Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has opened the door to a Manchester United move for Christian Eriksen.
The Denmark international is out of contract in north London next summer and appears to have no intention of signing fresh terms.
Levy would prefer a January sale so that Tottenham can receive a fee for one of their key players, instead of losing him for nothing next June.
"We are honestly not scared to trade with our rivals," he told the Evening Standard when asked if Eriksen would be allowed to join another Premier League club.
"My view is really simple," he said. "For a player to sign a new contract, not only have the conditions got to be right but the player has got to want to do it. It is up to those players whether they want to stay at Tottenham and we’ll see.
“I don’t want to comment on individual players too much. I actually think it is unfair. Every circumstance is different. There may be a player who wants to stay, there may be a player we don’t want to stay.”
“Jose is on record as saying what we need now is to get the players playing better, which is what they are doing," he added.
“He’s made it clear he is not looking for new players in January. He is happy with what he’s got and that’s why he said that.”
“Firstly, there’s no guarantee to finish in the top four. Nobody has the divine right to be there. We all come back and watch football all the time because it is so competitive.
“Wouldn’t it be boring if we were guaranteed to be there? Obviously, we aspire to be there every season but there is no guarantee whatever we do. When we are there, we want to go as far as possible in the various competitions but sometimes it is the luck of the draw. We just want to go as far as we can.”
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