone with Spurs and the way they’ve paid the money, they’ve tried to raise it incrementally, we’ll give you another deal and another deal.
"I think we could see a lot now with Spurs where players say, 'no, I’ll run this one down'.
"I think they’ve done well locking Harry (Kane) down but now we’re seeing something at Spurs which is quite worrying, when players like that are going 'you know something, I’m going to run this down.
"I’m going to move on'."
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