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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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ALEX YOUNG

Tottenham fans... would you swap Christian Eriksen for Isco or Gareth Bale?

Christian Eriksen's future at Tottenham remains far from uncertain as Real Madrid look to pursue a deal for the midfielder or Manchester United's Paul Pogba.

As Standard Sport reported on Thursday, a summer of early spending has the Spanish giants need to rebalance the books before targeting another big-money purchase.

The arrivals of Eden Hazard, Luka Jovic, Ferland Mendy, Rodrygo and Eder Militao have cost around €300million (£270m).

Real Madrid expect Tottenham will look for north of £70m for one of their star players, despite having just a year left on his contract, while Pogba could easily command twice that.

To fund the midfield purchase head coach Zinedine Zidane craves, the club have made Gareth Bale, Isco, Mariano Diaz, James Rodriguez, Lucas Vazquez and Keylor Navas available for sale .

Bale is thoroughly out of a favour under Zidane but is in no rush to end a contract, which still has three years to run, worth around £600,000 a week.

Though, could the former Spurs man be tempted back to north London? Meanwhile, Tottenham have held a long-standing interest in Isco dating back to 2017.

So, we ask: Tottenham fans, in a hypothetical transfer, would you welcome Bale or Isco to your club with Eriksen moving the other way?

Vote in the poll above and let us know your thoughts on Twitter @standardsport.

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